Dates Flashcards
1940
France falls to Germans
Indo-China falls under vichi government
End of 1940
Japan places troops in IndoChina to cut off supply lines to china
issues ultimatetum
Either French let Japan station troops in Indochina and use it as a suppy line etc.
Or they Invade
Rules France in indochina through puppet boa dia who was puppet of France
Very End of 1941
Thai attacks Indochina boasting a greater air and land force
France won Naval battle then Japan steps in a mediator
Feb 1941
Ho Chi mihn establishes Viet Mihn
Anti-collonial movement agiast France + Japan
Gains Support from US USSR and China
1 million following
Red Napolean wins First battle against french Outposts
1944
Paris liberated
Japanese ceases Indochina fearing growing French Strengthening
Famine in Vietnam due to japanese and french
1944 August
US drops bomb Japanese surrenders
Ho Chi Mihn ceases Indochina
Ho independence speech
Vietmihn Controls Indo China
1944
Viet mihn massacres Viet Quoc ( backed by nationalist GMD who had withdrawn)
French Viet Mihn Clashes
1946
Viet Mihn REd Napolean carry out large attack taking out power plant ‘save nation’
1947
French have driven Viet Mihn out
1952
France under heavy pressure
Launches Massive offensive to which Napoleon simply withdraws from
1954
Bien Dien Phu