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a merciless war more than 9000 kilometers from paris. this devastating war was marked by bargaining and betrayal. idealism and disillusionment. it was a password for freedom and subjugation, full of hope and pain. the this war devastated a country costa hundreds of thousands of human lives and initiated the collapse of the french colonial empire. it was a war with many facets, colonial war. a war of independence and the cold war. a war that speed almost forgotten today, the

for more than 17 years, france exploited into china a colony which included come body allows on vietnam. after world war 2, the leader and thunder of the communist. the admin, which has been declared being the means independence war and sued the french army initially score numerous victories. it was gradually overwhelmed by the guerrilla warfare waged by which he means v. as in fighters, in 1949, the communist seized power in china. a turning point out they do offer to which human logistical and military support the colonial war became a cold war conflict. although french public opinion was critical of this distant war, french leaders were intent of continuing the fight. but to do that power as urgently needed fresh impetus in 1951 power

sent its most prestigious generals into china, world war 2 huge on deluxe to tiffany. as soon as he arrived, deluxe summoned his officers. i've come to save you because you other ones getting killed. no more surrendering from now on. you will be on the mike among the deluxe travel through into china, ordering dismissals, establishing new rules, as well as making adjustments among the troops. deluxe took a top line, but it earned him respect. the soldiers had wanted a leader, and they've got one but the admin were unimpressed by deluxe. the arrival on the 25th of december 1950 general. and when jeff launched, the major offensive into the north of the country theme was to take how noise

the, the, the, equipped by china, 5, the been divisions attacked quarterly fortified french defensive positions held by insufficient units. the situation was critical. as soon as he arrived, deluxe personally assumed command of operations, he sent all available troops into the battle even requisitioning civilian aircraft, to transport some units to the front. soldiers had rarely traveled so well the, the general could also rely on new types of munitions supplied by the united states

. meet jelly gasoline, the spread death and panic among the enemy, the vm insights her groove and she recalled plains, dice and all hell breaks loose before my eyes an immense plain spinning of hundreds of meters swing to him right in the ranks of the competence. nay, palm 5 folding from the sky. the men of fleeing come back any longer. meantime, we'd be deployed in vietnam for 3 decades. the

u. c. n. boot reported the flames run faster than the vs overtaking and engulfing hundreds. perhaps thousands of them. the deluxe didn't shy away from implying this terrifying width and in the name of peace . he was not afraid of international criticism. and for good reason, the use of napalm by us forces in korea after vote no reaction whatsoever. there is no such thing as a just war the deluxe delta of crushing to speak to the admin last more than 8000 men in this battle. he also 100 friends, its 1st major victory since the war began. the french soldiers that being given

a boost from that point on the troops, led by a prestigious leader, were no longer fighting for the coldness they believed they were also fighting for a free world. the deluxe met with the leaders of the countries of french into china, came the don't see, a nuke of cambodia and specifying baton, a prime minister of laos. he wanted to assure them of francis support and keep them out of the conflict. he made a public appearance, was followed by the vietnamese head of state to underline his support for him. the deluxe wanted to include the vietnamese and the fight against communism. he set about establishing a vietnamese national army. tens of thousands signed up to fight alongside friends against the admin. by 1949,

the force number 25 styles and suit exceeded a 130000 men, trained and led by french officers. training is tougher. they may need muscles of steel to approach the enemy in some price, it beautiful in any lapse of steel to lie and wait for them. i am 9 with whom am i to take them down to sign of the the right moment. me to do needs coming out to ensure the days and nights of hard labor. and then the china also has a defining element, which can you spell, you have to submit it yourself with a knife and you want to handle it, get it so that you can surprise the enemy's count. coughing with the sewer, then drowned. in september 1951 deluxe flew to the united states. the war was costing friends several 1000000000. frank, today is a most super sweet,

the powerful united states to contribute to funds the general managed to term the american media use received at the white house by president truman. the. the mission was a success. washington bumped up that support considerably from then on it, which finance 40 percent of the war share that would increase over time, the deluxe gamble paid off. he managed to contain the via admin and boost. the armies were all us showered him with dollars. a friend supported via the means national army entered the free. the

deluxe kept a cool head. shap still had chinese who dispatch is dispose of. the french general warned. there may be disasters in indo china, but there on the mirror the, the general would not be there to witness either. diagnosed with cancer in november 1951, he returned to paris where he died. 2 months later, ever since that began, the war was subject to constant flux. all dies friends train via the muse national army that confronted 14 men's people's army of viet. now, the cold war had degenerated into a civil war. hundreds of thousands of people were torn apart on both sides. never

