VIETNAM WAR THE VIETNAM WAR SEEDS CONFLICT COMMUNIST ACTIVIST HO CHI MINH SECRETLY RETURNS VIETNAM EXILE ORGANIZES NATIONALIST ORGANIZATION VIET MINH INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE JAPANESE TROOPS OCCUPY VIETNAM DURING WORLD WAR II MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES ALLIES GUERRILLAS HARASS THE JUNGLES HELP RESCUE DOWNED AMERICAN AMID RUMORS POSSIBLE OUST FRENCH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL BAO DAI PUPPET RULER ADVERTISEMENT SUMMER FAMINE HANOI AREAS EVENTUALLY DEATHS STARVATION POPULATION TEN MILLION THE FAMINE POLITICAL UNREST PEASANT REVOLTS REMNANTS THE TURMOIL JULY 1945 NAZI WORLD WAR SOVIET HOLD POTSDAM CONFERENCE GERMANY PLAN MINOR ITEM THE AGENDA ORDER DISARM THE ALLIES DIVIDE THE COUNTRY HALF THE 16TH CHINESE NATIONALISTS MOVE NORTH THE PARALLEL BRITISH IN THE SOUTH FRANCE REQUEST THE RETURN OF FRENCH COLONIES SOUTHEAST ASIA LAOS CAMBODIA ONCE AGAIN AUGUST 1945 JAPANESE SURRENDER UNCONDITIONALLY PUPPET PROCLAIM SIGN SURRENDER AGREEMENT IN TOKYO ENDING WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC QUOTING TEXT THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THE TRUTH ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL ENDOWED CREATOR CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS LIBERTY THE PURSUIT THIS IMMORTAL STATEMENT EXTRACTED THE DECLARATION INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNDENIABLE HIMSELF PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN ARRIVE SOUTH CHINESE NATIONALIST LOOTING VIETNAMESE ENTIRE DOWN LOOT SOLDIERS INTERNMENT CAMPS ENTER SAIGON GO ON KILLING INNOCENT CIVILIANS AIDED THE RAMPAGE LIVE IN ORGANIZE GENERAL STRIKE COMMERCE ELECTRICITY WATER SUBURB BINH XUYEN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION MASSACRE EURASIAN FIRST AMERICAN DEATH OFFICER PETER DEWEY FILED REPORT THE DEEPENING CRISIS OPINION CLEAR SOUTHEAST OCTOBER 1945 THE COMMAND WORLD WAR II GENERAL JACQUES PHILIPPE LECLERC SOUTH VIETNAM IMMEDIATELY BEGIN GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN FEBRUARY 1946 THE CHINESE CHIANG WITHDRAW RETURN EXCHANGE CONCESSIONS SHANGHAI CHINESE MARCH 1946 PERMIT FRENCH TROOPS RECOGNITION OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM FOUR MONTHS NEGOTIATE FULL UNITY GUARANTEE JUNE 1946 MAJOR AFFRONT HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR INDOCHINA SEPARATIST NOVEMBER 1946 VIOLENT FRENCH FORCES BOMBARD HAIPHONG HARBOR FORCING RETREAT INTO THE JUNGLE LAUNCH ATTACK THUS BEGINS EIGHT THE FIRST INDOCHINA WAR RESISTANCE CAUSE SURELY MILITARY COMMANDER VO NGUYEN GIAP WANT FRENCH MILITARY COMMANDER DECEMBER 22 OPERATION GUERRILLA POSITIONS SUFFER OVER 9000 STRONG FORCE SLIPS AWAY GAPS INSTALL HEAD OF STATE NATIONAL MAO ZEDONG NATIONALIST ARMY THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR VICTORY WHITE FOREIGN POLICY GOAL EXPANSION JANUARY 1950 REPUBLIC OF CHINA THE SOVIET UNION RECOGNIZE CHINA MILITARY ADVISORS MODERN WEAPONS AUTOMATIC WEAPONS HOWITZERS EQUIPMENT NATIONALISTS GENERAL GIAP CONVENTIONAL ARMY UNITS LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISIONS HEAVY FEBRUARY 1950 THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN OFFENSIVE OUTPOSTS IN AMERICA THE ERA SENATOR JOSEPH WISCONSIN SPEECH STATE DEPARTMENT HARBORS CONSEQUENCE MCCARTHYISM POLITICIAN APPEAR PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN ORDERS GROUND TROOPS KOREA INVASION MESSAGE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THE INVASION WORLD COMMUNISM UNITED STATES MILITARY MILITARY AID AMERICAN MILITARY ADVISORS THE FLOW OF ARTILLERY THE NEXT FOUR YEARS SPEND BILLION FRENCH WAR PERCENT WAR STORES MILITARY EQUIPMENT MILITARY ASSISTANCE ADVISORY GROUP GIAP FORTIFIED IN THE RED RIVER DELTA THE GULF OF TONKIN THE OPEN CONTRAST COMMAND JEAN STRIKE BACK RESULTS ASSAULTING THE TOWN VINH YEN CAUSING THE SECOND ATTACK TARGETS OUTPOST NAVAL GUNFIRE AIR STRIKES YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT BREAK THROUGH DE LATTRE LINE THIS TIME THE DAY RIVER AREA ARMED BOAT BERNARD THE ONLY WITHDRAWAL THE RED RIVER TRAVELS WASHINGTON LINK UP SOUTHWEST ATTEMPTS MOMENTUM LURE RAOUL SALAN DIES IN PARIS TWO MONTHS RAISED RANK THE BLACK CONVENTIONAL WARFARE WAGES HIT AND RUN DENSE CUT SUPPLY LINES THE ROAD ROUTE COLONIALE ROUND ARTILLERY BARRAGE CASUALTIES FOR EACH DRAW THE FAN MOUNTAIN RANGE THE RED AND BLACK COUNTER LAUNCHING OPERATION LORRAINE TARGETING SUPPLY BASES VIET BAC MANEUVERS POSITION CANCEL LORAINE TOWARD MUST FIGHT AMBUSH DWIGHT ARMY GENERAL ALLIED EUROPE EISENHOWER INCREASE FRENCH IN VIETNAM PREVENT CONTINUE SENT JUSTIFY FINANCIAL CITE FALLING DOMINOES DOMINO THEORY SUCCESSION PRESIDENTS LEADER JOSEF STALIN OUTSPOKEN NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV THE KOREAN WAR ENDS ARMISTICE SIGNED PARALLEL DEMOCRATIC SEEN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY POTENTIAL MODEL ONGOING HENRI NAVARRE OPERATION CASTOR CONSTRUCTION OF AIR BASE JUNGLE VALLEY DIEN BIEN PHU NORTHWEST VIETNAM MASSING THE POTENTIAL BLOW DRAG RUGGED MOUNTAIN TARGET AWARE UNDERESTIMATED NEARLY ASSAULT HILLS POUNDS RELY RISKY PARACHUTE DROPS TAKE OUT MAZE TUNNELS MARCH 30 THE SIEGE TRAPPED SOON RUN OUT FRESH WATER MEDICAL APPEAL JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CONSIDER MILITARY COMBAT TROOPS MASSIVE AIR STRIKE TACTICAL ATOMIC PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AIR RAID NUCLEAR OPTION NEGATIVE RESPONSE CHIEF CITING LIKELIHOOD HIGH CASUALTY RATES ACTION SURVIVORS UP TO DAYS PRISON CAMPS HUNDRED MILES THE MARCH BITTER FROM ALL SIDES GENEVA CONFER