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| French’s role in Indochina prior to WWII |
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Part of French-indochina
(Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam) |
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| “the enlightener”, vietnamese nationalist, started vietminh (league of Independence), goes to Boston, Europe, Soviets (reads about communism) after being exiled |
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| Truman Administration’s foreign policy in regards to SE Asia |
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Needs France as anticommunist ally
Truman supported giving Indochina back to France after WWII |
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| What was the basis of the Eisenhower Administration’s foreign policy in regards to SE Asia? |
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| If Vietnam goes communist, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines and Japan goes communist>domino effect 1950, USSR and China supply vietminh with weapons, later move north to for NVA (north vietnamese army) U.S gives 15 mill to French and established MAG> military assistance advisory group (train vietnamese soldiers to fight against Ho) |
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| What happened at Dien BIen Phu? |
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| France surrenders its garrison (military posts) and later leaves indochina after siege by Vietnamese, U.S offers tactical nuclear weapons and reject French plea for help. French appeal to Eisenhower>u.s abandoned |
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