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19451954 friends. we used a merciless war more than 9000 kilometers from paris. this devastating war was marked by bargaining and the trail. idealism and disillusionment. it was a password for freedom and subjugation, full of hope and pain. this war devastated the 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's been almost forgotten today, the

for more than 17 years, france exploited into china a colony which included cambodia allows on vietnam. after world war 2, the leader and funder of the communist, vietnam, in which he min declared, being the means independent war and suit. the french army initially squared numerous victories. it was gradually overwhelmed by the guerrilla warfare waged by who achievements via and fighters. in 1949, the communist seized power in china, turning point out, the doom offered, 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. continuing. the fight wasn't due that power as urgently

needed fresh impetus. in 1951, paris sent its most prestigious general to indo china world war 2 huge on deluxe to tiffany. as soon as he arrived, deluxe summoned his officers. i'd come to save you because you other ones getting killed. no more surrendered from that one who will be under mike among the deluxe travel through india, china, ordering dismissals, establishing new rules as well as making adjustments among the troops. deluxe took a tough line, but it earned him respect. the soldiers had wanted a leader, and they've got one but the vin were unimpressed by deluxe. the arrival on the 25th of december 1950 general and wynja. most of major

offensive into the north of the country theme was to take how noise 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 supply by the united states. meet jellies, gasoline, the spread death and panic among the enemy. the vm insights her goals and she recalled the plains dice and all hell breaks loose before my eyes and immense plain spreading for hundreds of meters. sewing to him right in the ranks of the competence napalm 5 folding from the sky. i'm in a fling. i come back any longer. the palm will be deployed in vietnam for 3 decades. the,

the in boot reported. flames run faster than the vs overtaking and engulfing hundreds. perhaps thousands of them. the deluxe didn't shy away from implying this terrifying weapon 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 the new reaction whatsoever. there is no such thing as a just war. the deluxe delta crushing to speak to the admin lost more than 8000 men in this battle

. he also handed friends its 1st major victory since the war began. the french soldiers have been 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 indo. china came the don't see, a nuke of cambodia and specifying baton, a prime minister of laos. he wanted to assure the friends to support and keep them out of the conflict. he made a public appearance without di 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 meeting to meet national army. the 10s of thousands signed up to fight alongside

friends against the admin. by 1949, the force number 25000 and soon exceeded 830000 men, trained and led by french officers. training is tough. what they need to need the muscles of steel to approach the enemy in some price that you put in any lapse of steel to lie and wait for them a day in line with whom am i to take them down to sign of the the right moment me to do needs coming out to enjoy the days and nights of hard labor and in the china walks or is it the finding animal that can you spell? you have to submit it yourself with a knife and you want to handle that, get it so that you can surprise the enemy's count. coughing with that i was asked to have been traveling the in september 1951 deluxe blue 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 the general managed to term the american media you have received at the white house by president truman. the, the mission was a success. washington bumped up that support considerably from then on it would finance or 2 percent of the war or share that would increase over time, the deluxe gamble paid off. he managed to contain the v it min and boost. the armies were on us showered him with dollars. a french supported v, as in these national army, entered the free news

. but the deluxe kept a cool head chap still had chinese course at his disposal. the french general warned then may be disasters in indo china, but there are no miracles. the general would not be there to witness either. diagnosed with cancer in november 1951 he returned to paris or 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 now confronted which he means people's army of vietnam. 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 population's under its control, which fell into line willingly or by force. the administrative, public security launched, 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. a large scale occurred was taking place. any citizen suspect did of this loyalty was illuminated

