Question

How did the people of Vietnam fight against the French Imperialists

Answer 1

They may bring in half a million, a million or even more troops to step up their war of aggression in South Vietnam. They may use thousands of aircraft for intensified attacks against North Vietnam. But never will they be able to break the iron will of the heroic Vietnamese people, their determination to fight against American aggression, for national salvation. The more truculent they grow, the more serious their crimes. They war may last five, ten, twenty or more years; Hanoi, Haiphong and other cities and enterprises may be destroyed; but the Vietnamese people will not be intimidated! Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom. Once victory is won, our people will rebuild their country and make it even more prosperous and beautiful.” (Ho Chi Minh, Appeal to compatriots and fighters throughout the country, July 17, 1966)

Answer 2

In an effort to prevent Frenchmen from regaining their former colonial control on 2 September 1945, hours after the Japanese signed their unconditional surrender during the World War II, the communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam's Independent Democrat Republic.

EXPLANATION:

The French in Dien Bien Phu, a French stronghold besieged by Vietnamese Communists for 57 days, were decisively defeated in northwestern Vietnam by Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese forces. The victory of Viet Minh in Dien Bien Phu put an end to the French presence in Indochina and opened the way for a 17th parallel division of Vietnam at the Geneva Conference. Beginning in 1949, with military and economic support from newly communist China, Vietnam waged an increasingly successful guerrilla war against France. The United States had given France military aid.

Dien Bien Phu, a mountain base on the border with Laos on the Vietnamese, was captured by the French in November 1953 weary of jungle warfare. The Vietnamese cut off all the roads to the fort quickly but the French believed they could be supplied by air. The fort was also out and the French thought their superior artillery would safeguard the position. In 1954, Viet Minh marched toward Dien Bien Phu and surrounded it in March with forty thousand Communist troops and heavy artillery under General Vo Nguyen Giap. The first Viet Minh assault on the 13,000 French troops came on 12 March, and the French only had two square miles by the end of April, despite their massive air support. The French positions surrendered on May 7, after 57 days of siege.

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