Vietnam 1945-1955 Flashcards

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Strength of the Viet Minh

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  • Popular leader Ho Chi Minh (80% wanted him to rule)
  • Used guerilla warfare in Jungle = advantaged
  • 2 million Vietnamese died because of French
  • Ho Chi Minh was a war hero
  • Jungle terrain, can’t use tanks.
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Dien Bien Phu 1954

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  • 1954, French-built a fortress at Dien Bien Phu
  • Viet Minh won
  • 40,000 Viet Minh
  • French defeated in Indochina
  • Viet Minh gets all of Vietnam north of the 17th parrallel.
  • Failed to anticipate thousands of peasant volunteers
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Weaknesses of the French

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  • Viet Minh General Vo Nguyen Giap made the French weak + won over ordinary people.
  • Giap commanded 250,000 soldiers in 1952
  • French military was urban-based
  • French underestimated Viet Minh
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