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cause of defeat of french forces in battel of dien bien phu?

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Answered by babitajha81p5xzb8
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On September 2, 1945, hours after the Japanese signed their unconditional surrender in World War II, communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam, hoping to prevent the French from reclaiming their former colonial possession. In 1946, he hesitantly accepted a French proposal that allowed Vietnam to exist as an autonomous state within the French Union, but fighting broke out when the French tried to reestablish colonial rule. Beginning in 1949, the Viet Minh fought an increasingly effective guerrilla war against France with military and economic assistance from newly Communist China. France received military aid from the United States.
Answered by nandini1612
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The French troops were defeated in the North Eastern Valley of Dien Bien Phu beacuse:

i.At Dien Bien Phu the French were out witted by the Vietmin for cesled by General VO Nguyen Giap. The Commander of French forces Navarre, had not thought of all the problems he would face in the battle.

ii. The valley where French garrisons were located was flooded in the monsoon and the area was covered with bushes,making it difficult to move troops and tanks,or trace the Vietminh antiaircraft guns hidden in the jungle.

iii.From their bases in the hills,the Vietminh surrounded the French garrisons in the valley below,digging trenches and tunnels to move without being detected.

iv. Supplies and reinforcement could not reach the besieged French garrison.

v.The wounded French soldiers could not move ,and the French airstrip become unusable of continues artillery fire.

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