French Indochina Essays

  • Effects Of French Colonization Of Indochina

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    superiority over the vacant region of Indochina. Being a latecomer disgraced the sentiments of French domination on its colonies. The French existence on Indochina territory helped nothing but tragic legacy of aggressiveness toward local people’s intention. The quick implementations of French colonizer delivered an enquiry of what reason behind French aggressive colonization. II. French Aggressively Colonized Indochina At first, French was not interested in Indochina. However, it came to pay more attention

  • Battle Of Bien Dien Phu Essay

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    The Battle of Bien Dien Phu was a decisive battle apart of the first Indochina War that occurred during 1946-1954. This war as a stepping stone for the U.S to help South Vietnam battle communism. Dien Bien Phu was a town in northwest Vietnam 350 kilometers from Hanoi in a remote valley near the Vietnam-Laos border that had an isolated air base that used by the Japanese after World War II. After the French occupied the Dien Bien valley in 1953, Viet Minh forces with Chinese aid were able to destroy

  • Roots Of The Vietnam War Analysis

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    century. Vietnam, which stretches along the eastern edge of the Indochina peninsula just south of China, became a French colony in the mid-nineteenth century. Resistance to French domination began to grow in the early twentieth century, and a budding independence movement began to emerge in the years following World War I, under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969). During World War II, the Japanese occupied Vietnam, and the French were forced to abandon the colony. With the defeat of Japan,

  • Us Involvement In The Vietnam War Essay

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    was colonizing South East Asia. And it colonized what is now Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia and they were collectively called French Indochina. France was quickly overrun by the Germans. The Vietnamese wanted their independence. So, liberation movement rose which was led by the Viet Minh and Viet Minh was led by Ho Chi Minh. Eventually, the Japanese took control over Indochina, over Vietnam. But by the time 45 rolls around, or at least the end of 45 and we know that the United States defeated Japan

  • Us Involvement In Vietnam Essay

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    During World War II, the French Indochina was occupied by the Japanese. But after the war, the French tried to reclaim their former colonies in Indochina. While trying to reclaim their territory, the Vietminh, a Communist group, attacked the French in order to keep the land. The United States aided the French but it failed to led the French into victory. The French and Vietminh battled at Dien Bien Phu where the French were defeated. A treaty was signed in Geneva, Switzerland. The treaty granted

  • The Red Earth: A Vietnamese Memoir Of Life On A Colonial Rubber Plantation

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    “The Red Earth: A Vietnamese Memoir of Life on a Colonial Rubber Plantation” by Tran Tu Binh give the reader a close look into French ruled Indochina rubber plantation. The story takes place in Vietnam in the Phu Rieng plantation. This was one of twenty-five French rubber plantation which were all found a long a three hundred kilometer long area from the South China sea to Mekong River in Cambodia (Binh VII). Binh came village in the Ha-nam Province located in Red River delta in Northern Vietnam

  • The Quiet American Involvement In Vietnam War

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    After eighty years of French colonialism, the Vietminh, a communist Vietnamese nationalist group led by Ho Chi Minh, went to war for independence in 1946. In 1954, when French colonialists withdrew from Vietnam after their defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Americans became more militarily active in Vietnam. The Vietminh regained control of Vietnam, but Western intervention prevented Vietnam from unifying which created internal issues between leaderships that caused the Vietnam to split at the

  • The Negative Effects Of Imperialism In Vietnam

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    Zhang Honors WH 4/13/2023 Matula 4th Period The effects of French and Japanese imperialism on Vietnam have lasted for over a century and have led to the country's current struggles such as poverty and corruption. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, France colonized a lot of what is now Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. France was colonizing for status, money, and to spread the influence of Christianity to southeast Asia. French and Japanese imperialism of Vietnam made the local population poorer

  • The Causes Of The Vietnam War

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    The causes of the Vietnam War trails back to the end of World War II, when a French colony, in Indochina, decided to take over Vietnam, and began to call the land French Indochina. In 1941, a Vietnamese movement, the Viet Minh, was formed by Ho Chi Minh. The defeat of the French army at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 ended French control of Vietnam leaving French-educated Emperor Bao-Dai in control. Seeing an opportunity Ho Chi Minh seize control of the Northern district, and declare himself

  • Vietnam War Essay

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    with its ally, the United States. The Vietnam War was a part of a larger geographical war, the Indochina wars, and was a cause of the Cold War, a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, along with the American and the Soviet Union's allies. (1) The colonialism of the French in Vietnam was over six decades long. Indochina became one of the most valuable territories for the French. French colonialism’s true purpose was to exploit and profit off of Vietnamese resources and people.

