I. Introduction - map
II. Vietnamese
Nationalism
A. 1920s &
1930s
1. Vietnamese Communist
Party
- Ho
Chi Minh(Ngyuen Ai Quoc)
B. Japanese
Occupation
1. Communist Party denunciations of
Fascism
2. Metropolitan France &
Indochina
- 1.5 Million soldiers and
workers
3.
1939
- Japan in Hainan
Island
- French
"security"
- 3.5 million metric tons of
materials
C. Double
Colonization
1. Hitler, the Japanese and Vichy
France
- Japanese invasion (Sept.
1940)
- Asia for
Asians?
2. Return of Ho Chi Minh
D.
August
1945
1.
August
Revolution
- August 13, 1945: Viet Minh
offensive
- August 25, 1945: Vietnam
"liberated"
2.
Significance
- Emperor Bao
Dai - Address to the
people
- President Ho Chi Minh (Sept.
2)
3. French
Reconquest
- Allied re-conquest: China, Great Britain, and
France
- Continued success of Vietnamese
government
- French
return
4. Independence
Delayed
- French Reluctance to
leave
- Escalating US intervention
III. "Free"
Vietnam
A. Three phases of
deterioration
1. Phase One: 1948 -
1950
- Vietnamization vs.
Pacification
2. Phase Two:
1951-1953
-
Militarization
3. Phase Three:
1953-1954
- French
Defeat
- Dien
Bien Phu (map)
B. Geneva Agreement
1954
- 17th Parallel (map)
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(North)
- Republic (or State) of Vietnam (South)
IV.
Conclusions
- Ho Chi Minh's policy
of
Accommodation
