... impact on the 1952 Geneva conference, clearing the way for the division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel; which in turn would lead to the creation of the National liberation front against the corrupt Diem regime, inevitably catalysing the 2nd Indochina war into play. In March 1954, Giap began a siege of the French base at Dien Bien Phu, killing 2200 and ... first U.S. military advisers to the country in 1959, concerned about the threat of Chinese forces backing the North Vietnamese army and crossing the 17th Parallel to invade South Vietnam. The Western forces supported and allowed fo...

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