  • Effects Of Indochina

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    - Indochina o Indochina was a region in Southeast Asia consisting of French colonies including Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Indochina eventually erupted in civil war, and the French lost sovereignty. One of the effects of the civil war was that Vietnam split borders of north and south. The United States then sent troops to south Vietnam in order to prevent the spread of communism. - NATO o The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was adopted in 1949 by the United States and multiple eastern European

  • Why Did The Vietnam War Start Essay

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    How its all began. In the late XIX Vietnam was a Colony of the France. During the World War 2 Japan invaded the Indochina ( Vietnam ), after that the French colonial authorities. In the 1944 Japan by force of arms has established full control over the French possessions ( that was made because of the weakness of the Japan on the Pacific Ocean). On September 1945 Japan surrendered. During August when the Japanese forces remained inactive and Viet Minh and other nationalist groups started to occupy

  • Chinese Imperial Involvement In The Vietnam War

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    of his failure when the revolution happened, he has to asked for help from France. France accepted that and decided to use the Treaty of Versaille on Vietnam. In return the treaty, Nguyễn Ánh promised to cede Pulo-Condore to the French and to give a concession to the French in Tourane, as well exclusive trading rights. And after fighting till 1884, Vietnam accepted to be mandate of France (Đoàn). At that time, Vietnam also had a civil war in the

  • First Vietnam War Research Paper

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    The first Vietnam War also known as a part of the first Indochina war was a long fought battle between the French and Viet Minh that started only a year after World War two in December 1946 until August 1954. For the Vietnamese, this was a battle for independence because as representatively and authentically stated by Vo Nguyen Giap, the Viet Minh military leader during the war “nothing is more precious than freedom”. Hence, by exploring the causes, outcomes and consequences of the war, it will be

  • Ho-Chi Minh's Involvement During The Vietnam War

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    Prior to the first Indochina War, the Vietnam War, France occupied Vietnam in the 19th century with military violence(force) along with the neighbouring Laos and Cambodia, forming the Indochina Union. In 1941, the political coalition Việt Minh was formed and Hồ Chí Minh became the leading figure. Their main aim was to achieve independance(autonomy) for Vietnam. During the second World War the allied(???) Japan forces, who collaborated with Germany and the Vichy-French goverment took over the control

  • How Did French Imperialism Affect Vietnam

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    In the late nineteenth century, Vietnam fell into the hands of the French who colonized to fuel their industrialization and improve their economy, becoming part of French Indochina which included Laos and Cambodia. Instead of accepting French rule, the Vietnamese resisted. Under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Minh was established and rebelled against the French. French rule impacted Vietnam greatly, and the effects of their control can still be seen to this day. Profit was the driving factor

  • Operation Vulture Research Paper

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    The Vietnam region was filled with violence and exterior governing powers at first with China, then by the French in the late XVIII century when the French Indonesia was created. Slowly in the early XIX century, nationalist groups started to emerged to ask for more self-governance and get rid of French imperialism. One of the main group was the Viet Minh, led by their Communist leader Ho Chi Minh. However during the second World War II, when France lost to Nazi Germany, the territories became occupied

  • How Did The Confucian Culture Influence Vietnamese Culture

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    Chinese characters were used in Vietnam as Chinese merchants and bureaucrats spread throughout the various kingdoms. However, between the 1860’s and the 1900’s the French began to conquer some of these kingdoms, in which they ruled directly or created puppet kings to rule. Eventually, Vietnam became a part of the French colony, Indochina, where Catholicism and the Latin Alphabet spread throughout

  • American Involvement In Vietnam War

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    o let's start with the basics, in the 1800's France had colonize and govern what was known as French Indochina, which included Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam itself. France was definitely getting the most out of Vietnam for itself, nevertheless, exploited Vietnamese workers and people grew tired of this and grew tired of this. They were in extremely poor conditions, their life was practically miserable. Until one man decided to do something about it, during WWII a Vietnamese man named Ho Chi Minh, a

  • American Involvement In Vietnam War

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    Beginning around 1876, the French occupied Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, naming it “French Indochine Française” or French Indochina. However, one year into World War II, France fell to Nazi Germany, spiraling into a perfect series of events that led the “age of decolonization” (Fogarty). Ho Chi Minh, a communist/nationalist revolutionary leader, declared Vietnam an independent nation after Japan collapsed in the WWII in 1945. His brother, General Vo Nguyen Giap, won the battle of Dien Bien Phu in