Background 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 …showed first 75 words of 720 total…

…showed last 75 words of 720 total…the people who supported the War, and the Doves who disliked the war. The Hawks though disliked LBJ’s of the slowly sending in the troops. When LBJ ran higher taxes to support the war, his public support sharply fell. Tet offensive In late January(January 30, the Vietnamese new year, Tet) the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese came up with the "Tet offensive" this plan was to bomb out the major south Vietnamese Word Count: 737