THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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The division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel-Because Diem wanted to rule all of Vietnam
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The United States becoming a protector of South Vietnam-Diem did not want the United States to be involved
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Elections to reunite Vietnam-Because he knew he would lose to Ho Chi Minh in the elections
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Diem never broke any part of the Geneva Accords
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Detailed explanation-1: -The French lost their Indochinese colonies due to political, military, diplomatic, economic and socio-cultural factors. The fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 signalled a loss of French power. General Vo Nguyen Giap and his Viet Minh had triumphed on the eve of the Geneva Conference.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Viet Minh victory at Dien Bien Phu signaled the end of French colonial influence in Indochina and cleared the way for the division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel at the conference of Geneva.
Detailed explanation-3: -It consisted of a struggle between French and Viet Minh (Vietnamese Communist and nationalist) forces for control of a small mountain outpost on the Vietnamese border near Laos. The Viet Minh victory in this battle effectively ended the eight-year-old war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Less than half of them survived the march. Of the nearly 11, 000 total prisoners (French and Vietnamese) the Viet Minh captured, only 3290 were repatriated four months later. The disastrous outcome for the French would set the stage for the United States to become involved in the war between North and South Vietnam.