The First Indochina War
Analysing the Vietnamese resistance against French colonialism and the rise of Ho Chi Minh.
Key Questions
- 1Why was the Battle of Dien Bien Phu a turning point for global decolonisation?
- 2How did communism and nationalism intertwine in the Vietnamese movement?
- 3What were the consequences of the 1954 Geneva Accords?
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