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France established control over
they gained control of Indochina, a peninsula of south Asia. -
Ho chi minh fled vietnam
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America contributed
2.6 billion to France war effects to contain communist -
French lost 8-year struggle to regain Vietnam
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seato
us and several other countries formed SEATO to contain communism -
french surrendered after 15000 casualties
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IPC
international peace conference in geneva Switzerland France sued for peace -
free election to unify Vietnam
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NLF
had committed themselves to undermining diem government and uniting under a communist flag -
diem was removed and later assassinated
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us was attacked at the gulf of Tonkin
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us airstrike hammered north Vietnam
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there are now 184300 U.S troops in Vietnam
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draft eligible males were in protest.
were burning cards in protest. antiwar advocates sponsored stop the draft day -
america splits
into two groups one supports containment of communism and the other questioned the war on moral and strategic ground -
us president addressed the us on television
he announced the limiting of bombing and seek settlement with north Vietnam.and he shocked the nation by announcing he will not be running again -
Richard took office
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collage students are now protesting
they were getting draft age males to sign petitions and have tech-ins -
attack
richard order a ground attack on Cambodia