HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ngo Dinh Diem, Collective Leadership, Social Contract
14 Nov 2020
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1940: japan demands cooperation french colonial authorities vietnam in war efforts against china. 1941: japan occupies vietnam -> wider war in pacific. Vichy french regime doesn"t protest -> colonial administration continues until march 1945 -> japanese seize power. Ho chi minh returns after exile, forms the league for the. Independence of vietnam (viet minh) -> guerrilla warfare against japanese. Ho chi minh + viet minh only forces opposing japanese and dealing with famine. Chinese nationalist forces (led by chiang kai-shek) control northern vietnam. Exchange french leaseholds + treaty privileges in china for northern vietnam. Ho chi minh consents to recognition vietnam as free state" within. May 1946: ho chi minh leaves for paris for negotiations. 1950: viet minh guerrillas control border area with china. After loss of china : us strongly resolved to contain communist expansion. Us starts providing assistance to french in 1950. Geneva accords, 1954: after catastrophic french defeat at dien bien.