had the country being so divided the in the communist camp. a process of radicalization was underway. following the example of china, the movement was strengthening its grip on the populations under its control, which fell into line willingly or by force. the ministry of public security launch targeted repressive measures against undesirables to win the support of the peasant masses. an agrarian reform was adopted behind the propaganda images promoting the redistribution of land, alar skilled courage was taking place. any citizen suspected of disloyalty, was eliminated,

wouldn't come to one of you at the muse man said its peasants with bolts and, and forced to denounce the crimes of landlords before the people's, quote, the quote, had the power to pronounce that sentences and a platoon counted up the executions on the spot. in some places the condemned was stone, trying to lift the dice, dust, and hunger for even buried alive. thousands died in the perch. tens of thousands of and then these were sent to camps. many never to return the, the columnist ignore this precious idle confrontation. they generally resided in the cities and how no insight gone. they were still able to enjoy sunny days in the midst of the chaos, the, the se,

the most absolutely widely began to pack up. major companies, 1st and foremost an illusion of tranquillity. soldier, all of them, man land. bruce in his diary. a 20 of 20 kilometers from henry. we only lead the road without companies with ends in hand. it's clear proof that behind the front there's nothing but emptiness. bluffs and incompetence, even if we win this war, we will have to leave indo china. a lucidity that political leaders lacked by 1953. france was in deep crisis. on the military front, the war was proving to be unwinnable, even with american aid. on the political front,

bol die had failed to win over his people. intelligence but tactless. it seemed obvious that he was an idle leader in the service of the french. he had the suit, but like the substance, the political deadlock was evident the back and the homeland. the french were unhappy. the public's a growing weary of chronically unstable government and the cost of the war. all the more so when a new scandal was uncovered and the official exposed the true extent of the illicit trade and p asked was the currency of french into china. settlers and soldiers were pocketing the difference between the special and actual race of exchange. but they weren't the only ones. ministers, deputies and bankers were also involved, were still the investigation revealed vin took advantage of the system to buy

weapons on the international market. that was the final straw. the political and military crisis was becoming a crisis of confidence. the french didn't want to hear another word, but this bloody war. bush is ruining the country and only benefiting the profit tiers. after 7 years of blame, this in indecision, francis leaders finally understood that he had to negotiate that they wanted to do so. for a position of strength. the government placed that space and on lean of uh, a brilliant, arrogant general. he knew nothing of right into china and was chosen for that very reason to appraise the situation from a new perspective. the emission was to inflict such heavy losses on the enemies of france would be able to dictate the conditions during talks. the name i of the 17th prime minister since the outbreak of the conflict gave him

a single instruct to find an honorable way out. no har opted for an insignificant airbase use during world war 2 and located right in the middle of viet, in territory. a low plain of 65 square kilometers, surrounded by mountains. bmw to navarre planned to set up a headquarters in the centre, fortified post with female names, with guarantees protection. the general navarre was assisted by general, and e, connie, the ambiance who base would be commanded by colonel castillo and custody. the november 1953, thousands of powdered troopers were dropped to take over the basin the

apart from a few injured person. now the operation went off without a hitch. the shortly afterwards, a runway was built. a steady stream of plains dropped off the soldiers artillery and engineers. the motor space became a huge camp with trenches bunkers, even a field hospital, the

of the one to construct a formidable beast to lu or general jeff, to launch a hasty attack the some soldiers were ne, with this idea, does he end up with dec route at the end and the tenant also is like a go to each pedal with a pray, attracting the victim in to i guess i don't, we like the situation the but enough i didn't notice plan for a moment for 70 years. the friendship saltado the enemy. this time it was the enemy who had come to them, the

general jeff decided to take up the challenge. years of struggle had transformed the history teacher into a season strategist marshall his army in the jungle. the vin were ready to fight the huge network of more than 200000 civilians transported supplies and equipment over a distance of almost 700 kilometers. but it was mainly chinese and soviet trucks that brought with ends and food supplies close to the hills. the,

the, the in january 1954, the french we did confidently for the assault. the bass was ready. victory was beyond the camp leader could of the country even dropped leaflets to provoke general jeff, the general. while you're waiting to start this battle. don't your success? have you lost faith in the value of your generals and the answers he has, some of your troops. come on. i'm waiting for you. for general, jack kept a cool head. can you prefer to meticulously prepare for battle during this

