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Geneva Conference 1954 in session

Vietnam War Explained: Part 6

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Geneva Conference and increasing US involvement in Vietnam The Geneva Conference was a series of negotiations that took place in the Swiss city of Geneva from April 26, 1954, till July 20, 1954. It was co-chaired by Great Britain and the Soviet Union and was convened to discuss some of the outstanding issues resulting from …

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Dien Bien Phu 1954 French prisoners

Vietnam War Explained: Part 5

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This article covers the second phase of the First Indochina War from 1949 till 1954. We will look at how cold war dynamics dragged the United States in Indochina.

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Vietnam War Explained: Part 4

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The First Indochina War: Phase I This is the fourth article of the Vietnam War series. In Part 3, we learned that the Viet Minh and the French were unable to reach a negotiated peace agreement after the Japanese surrender. This set the stage for the First Indochina War. The First Indochina War started in …

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Dien Bien Phu

Dien Bien Phu: Last Nail in the French Coffin

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What was the Battle of Dien Bien Phu? The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was one of many military confrontations between the French and the Viet Minh forces during the First Indochina War. Why is the battle called Dien Bien Phu? The battle is named after the place where it happened. Today, Dien Bien Phu …

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Battle of Hanoi

Battle of Hanoi: The beginning of the First Indochina War

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The Battle of Hanoi was an armed conflict between the French and the Viet Minh. It started on 19 December 1946 and lasted till 18 February 1947. It marks the beginning of the First Indochina War. Although armed conflicts between the French and the Viet Minh started as early as September 1946 in South Vietnam …

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Agent Orange

Agent Orange: All that you wanted to know

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This article answers some of the common questions that people ask about Agent Orange.

Pentagon Papers

Pentagon Papers: All that you wanted to know

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This article answers some of the common questions that people ask about the Pentagon Papers.

Henri Navarre

General Henri Navarre

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Henry Navarre: French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in the First Indochina War

L to R, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin at Potsdam 1945

Vietnam War Explained: Part 3

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August Revolution: Viet Minh and the French Return This is the third article in the Vietnam War series. In this article, we are going to look at the events that led to the outbreak of the First Indochina War.  If you haven’t already gone through the first two articles of this series, I would request …

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Ho Chi Minh (third from left standing) and the OSS in 1945

Vietnam War Explained: Part 2

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This article covers the period of French colonial rule over Indochina, the Japanese occupation of Indochina, Ho Chi Minh’s early political career, the birth of Viet Minh, the United States’ support for Viet Minh, and the end of French colonial rule over Indochina.

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