WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 7, 1954, the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh. After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the French pulled out of the region.

Detailed explanation-2: -The central fact of French involvement in Vietnam was the persistent seven-year effort to re-establish French colonial rule. French forces were pitted against a Communist-led revolution for national independence; at no point did France offer Vietnam the alternative of non-Communist independence.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Dien Bien Phu, fought from March 13 to May 7, 1954, was a decisive Vietnamese military victory that brought an end to French colonial rule in Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 1954 Geneva Accords Divide Vietnam The resulting Geneva Accords would dissolve the French Indochinese Union. The Geneva Accords were signed in July of 1954 and split Vietnam at the 17th parallel. North Vietnam would be ruled by Ho Chi Minh’s communist government and South Vietnam would be led by emperor Bao Dai.

Detailed explanation-5: -French colonists were interested in acquiring land, exploiting labour, exporting resources and making profit. 3. Vietnamese land was seized by the French and collectivised into large rice and rubber plantations. Local farmers were forced to labour on these plantations in difficult and dangerous conditions.

Detailed explanation-6: -The French dead in Vietnam numbered 55, 000, nearly as many as the 58, 000 Americans killed there, though France has one-fifth the population of the United States. France’s eight-year war officially began 50 years ago today.