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Indochina

Indochina is made up of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. It was colonized by the French in the late 1800's and given up in 1939. Japan tookover France?s loss after that. After Japan?s defeat in 1945, Vietnam?s patriot and communist, Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh declared Vietnam independent. After that, France came to claim their loss. The US supported France fearing the "Domino Theory" would take affect after in 1949 China fell to communism. In 1950, the US sent troops to South Korea to prevent the dominos from falling. The Vietnamese took fort Dien Bien Phoo in May of 1954, so then the French finally pulled out.

That set up 2 nations North Vietnam and South Vietnam split at the 17th parallel.

Ho Chi Minh was in the North and was a Communist Ngo Dinh Diem was in South and disliked communism.

He argued that if there was an election to choose a leader of 1 unified nation, that Ho
would not permit fair elections.

Viet Cong Rebellion

In 1956, Diem closed all elections, and appointed local officials. That gave him less of
support. Also he didn?t win the support of the peasants, that was a major mistake... in
the south Vietminh members who were located in South Vietnam formed their own communist
party. Diem called them the Viet Cong meaning Vietnamese Communists. North Vietnam
supported the rebellion in the early parts. In 1959 the Vietminh set up a supply route to South Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia. They were then named the Ho Chi Minh t... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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