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Now displaying: November, 2017
Nov 17, 2017

As the war shows no sign of ending, there outrages continued by both sides in France the war became known as the dirty war.  There is heavy fighting along Highway Four near to the border with China.  A biography of General Giap the commander of the Viet Minh army.

Nov 17, 2017

The Viet Minh conduct a guerrilla war against the French but avoid all out battle.  The different types of troops within the French Army, Colonial, Foreign Legion, North African and Indochinese.

The reason why the French Government refused to reach a peace deal with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.  A biography of the new French Governor Emily Bollerat.

The two major French Army offensive in North Vietnams in the last few months of the war.

Nov 17, 2017

The French military stage their coup to regain control of North Vietnam in November 1946.  In Haiphong the French Army with naval support seize the port.  In December the French Army seize control of Hanoi defending the Viet Minh in a battle for the City.  The Viet Minh withdrew to countryside and evade the French Army.

The position of the International Communist Movement towards Vietnam.  A Biography of the leader of the French Communist Party and leading critic of the French role in the war, Maurice Thorez. 

Nov 17, 2017

The French Army commander General Leclerc reaches an uneasy peace deal with Ho Chi Minh, which will allow the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to run the internal affairs of North Vietnam while the French Army are to be allowed to return to their bases in the North.  General Leclerc is replaced by General Valluy who with the French Colonial Governor plan for a military take over of North Vietnam.  A biography of General Vulley.  The geography of Vietnam and why it was so ideal for guerrilla warfare.

Nov 11, 2017

In August 1945, the Japanese Empire surrenders.  In Vietnam, nationalist groups seize the cities.  In Hanoi Ho Chi Minh declares independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.  In the North the Chinese Nationalist Army accept the surrender of the Japanese Army but allow Ho Chi Minh to run domestic affairs.

In the South the British and the French Armies return the country to French Colonial control.  Attempts by the Viet Minh to stop this ends in heavy defeats.  A short biography of Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam. 

Nov 4, 2017

The French occupation of Indochina from 1862 to 1945.  Indochina becomes a colony to be used for the benefit of the French business.  The French Colonial Authorities try to crush Vietnamese Nationalism.  A Biography of Ho Chi Minh the leader of the Vietnamese Communists.  The Japanese Army invade Indochina in 1940 but the French Colonial Authorities continue to work with the Japanese until March 1945.

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