a defeat to be devastating? and who came in had given him clear orders, then sites on this, you'll show you're going to win. otherwise, refrain the time was on the vietnam inside the 27th. those and tons of material were transported to the fax. those are the bicycles were also using the operation alongside soviet trucks, visual bicycles. that'd be an exported on mass to viet nam, since the 19 thirty's and jeff joe, that the bicycle had been the most decisive soldier in the battle. the or

the french were neither death nor blind thanks to their intelligent services. they knew what to expect. faced with the influx of the admin reinforcements, daryl navarro began to have doubts. he wrote to paris new and replied, still, the french general didn't back down the student almost 50000 vietnamese fighters that surrounded the 12000 soldiers of the french army. the well, the knives were being sharpened. the diplomats were keeping busy in geneva, the super powers prepared a high level conference on korea and the, and the police and the on the bottle of the n b into

came it just the right time was the v at min and friends wanted to win. so that they consist of the negotiating table as the victors, the on the 13th of march, 1954 japs army was ready by 15 pm. all hell broke loose, the strong point, beatrice. 2.5 kilometers from the headquarters was overrun, whose commander was killed and video communications severed the

of the overnight. the defense has collapsed. vin artillery was more powerful than expected, concealed in hillsides ending caves. it was undetectable. on the 15th of march, it was post gabrielle was turned to fall general shaw piece of head of the french artillery didn't believe the admin would be able to position their guns on the slopes. committed suicide after realizing his mistake. the by this is the 4 french battalions were out of action. the valley was being pounded with shelves. the fire power was supposed to be the trump card at the french,

but it was the vietnamese who had it the, the air feels defenses were quickly destroyed. aircraft no longer land. the only way to supply the base was through pad or shoot. drops the vin onto aircraft defense has prevented any accurate ear. drops the vin launched wave after wave of assaults, even if it been dying by the hundreds. the ultimate sacrifice for their country are simply to save themselves. the one of them said. then you shall find from the enemy,

continues to pull. the way out is to charge forward with dies, you stay down anyway. the rooms lead from shelters running at full speed towards the bus one in front of the breach. the denton wounded, a planning call fatality and his date a wounded the piece with fierce resistance from the french vin change tactics. every night fighters dug trenches in the direction of the enemy positions the

vietnamese soldier reported. we were in searching the enemy on all sides. the galleries dogged by all infantrymen with so close to the bob, one of the french cousins joined the trenches. the attackers overwhelmed the french forces. and what remains of the bunkers, resistance continued. there were rumors that the americans would support the war efforts. the free world would hold out. pat has been dispatched as chief of staff to washington, the process chief of staff with president eisenhower. and i know radford general upon a lee here for conferences on the indo china war to which the us allocated 1w2cw dollars last year. chief topic of conversation in the china is critical battle at the end. beautiful general in the cold for the deployment of a mirror,

can bombers from the pacific fleet to safety mbm to the president dwight eisenhower and congress didn't agree to the request. the operation was never carried out. the in the lowlands, the wounded lead, dying and couldn't be evacuated. soldier, lucy and the project for called, living in the dead mingling the mount. the stinks! nothing to eat. 20 hours of 9 as my friend was cutting half by shell. it took 2 hours for him to dine at the field hospital,

doctors had to select the men they could say. dr. kalonde reported the complaints the screams, the cool is the groans, the ringing of the telephone. all mixed with a den outside filled my ears and the police writes my thoughts from that movements on. i wasn't sure whether it was night today, whether i was hungry or thirsty, whether i was alive or a character from a nightmare. the odd as he thought she was there with great excitement to geneva, an idea should be doing was received by a friend the crowd. the other day is the same for at least the master on the own headquarters of the league of nations with the meats. when d, that's the thing is the shadow and by the situation in html pool, that will be a chief engineer result or 3 dollar payment on this while the but the shortly before the cobra is open to

us secretary of state john foster, dulles, which is french kind of part george to do without really thinking, he suggested deploying 2 atomic bombs. the french foreign minister objected the phone was who to inflict too many french casualties. i could plunge the world into an abyss. the indians, who was one of the most dangerous moments of the cold war, the botox continued the final offense that began on the 1st of may 1954 hold up in a shelter because he was powerless. on the 7th of me, the telephone general committee, their last conversation was recorded the

defending ourselves tooth and nail, to hold out for as long as possible with what i have left my general in a group of you. all right, my friend could we save any ammunition goodness. when i come in, that's the problem. we've got nothing left, a $120.00 to a $150.00 pounds. all right, my friend. i'll talk and call you beforehand. did buy it as cheap to buy general the after $56.00 days of siege on the 7th of may. 1954 because the order to cease har, the bmw who had fallen,

