1. Built Up to Conflict

2. Summary of Last 2 Lessons
French Indochina was formed in 1887
France exploited the natural resources of its colony of Indochina - rice and rubber coal, lead and tin
French missionaries taught education in Indochina
– Catholic Education, French, French Culture
French people believed the Indochinese were an inferior race to themselves.

3. Summary of Last 2 Lessons
Industries roads and

4. Capitalism vs Nationalism & Communism
Nationalism: Patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts
Capitalism : Economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Communism: An ideology in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
-The ideology of Communism is a total contradiction of what the French had put in place. With addition of the Vietnamese lifestyle of farming the concept of Communism was a great fit.

5. Who was Ho Chi Minh Born 1890 in modern day Vietnam
1911 Ho leaves Vietnam (30 year exile) and undergoes education in Europe. (Exposed to Nationalism/Communism)
1940 Ho returns to Vietnam, and its committed to opposing both the French and the Japanese
Viet Minh implement Guerrilla warfare with Aid from the U.S to over throw the Japanese

6. Who was Ho Chi Minh
1945, WW II finishes and Ho declares Vietnam’s independence from France
1946, negotiations with the Viet Minh and France fails, France maintains control, thus resulting in the First Indochina War.

7. Who is with Who France : Maintain its colony for its resources.
United States:
Fear, trying to “Contain” Communism
Why?
Vietnam :
Fighting for Independence
China & U.S.S.R (Modern day Russia) :
Aid fellow Communist state

8. Tiger vs Elephant
Guerrilla warfare: A method of Warfare in which a small groups engage in surprise attacks on their enemy facilities, troops and supply routes.
The Viet Minh (Vietnamese nationalists fighting for independence) had tactics that had both psychological and physical effects.

9. Dien Bien Phu

10. Dien Bien Phu

11. Dien Bien Phu