late 1800's and given up in 1939. Japan tookover France's loss after that. After Japan's

defeat in 1945, Vietnam's patriot and communist, Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh declared

Vietnam independent. After that, France came to claim their loss. The US supported France

fearing the "Domino Theory" would take affect after in 1949 China fell to communism. In

1950, the US sent troops to South Korea to prevent the dominos from falling. The

Vietnamese took fort Dien Bien Phoo in May of 1954, so then the French finally pulled out.

That set up 2 nations North Vietnam and South Vietnam split at the 17th parallel.

Ho Chi Minh was in the North and was a Communist

Ngo Dinh Diem was in South and disliked communism.

He argued that if there was an election to choose a leader of 1 unified nation, that Ho

In 1956, Diem closed all elections, and appointed local officials. That gave him less of

support. Also he didn't win the support of the peasants, that was a major mistak

the willingness to fight. They would put in a new round of troops to pay for their loss,

split into two sections The Hawks & The Doves. The Hawks were the people who supported the

performed massive arrests on Buddhists and raided Buddhist temples. Kennedy urged Diem to

and he sent in troops and had congress pass a bill to let him to fight back if he was first

Some common words found in the essay are:
Gulf Tonkin, Chi Minh, Roman Catholic, War Doves, Turner Joy, South Vietnam, Red China, Cong Rebellion, Cambodia Vietnam, Diem South, south vietnam, ho chi minh, ho chi, viet cong, sent troops, chi minh, tet offensive, vietnamese tet, north vietnam, gulf tonkin, laos cambodia,
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