. the wouldn't come to one of the of the means man said poor peasants with royalty and forced to denounce the crimes of landlords before the people's quote, the quote had the power to pronounce death sentences and a platoon carried out the executions on the spot. in some places the condemned was stone, trying to lift the dice, dust, and hunger for even bury the line. thousands died in the perch, tens of thousands of feet 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 no inside gone. they were still able to enjoy sunny days in the

midst of the chaos, the se, the most absolutely widely began to pack up the major companies 1st and foremost an illusion of tranquillity. soldier, all of them men, land, brooks in his diary, the 20th century columbus is from henry. we only leads the road with companies with ends in hon. 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 of the war was proving to be

unwinnable, even with american aid. on the political front, bol die had failed to win over his people intelligent 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 had grown weary of chronically unstable government and the cost of the war. all the more so, when a new scandal was uncovered, an official expose the true extent of the illicit trade and p. s. was the currency of french into china. settlers and soldiers were pocketing the difference between the official an actual race of exchange. but they weren't the only ones. ministers, deputies and bankers were also involved,

were still the investigation revealed via min 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 about this bloody war, which is ruining the country, and only benefiting the profit to yours. after 7 years of blame this in indecision, frances leaders finally understood that he had to negotiate. they wanted to do so for a position of strength. the government placed that space and only 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,

the name i of the 17th prime minister since the outbreak of the conflict gave him a single instruction. find an honorable way out. no har opted for an insignificant airbase use during world war 2 and located right in the middle of the main territory. a low plane of 65 square kilometers surrounded by mountains. b n b and food navarre plan to set up a headquarters in the center. for to find out post with e mail names with guarantees protection. the general navarro was assisted by general and e connie, the ambience who bass will 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

ha wanted to construct a formidable beast to lu or general jeff to launch a hasty attack the with some soldiers were ne, with this idea. does he end up with dec route at the end in 10? it also is like a go to it's comes with the pray, attracting the mental i guess i don't, we like the situation the listing of our didn't go to his 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. he martialed 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 bits of lies close to the hills.

the in january 1954, the french wizard, confidently for the assault. the base was ready. the victory was beyond the camp leader could of the country even dropped leaflets to provoke general jeff, the general. while you're waiting to stop this battle, don't you'll success? have you lost faith in the value of your generals and the answers? yes. 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 have given him clear orders, dense fights unless you're sure you're going to win. otherwise refrain the time was on the vietnam inside. 27000 tons of material were transported to the fax . those are the bicycles were also used in the operation alongside soviet trucks who issue bicycles had been exported on mass to viet nam since the 19 thirty's and jeff jo that the

bicycle had been the most decisive soldier in the battle, the french were neither death nor blamed as thanks to their intelligent services, they knew what to expect. faced with the influx of the admin reinforcements, general navarre began to have doubts. he wrote to paris, the one replied, still, the french general didn't back dire and soon almost 50000 vietnamese fighters. that surrounded the $12000.00 soldiers of the french army. the walden i used were being sharpens. the diplomats were keeping busy in geneva. the super powers prepared a high level conference on korea and the,

and the appellate. and that's the, on the bottle of the m. b into came it just the right time was the v at min and friends wanted to win, so that the chris's at the negotiating table as 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 overnight, the defense has collapsed. the admin or tillery 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 shop. you saw head of the french artillery didn't believe the admin would be able to position their guns on the sloops committed suicide. after realizing his mistake, the pri, this is the 4 french battalions were out of action. the valley was being pounded with shells. 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 power shoot, drops the vin onto aircraft defense has prevented any accurate ear. drops the vin launched wave after wave of assault. even if it been dying by the hundreds, the ultimate sacrifice for their country are simply to save themselves. the

one of them said that you should fire from the enemy continues to full. the only way out is to charge cool, would die if we stay down anyway. we must lead from shelters running at full speed was the thoughts of life in front of the breach. the didn't wouldn't be depending on how far battalion is dead. a wounded the beast with fierce resistance from the french. vin changed tactics. every night, fighters dug trenches in the direction of enemy positions the

v in the me. soldier reports that we were in searching the enemy on all sides. the galleries dug by our infantrymen was so close to the bob way of the french cousins, joined the trenches. the attackers overwhelmed the french forces. and what remained of the bunkers resistance continued. there were rumors that the americans would support the war efforts. the free world would hold out had us been dispatched as chief of staff to washington, the process chief of staff with president eisenhower. and i know radford general paul a here for conferences on the indo china war to which the rest allocated 1w2cw

dollars last year, chief topic of conversation. indo china is critical battle at the end. beautiful general in the cold for the deployment of american bombers from the pacific fleet to safety and the end 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 mingle in the mount. the stinks! nothing sweet. 20 hours of nightmares. my friend was cutting half by shell. it took 2 hours for him to dine

