ironies of life, Panorama on making Salvador were lost the, whole of Central and fall into the the Communists.
On Channel 4, in the third of a competent series Vietnam, President Eisenhower saying: 'SomeWhere along something must be blocked'.
That 'something' was Vietnam, with rich resources of tin, tungsten etc. successo the White House, John Kenucuy, was echo sentiments: 'If withdraw Vietnam, all SE Asia would be under the control of communism and the domination of the Chinese.
By Charlie van Gelderen The series, so far, gives remarkably honest survey of the build-up to NLF In parAmerican intervention in Vietnam.
It was the British, after Japan's defeat, prepared the way for the return of the hated French rule to Indochina. Churchill was fearful that if the French colonial empire collapsed the British would fell ine French began losing to the Vietof Ho Chi Ming, he Chi Minh, Americans rushed help. By the end of 1950, Said including napalm totalled $15( In the North the Vietminh _ had consolidated their rule. South of the 16th Parallel, the French managed to retain shak! control which to • This •finally came to an end with 12,000 picked French troops at Dien Bien Phu in November 1953.
The 1954 Geneva Agreement divided the country the 16th Parallel with the promis of unification after 'fair These were never held wisenhowe frankly declared that the com HORSE would win percent of the vote. America began to escalate its intervention, culminating in full-scale war after the Tonkin Bay provocaLe