1. Step (zero): Dien Bien phu
Vietnam Map Activity
Since the mid 1800s, the French had colonized much of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. Toward the end of the First Indochina War, French forces were defeated in the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu. The French left Southeast Asia later that year.

2. Step (zero): Dien Bien phu
Vietnam Map Activity
Dien Bien Phu
Since the mid 1800s, the French had colonized much of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. Toward the end of the First Indochina War, French forces were defeated in the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu. The French left Southeast Asia later that year.

3. Step One:
CHINA
Vietnam Map Activity
Dien Bien Phu
China played a role in the First Indochina War by sending military personnel to help defeat the French. In fact about 2,000 Soviet and Chinese military ‘advisors’ trained the Vietnamese and provided them with military equipment for this war.
Soviet truck supplied by the Chinese to the Vietnamese against the French

4. Step One:
CHINA
CHINA
Vietnam Map Activity
Dien Bien Phu
China played a role in the First Indochina War by sending military personnel to help defeat the French. In fact about 2,000 Soviet and Chinese military ‘advisors’ trained the Vietnamese and provided them with military equipment for this war.
Soviet truck supplied by the Chinese to the Vietnamese against the French