Vietnam

  • Independence

    Ho Chi Minh declared independence for vietman
  • independence

    Ho chi minh declared independence on vietnam
  • First Indochina War

    In November 1946 French warships opened fire on the port city of Haiphong, killing 6,000 vietnamese civilians.
  • French warships

    french warships opened fire on Port City, Haiphong
  • U.S soldiers

    U>S soldiers had already died in korea trying to halt the spread of communism
  • Eisenhower Considers increased American Involvement

    The Viet Minh finally overran the french base ending the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and shattering French morale
  • french base

    viet minh overran the french base ending the battle of Dien Bien Phu and shattering french morale
  • Geneva peace confernce splits vietnam in two

    national elections to reunify Vietnam were rescheduled.
  • elections

    national elections were scheduled to reunify vietnam
  • National Liberation Front

    Viet Minh formed a group called the National Libertation Front and invited all opponents of diem to join.
  • national libertation front

    viet minh formed a group called french libertations front and invited all opponents of diem to join
  • Kennedy tries to prop up south vietnam

    kennedy became president
  • Kennedy

    kennedy became president
  • johnson inherits the vietnam problem

    Lyndon B. Johnson expressed his ambivalent feelings about Vietnam to an adviser
  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    he expressed his ambivalent feelings about vietnam to and adviser
  • U.S reaches a crisis point in vietnam

    Escalated senator Gruening
  • Americans serving in Vietnam

    nearly half a million american´s were serving in vietnam and more were streaming into the country.