The Indochinakrieg (also called Ith Indochinakrieg or French Indochinakrieg) was a colonial war in the French colony Indochina between France and the league for the independence of Viet Nam (also Viet Minh called), under the guidance of the vietnamesischen communists. It is a part of a chain of military conflicts, which had to get over the countries Indochinas from 1941 to 1979.

Summary

After the Second World War tried France, its former colony, which had had it in the year 1941 combatless to the Japanese transfers to attain again. The rebel organization Viet Minh pursued the goal the independence of the country under its leader Ho Chi Minh however to reach. After initial concessions to the Viet Minh one decided in December 1946 on French side to eliminate the organization militarily and to repair the old status of the colony. After initial successes in the year 1947 decided the Frenchmen, who had underestimated the combat capability of the Viet Minh Organisiation to withdraw itself due to the lack of soldiers into attachments along the important roads in the north of Viet Nam. After a two years continuous deadlock the Viet Minh army had so far strengthened itself also due to auxiliary supplies from communist China become that it was possible their to drive the Frenchmen out in the years from 1950 to 1953 nearly completely from the nordvietnamesischen region Tonking. After the battle of serve Bien Phu, with which the French colonial army in spring suffered 1954 a destroying defeat, peace negotiations were opened. On that Geneva conference became on 21 July 1954 the division of Viet Nam along 17. Degree of latitude decided, with a northern part (late North Vietnam) under guidance of Ho Chi Minh and a south part (late south Viet Nam) under the president Ngo Dinh Diem. The USA refused recognizing the present agreement.

Causes and emergence of the war

Ho Chi Minh had created the organization Viet Minh, which the tie point of the nationalistic and communist resistance of the Vietnamesen against the foreign rule of the Frenchmen and the Japanese became together with Vo Nguyen Giap and Chu Van Tan. After proclaiming the armistice between Japan and the allied ones on 19 August 1945 the Viet Minh Guerillas, at this time from only 5,000 members bestanden* began those to transfer power to Viet Nam. This process, which entered as August revolution vietnamesische history, was final with release Saigons on 28 August 1945. The liberty won now was used from Ho Chi Minh to announce on 2 September 1945 in Hanoi the independence of Viet Nam. **

This step making possible power vacuum lasted however not for a long time. The country became south 17. Of degree of latitude of British and north of it of nationalChinese troops (Kuomintang) occupies. This regulation had its cause in the allocation of Eastern Asia into different theaters and competencies by the allied ones. The British troops in the south began immediately to suppress any independence tendency. The Chinese troops in the north were interested only to enrich themselves by plunderings and interfered therefore only little into the policy of the country. So the organization Viet Minh could keep first the north as power base.

France was anxious after the regaining of its independence in the autumn 1944 in the process of the following yearly to re-establish its military strength and to bring its colonial empire (French union) with exception of Syria back into the condition, which had existence before the outbreak of the Second World War. This politics were justified with the fact that the colonies were regarded as necessary means for the regaining of economic strength. An important part of these efforts was the reaffiliation of the French Indochinas rich at raw materials. With the rapid structure of the French colonial army one was not discriminating: Almost half of the Fremdenlegion recruited itself now from former German prisoners of war. The equipment received France to a large part of the USA and Great Britain, also German or locally existing Japanese weapon material was partly used.

Note 1

Estimated number, the data vary depending upon source between 5000 to 7600 members.

Note 2

Really secured data concerning the activity of Ho Chi Minh and its trailer are only present starting from 31 July 1945. (Arrival of Dfourneaux in the camp of the Viet Minh.) before it only data in all me accessible sources, which are supplied by vietnamesischer historiography and many connections not to mention, are, which could possibly stand with the party doctrine of the KPV in conflict. So existed e.g. volume over Ho Chi Minh speeches and writings, which contains nothing else for the period of 1941 and to at the end of of 1944, in which the organization Viet Minh developed, as poems. Also reproductions of communication of the co-operation of Ho Chi Minh with the American secret service OSS cannot be found, although this is occupied by several other sources.

Literature

Technical literature and sources in German language

• Ho Chi Minh: "Revolution and national attachment lining up fight - speeches and writings 1920 to 1968", ISBN B-000-0BRMT-8
• Paul: Of "France stranger of sons", ISBN 3-613-01144-1
• Peter Scholl Latour, "death in the rice field", ISBN 3-423-36173-5

Lothar: "The French Indochinakrieg - representation and military-economic appreciation university of the German Federal Armed Forces Munich, Neubiberg 2002 (over university library lendable)

Novels with scene Indochina

• Greene, Graham: "The quiet American", Dtv, 2003, ISBN 3-423-13129-2
• Steel tree, Dietrich: "The ride on the ox or also mosquito we do not kill", Karin Fischer publishing house, 2000, ISBN 3-8951-4261-1
• Himsolt, Rolf: '' "Planning", Wenz publishing house, 2004, ISBN 3-937791-03-5

Related links

• http://www.kssursee.ch/schuelerweb/kalter-krieg/kk/indochina.htm

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