Vietnam How did the US get involved

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VietnamHow did the US get involved?
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War with Japan 1940-45Ho Chi Minh founded the
Viet Minh in 1941He led 10,000 guerillas in the
north of Vietnamin a war against Japanese
occupation of Vietnam
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Archimedes Patti 1945In 1945 the US sent aid to
Ho in his war with the Japanese.An OSS team
codenamed Deer parachuted into Hos camp.OSS
officer Archimedes visited Ho. He saw Ho as a
nationalist who sought US help to free Vietnam
from the French
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Independence 1945After Japans surrender Ho
seized Hanoi.On 3 September 1945 Ho announced
the independence of Vietnam the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam (DRV).He quoted from the US
Declaration of Independence
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Message to TrumanHo Chi Minh sent a message to
President Truman requesting US recognition of the
DRVTruman ignored the requestThe Cold War was
on and Ho was a communist

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Occupation1945-1946At Potsdam it was decided
that Vietnam was to be occupied by the British
(in the south) and the Chinese Nationalists (in
the North). The British did their best to crush
independenceThe French returned in Feb 1946
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Ho Talks with the FrenchIn 1946 Ho went to Paris
to try to reach an agreement. The French refused
to recognize Vietnams independence
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The First Indo-China War 1946-54 Viet Minh vs.
FrenchAfter 1949 Mao sent aid to the Viet Minh
and advised on guerilla tacticsThe US paid 80
of the French bill for the war by 1954
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Dien Bien Phu 1954The French were defeated and
left Vietnam
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Geneva Accords 1954At the Geneva Conference the
big powers divided Vietnam into a communist North
(backed by the Soviets) and non-communist South
(backed by the US)The US saw this as a permanent
division TWO VIETNAMS
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Ngo Dinh DiemIn South Vietnam the US installed
Ngo Dinh Diem as leader