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Across
  1. 1. The Vietminh wanted to unite the country under ______ leader Ho Chi Minh
  2. 3. if one country fell to communism, it was likely that the _____ one would also fall
  3. 4. the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam.
  4. 6. when were they defeated by the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu?
  5. 9. North Vietnamese boats _____ a US Navy destroyer
  6. 11. What place did HoChiMinh capture in 1945 and declare Vietnam independent?
  7. 13. The first major contingent of US Marines arrived in ___.
  8. 14. President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
Down
  1. 2. Diem’s Government was ___
  2. 3. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
  3. 5. Vietnam The USA was afraid that communism would spread to ____
  4. 7. South Vietnamese people supported Ho Chi Minh as they were unhappy with ______
  5. 8. was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
  6. 10. Diem was a corrupt leader who refused to give peasants ___
  7. 12. was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?