Why were the French deafeated in the Franco-Vietname war
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- Created on: 22-03-19 10:26
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- Why Were the French Defeated in 1954?
- Leadership
- Ho was a strong nationalist
- Wanted Vietnamese independence - huge appeal
- Helped defeat JPN during WW2 (returned to V in '41)
- Policies of redistribution of land, education and health care
- After WW2 FRN continue to support Bao Dai
- B.D seen as a collaborator with colonialists - had allowed FRN domination
- Many Vietnamese nationalists (including Ho) exasperated with B.D
- Increasing amount look to Ho for leadership
- After WW2 FRN continue to support Bao Dai
- B.D seen as a collaborator with colonialists - had allowed FRN domination
- Many Vietnamese nationalists (including Ho) exasperated with B.D
- Increasing amount look to Ho for leadership
- Increasing amount look to Ho for leadership
- After WW2 FRN continue to support Bao Dai
- Increasing amount look to Ho for leadership
- Ho was a strong nationalist
- Military and Tactics
- General Giap - trained and commanded Viet Minh since '44
- By '46 troops numbered 5000, 250,000 by '52 + 2mil militia
- Guerrilla Warfare to wear down enemy (tactics)
- Army supported by 40,000 porters - carried food and ammunition along jungle trails (tactics)
- Porters often women as perceived as less threatening by enemy
- Respect from soldiers - self-criticism sessions in which errors admitted (leadership)
- Soldiers polite to civilians and caused little damage (support
- FRN should have been better (more men and resources)
- Traditional fighting (armoured columns), which struggled on Vietnam flooded dirt (tactics)
- Tried enlisting Vietnamese but FRN general didn't trust (loyalty)
- Underestimated the support to the VM - e.g, Dien Bien Phu, didn't expect peasant volunteers to help carry weapons to bombard fortress (support)
- General Giap - trained and commanded Viet Minh since '44
- Support
- Viet Minh have huge pop. appeal - inspiring cause (nationalism and communism)
- Ho gets support from Mao (from '49)
- DRV get diplomatic recognition, armaments and advice
- CHN provide reinforcements at Dien Bien Phu (rocket launchers, military engineers)
- Allowed FRN perimeter to be reduced until FRN surrended
- By '54 many in FRN beginning to lose heart and interest in Vietnam
- FRN did receive some support from US
- May '50 $10mil to FRN + US Military Assistance Advisory Group (no ground troops)
- By Dec '50 US had given $100mil (along with weapons including napalm bombs)
- '53 paying for 80% of FRN bill in Indochina
- BUT FRN unwilling to grant independence makes US anxious
- Some fear will distract from Europe
- BUT FRN unwilling to grant independence makes US anxious
- Eisenhower decides against direct intervention at D.B.P as he doesn't want another Korea
- Leadership
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