out the steals hospital. doctors had to select the men they could say. dr. kalonde reported the complaints the screams, the coolest. the groans the ringing of the telephone mixed with a den outside filled my ears and the police rates. my thoughts from that movements on i wasn't sure whether it was night till day with rose hungry up, dusty. whether i was a live or a character from a nightmare, the odd as you thought she was, there was great excitement in geneva. miss redo idea shows me to was received by a friend the crowd, the further delays the home for at least the master on the, on the old headquarters of the league of nations with the meats, when he left the sort of a shadow and by the situation in tmt for the full battlefield chief underneath the result,

the like the major no courtly dollar payment is while the but the shortly before the conference opened us secretary of state john foster, dulles. this 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'd 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 full talks continued the final offensive began on the 1st of may 1954 hold up in a shelter because lee was powerless. on the 7th of me, the telephone general committee, their last conversation was recorded the

defending themselves, 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? 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. good bye to test team to by general the after 56 days of siege on the 7th of may 1950 for the custody order to ccr. the bmw who had fallen

the french soldier recalled sudden silence. i felt like i was dead. the, the battle of the ambiance who ended in a catastrophic defeat for france, the trap set to conquer the v at been 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 was fatal. they completely

underestimated the admin. the french did not believe in the mid had the logistical capability to build up in a 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 that the dispute could not have come with a worse 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 with the police, and i see on the route front, enters the negotiations with a tube tubs and a 3 of diamonds. the consequences of this disaster were also found in france. the fall of the and trench camp brought down the 20 s government of the 4th republic and propelled p. m and his friends into the limelight, the he'd been advocating talk since 1950. his time had finally come from the 18th of june, 1954 pm, and as from snow prime minister went to geneva to negotiate the dimensions we have been able to chief to con. we wanted to a chief executive, namely to restore peace in the east that fail. nobody else. could you wait for

mister president mendez from to the french national assembly that has 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 from bond on the chief negotiator sent by who had she been on the 21st of july 1954 a few hours before the ultimatum was due to expire. and the agreement was finally reached at 3 20 pm, the money to us, your unit in the very service, herman, the highly domestic, the gentleman with the title to sign the documents ending the war in vietnam

compton. and he was to talk on the who signed on behalf of the fee of the agreement of forced to finance to make the full concession was made for these, getting nothing more painful. and the loss of 9000 french soldiers on the titan this week, because we don't have a gale to solve this. mendez problems suited real political courage. he enabled friends to withdraw from the conflict. now isn't it that they no reason and piece of my own? let's just remember to get the so unfortunately it will not be the time for us to have been wounded this week with a physically and so in the honest good i don't need to express my feelings me because i feel the same way. so they both 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 northwell to the admin or the service became

a republic under american protection. the sovereignty of cambodia and laos was also recognized. the prisoners who'd be languishing in camps for several months for gradually exchanged of the $10000.00 french prisoners. the 3rd perished slots are committed by the v at men in defiance of international humanitarian law. the,

the years after the war began, who came in had one is the pushers were static. the term recalled cries of joy when jumping the fields and on the hills. red with blood and the nape of these young infantrymen with victorious house,

happy with the team and gave himself a soviet style parade. for the victory came with a price of the population have gained independence was also burdened with new chains which he been established. 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 vietnamese fled the side to the poverty and intolerance. the they gave up their possessions and left the country as quickly as they could.

the french troops were also evacuated french legionnaires as well. the soldiers from france 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 don't see anything. they just look at us where shamed 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 turned their backs and the lives they built there . the model calling he came to an end. some vietnamese civilians were evacuated to france. quickly forgotten. they symbolize what franz wanted to conceal. his defeat, [000:00:00;00] 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 lake and a greek tragedy. both sides lost the brands wanted to maintain its colonial

empire, but it collapsed. and this defeat sparks and uprising. and algeria, the vin, had won the war and gained independence. but those living in the north now had to live under the yoke of a harsh regime. the, the, the americans replace the french and the region. they were to make exactly the same . mistakes initiates an even greater blog bass, and suffer an even deeper trauma. the, the indo china war was followed by the vietnam war.

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