The Indochina War 1945-1954 (Full Documentary)

Published 2024-07-19

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The Indochina War is a pivotal conflict in the Cold War emerging from the end of the Second World War. When the former imperial power France tries to reclaim their former colony of Indochina, they encounter resistance in today's Vietnam by the Viet Minh under Ho Chi Minh.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
03:22 Indochina during WW2
05:25 Proclamation of Vietnamese Independence
07:00 Post-WW2 Occupation of Vietnam
08:25 Operation Masterdom
18:01 Road to Indochina War
21:40 Outbreak of the Indochina War
25:20 Mission Accomplished?
26:18 Battle of Route Coloniale 4
30:31 US Support for France in Indochina
31:55 Operation Lorraine
32:39 Battle of Na San
35:20 Stalemate and more US Support
38:05 Battle of Dien Bien Phu
46:44 No Direct US Intervention
48:39 French Defeat at Dien Bien Phu
53:06 End of the Indochina War

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Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander
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Once again, you broke the events down and gave me a better understanding of events. Keep it up.

@July41776DedicatedtoTheProposi 5 days ago

Jack Kennedy visited Vietnam in the 1950s. He said that it was a civil war against colonialism, just like America fought against the British.

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@tellemanndergaertner 6 days ago

Whoever believes they have the right to step into a foreign country and tell its citizens what they can and cannot do, is surely a madman.

@brianbunker2150 9 days ago

Great information and thank you for covering topics that get brushed over.

@faenethlorhalien 9 days ago

9 years and few people talk about it. This is truly a forgotten war. ...

@indianajones4321 9 days ago

Wow, I had been researching the Indochina War yesterday, great timing!

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This is exactly what led the United States into disaster as well. It was Kennedy's wife who pleaded with JFK to get involved in Vietnam, but before that it was Eisenhower who sent advisors to train the troops of the South to fight what was initially viewed as an insurgency. It soon became clear that this was not merely an insurgency but a full fledged move for national independence.

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@Brian----- 5 days ago

7:20 in French colonial times Saigon was in Cochinchine, not Annam, which was the middle province’s name. The Vietnamese divide Vietnam into a north, a middle, and a south; not only a north and a south as foreign powers divided it.