france controll cambodia, laos and vietnam
during world war II vietnam declaired their independence
france didn't like this because they were using vietnam's natural resources
the united states and france were allies
so france asked the US for support
to regain controll over vietnam
the united states policy of containment
was all about stopping the other countries from becoming communist
even though hoe chi min wasn't really communist
the US sent supplies and troops to vietnam
to help france
which shouldn't have happened
NO!
haha i ruined the whole thing

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history class is less boring than this.