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france taking over south vietnam
french took over and formed a colony -
Natinal Movements Emerged
they want more self governance and didnt want and french influence -
Indochina War
french were fighting ho's it was the first indochina war -
French Got Defeated
the french got defeated in the battle of dien bien phu -
able to vote
vietnam got the right to vote for a election -
elect two republics
they where supposed to elect 2 republics but they did not have a election -
president sent americans to train vietnam
John F Kennedy helped vietnam by sending american to go and train them -
Gulf of Tonkin
the us approved the gulf of tokin which let the us get involved in the war -
First Combat Troops
they were the first combat troops ti land in south vietnam -
Bombing
The us bomded kang chi as it was one of the us targets because they attacked americans planes -
500,000 stationed there
alot of the american soldiers that were there came home in body backs and sonme came home injured