the french soldier called southern silence. i felt like i was the battle of the ambiance who ended in a catastrophic defeat. for france, the trap set to conquer the ve admin proved to be the french troops on doing friends, suffered more than $3500.00 dead and missing. on more than 10000 french soldiers were taken prisoner, the vietnamese also suffered more than 20000 dead and injured about where victorious french military leaders made several mistakes and most fatal. they completely underestimate to the admin. the french did not

believe the few min had the logistical capability to build up in the supply and offensive army of several, tens of thousands of men in the middle of the jungle, nor the strategic ability to defeat the french army in open battle. the engine eva use at the dispute for most of come with a worst time d n b and who was supposed to give friends the upper hand and talks. but instead it was in a position of weakness. foreign ministers, george, they do who is negotiating of the,

played an seo and root fronts into the negotiations with a to nonsense. we have diamonds. the consequences of this disaster were also felton friends. the fall of the and trench camp brought down the 20th government of the 4th republic propelled pm and as friends into the limelight, the he'd been advocating talk since 1950. his time had finally come. on the 18th of june, 1954 pm and as problems know, prime minister went to geneva to negotiate the dimensions that we have been able to achieve to come. we wanted to a chief executive, namely to restore peace in the east that fail. nobody else could you wait for mister president mendez problems to the

french national assembly that is really agreement wasn't reached within 30 days. he would resign as prime minister, the talk centered on a possible partition of vietnam and an immediate cease fire. whole parties were keen to push through their respective demands and exerted great pressure on funds and on the chief negotiator sent by who cheated on the 21st of july, 1954 a few hours before the ultimatum was due to expire. and the agreement was finally reached at 320, and the money did not your own unit in the very sort of assignment, the highlighted enough to possibly do general most of the time to sign the documents ending the war in vietnam of a hard copy on the who signed on behalf of the c a, please send the agreement of forced to finance to make the full concession was made

. but these could not the most painful loss. nice. 2000 furnished soldiers on says the titan. this focus, we also have a gale to solve this mendez problems, food, real political coverage. he enabled friends to withdraw from the conflict. now isn't it that day? no reason and piece of my own. let's just remember to get to know so unfortunately we don't have time for those who have been wounded this week with a physical and showing that harness good. i don't need to express my feelings me because i feel the same way you do so simple. a ceasefire was finally signed like germany, berlin, and korea. vietnam was temporarily divided into 2 zones on either side of the 17th power allow the northville to the admin will this service became a republic under american protection. the sovereignty of cambodia and laos was also

recognized the prisoners who'd been languishing in camps for several months for gradually exchanged of the $10000.00 french prisoners. the 3rd perished. slusher committed by the v at men in defiance of international humanitarian law. the,

the, the years after the war began, who came in had one is the pushers were static. the from tom recalled cries of joy winds up in the fields and on the hills. red with blood, the nape of these young infantrymen would victorious house. happy with the

team. indeed himself, a soviet style parade for the victory came with a price of the population have gained independence was also burdened with new chains. woochie minnes stablished a communist regime with close links to the soviet union and the people's republic of china. the in a mass exodus almost a 1000000 via the means fled to the side of the poverty and intolerance. the they gave up their possessions and left the country as quickly as they could. the,

the french troops were also evacuated french legionnaires, as well as soldiers from friends and the colonies were transferred to other wars. and the vietnamese you felt in the french army were abandoned. one officer lead us on my route. most vietnamese people didn't see anything. they just looked at us where shame if they'd cubis then we'd have full rights. the one of them said to me. so captain, you'll giving up on us. i said nothing. the, the settlers left the country and turn their backs and the lives they built there.

the model calling the, came to an end some via the civilians were evacuated to france, quickly forgotten. they symbolize what france wanted to conceal its defeat. the, in the end, several 100000 soldiers died and the indo china war most and that the, in the east side, the number of civilian deaths is still unknown. estimates range from over 100-0028 1000000 the like in a greek tragedy. both sides lost the friends wanted to maintain its colonial empire, but it collapsed. and this defeat sparks and uprising and all julia the

the admin had won the war and gain independence. but those living and norris know how to live under the yoke of a harsh regime the, the americans replaced the french and the region. they were to make exactly the same mistakes, initiate an even greater plug fast, and suffer an even deeper trauma. the, the indo china war was followed by the vietnam war. the

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