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  • Japan's loss in WWII left the French in control of Vietnam. This led to a division in leadership. Ho Chi Minh took control of the north, and emperor Bao led the south.
  • Ho wanted communism
  • Bao wanted ties to the west
  • July 1945, treaties were signed that split Vietnam. Ho led the North, and Bao the South. The treaty called for reunification elections in 1956.
  • I'll take the North
  • Geneva Conference
  • And I'll take the South.
  • In December 1960, communist and non-communists who were against President Diem in South Vietnam created the NLF (National Liberation Front).
  • August 1964, US destroyers are attacked by DRV torpedo boats. Former Vice President, and now President, Lyndon Johnson, ordered a retaliatory bombing of military targets in North Vietnam. Soon after, congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution which gave Johnson broad war-making powers. Regular bombing raids named Operation Rolling Thunder began a year after.
  • We will fight back!!
  • October 1967.The public was becoming aware of the horrible reality of the war. This triggered a massive protest of 35,000 people at the pentagon.
  • Stop the Fighting
  • Peace talks began between the US and North Vietnam in May, however they ended in a deadlock.Back in the US, Richard Nixon won the presidential election.
  • Paris
  • We can't seem to agree
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