HIST 274 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Vichy France, Algerian War, Haiphong
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Vichy regime collaborated with nazis which discredited the right wing in france after ww2; the right- wing became associated w/ the nazis and lost all credibility. Canal: france found decolonization hard to accept especially; always continuously involved in colonial wars because of this, from 1945-1961, during ww2, japan overruns french colony indochina v. 21, 1954 armistice and independent north vietnam: french military bombed city of haiphong in dec 1946, killing 6000. Vietnamese war resulted: 7. 5 years of war, usa wanted to contain the spread of communism, sent financial aid to. France: premier mendes-france negotiated armistice divided the country into. North and south vietnam; communist in north: usa becomes increasingly drawn into the war; vietnam war = 2nd. National assembly: de gaulle negotiated w/ both sides in algerian dispute, spring 1961: fln fi(cid:374)all(cid:455) agreed to (cid:271)egi(cid:374) talks (cid:449)/ de gaulle(cid:859)s go(cid:448), at resort of.
