aircraft start spraying Agent Orange and other herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam to kill vegetation that would offer cover and food for guerrilla forces. January 1962: In Operation Ranch Hand, U.S.Kennedy sends helicopters and 400 Green Berets to South Vietnam and authorizes secret operations against the Viet Cong. Eisenhower says the fall of French Indochina to communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. The defeat solidifies the end of French rule in Indochina. March-May 1954: French troops are humiliated in defeat by Viet Minh forces at Dien Bien Phu.June 1950: The United States, identifying the Viet Minh as a Communist threat, steps up military assistance to France for their operations against the Viet Minh.February 1950: Assisted by the Soviet Union and the newly Communist China, the Viet Minh step up their offensive against French outposts in Vietnam. ![]()
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