HIST 2476 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Douglas Gracey, French Communist Party, Atlantic Charter
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The first vietnam war: during wwii the allies created the atlantic charter in 1941, roosevelt and churchill guaranteed people"s rights to choose their governments, ho chi minh took this to heart, at yalta 1945, But it didn"t: ho chi minh left for paris and was not given any help in paris - not taken seriously at all. French high commissioner for indo-china took over the south as a french. Colony: northern vietnam was overpopulated and poor and relied on the south to survive, ho chi minh threatened the war, first war begins, french high commissioner wanted to teach a lesson, french planes bombed haiphong. 8 year war began: the french won all the important battles, but the vietminh didn"t engage the french head on, vo nguyen giap, history teacher. Practiced guerrilla warfare and wore down the french will power. French made the approval contingent on american support for french in.
