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what are the factors for change in Vietnam

  • role of government

  • role of president

  • role of science and technology

  • role of warfare

  • role of media

  • role of ideology

  • independence and freedom from empire

  • role of economy

  • attitudes in society and protests

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when did the battle of Dien Bien Phu begin

13 Mar 1954

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what were the two sides of Dien Bien Phu

Vietnamese (Vietminh) and French

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cause of the battle of Dien Bien Phu

Vietnam was a French colony and wanted independence from them

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when did France lose control of Vietnam

during WW2

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why did France lose control of Vietnam

the Japanese occupied it and took control

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what was the name of the Vietnamese force which was fighting for independence

Vietminh

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who led the Vietminh

Ho Chi Minh

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when did Ho Chi Minh announce Vietnamese freedom as an independent state

August 1945, when Japan surrendered in WW2

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what was the name of the now independent Vietnam that Ho gave it

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

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why did the French find it hard to sustain their influence over Vietnam after WW2

  • they lost a lot of men and money due to war, meaning they couldn’t afford to keep it and didn’t have the men to keep control there

  • Vietminh declared independence, meaning that public were less supportive of French control, meaning they won’t be accepting of them

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what power did Ho want to help him secure Vietnam’s independence

USA

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why were the USA reluctant to help the Vietnamese achieve independence

they were worried they would become independent as a communist country

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why did USA not want Vietnam to become a communist country

this was during the Cold War, where the Truman Doctrine said that USA would do whatever possible to contain communism and didn’t want it to spread as this means the USSR is spreading, which they did not want

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why was the USA interested in Vietnam

  • worried Ho would make Vietnam communist

  • China began trading with Vietnam

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