Vietnam War
Beginning
- The reason that Vietnam was fighting because they wanted freedom
- The French had gained control of Indochina in a series of colonial wars beginning in the 1840's and lasting until the 1880's
- After the Japanese surrender, the French fought to regain control of their former colony against the Viet Minh, communist in the North
- After the Viet Minh defeated the French colonial army at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954
Geneva Conference
- Vietnam was partitioned temporarily into a Northern and a Southern zone of Vietnam at the 17th parallel
- The North was to be ruled by Ho CHi Minh, while the South would be under the control Emperor Bao Dai
- In 1955, Prime Minister Ngo Dinh became President of new South Vietnamese republic
- The Geneca Conference set up elections to unify to country by July, 1956
- such elections were never held cause niether side wanted to lose
US Involvement
- In December the United States sent 900 military advisors to give temporary supports to Diem's government in the South
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