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France makes Indochina a colony (October 17, 1887)

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France makes Indochina a colony (October 17, 1887)

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France obtained power over northern China following its victory over China in the Sino-French war (1884-1885). From then French Indochina was formed and served a true motivator for French colonization and further profit and economic exploration ,

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Ho Chi Minh studies communism in the Soviet Union (1927)

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Ho Chi Minh studies communism in the Soviet Union (1927)

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Ho Chi Minh, commonly known as Uncle Ho, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1945-1955 until his passing in 1969. In 1927 Ho Chi Minh went to study in Moscow and founded the Indochinese communist party. This changed the landscape of future wars/conflicts, adding another party to the communist party.

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Viet Minh begin a guerrilla war against the French (1946)

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Viet Minh begin a guerrilla war against the French (1946)

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Viet Minh was a communist front organization founded by Ho Chi Minh in 1941, the purpose of the Viet Minh was to organize resistance against French colonial rule and to occupy Japanese forces. The Viet Minh used Guerilla warfare, which is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants use ambusheses, raids, and other types of surprise attacks against their opponents. The Viet Minh used this against the French and warranted them with more financial stability for the Soviet Union and China.

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The Truman Doctrine is issued (March 12, 1947)

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The Truman Doctrine is issued (March 12, 1947)

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The Truman Doctrine was a document created by Harry Truman and established that the United States would provide political, military, and economic stability to all other democratic nations that were under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. The Truman doctrine took the Us out of its extremely neutral position and gave them a possible intervention into war.

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French are humiliated at Dien Bien Phu (March 13, 1954 - May 7th, 1954)

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French are humiliated at Dien Bien Phu (March 13, 1954 - May 7th, 1954)

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Dien Bien Phu is a 6km wide basin that can be described as "heart shaped", it is on the edge of Dien Bien providence and is 10 km of the border of Laos. The French being humiliated at Dien Bien Phu led to the United States becoming increasingly committed to countering counter nationalists in Indochina.

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President Eisenhower proclaims the Domino Theory (April 7, 1954)

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President Eisenhower proclaims the Domino Theory (April 7, 1954)

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The Domino Theory is a theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, representing a falling domino causing an entire row of domino's to collapse. Eisenhower recognizing this Domino theory established the importance of alliances in battle.

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The Geneva Accords divides Vietnam in two (July 21, 1954)

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The Geneva Accords divides Vietnam in two (July 21, 1954)

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The Geneva Accords was a conference held in 1954, this conference intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean war and first Indochina war. The Geneva Accords effectively divided Vietnam on the 17th parallel, the two areas of Vietnam were divided by a DMZ (demilitarized zone) and would eventually be one of the main factors leading to the Vietnam War.

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President John Kennedy sends helicopters and 400 Green Berets to South Vietnam (May, 1961)

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President John Kennedy sends helicopters and 400 Green Berets to South Vietnam (May, 1961)

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Green Berets are the United States Army special forces, this is due to their distinctive service headgear. President Kennedy sent 400 of these Green Berets to teach many Vietnamese soldiers methods of counter-insurgency to fight against the Viet Cong Guerillas.

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A 73-year-old monk immolates himself while sitting at a major city intersection in protest (June 11, 1963)

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A 73-year-old monk immolates himself while sitting at a major city intersection in protest (June 11, 1963)

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The 73 year-old Monk was known as Thich Quang Duc, he was protesting against the persecution of buddhist by South Vietnamese Government led by Ngo Dinh Diem. Thich Quang Duc immolated himself during the protest as an act of defiance against a corrupt governement.

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President Kennedy is assassinated (November 22, 1963)

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President Kennedy is assassinated (November 22, 1963)

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President John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the UNited States and was assassinated hardly 1000 days after being elected to office in 1961. Kennedy's death led to an the 25th amendment, stating that the vice-president becomes president following the death of the president.