Tag: French-Indochina War

• Know Your History: Americans Helping the Viet-Minh in 1945

  On July 16, 1945 a group of American OSS officers (Office of Strategic Services – the precursor to the CIA) parachuted into the Viet-Minh HQ in Tan Trao, Tonkin. (Tonkin was the name for northern Vietnam during the French colonial period.) This small group of officers were charged with helping to train the Vietnamese to…

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  February 5, 2014

  History & Culture, Know Your History

  Deer Team, Dien Bien Phu, French, French Indochina, French-Indochina War, Ho Chi Minh, OSS, Tan Trao, Tonkin, Viet Minh, Vietnam

• Vietnamese General Giap: 1911-2013

  The revolutionary general of the Viet Minh and the North Vietnamese communists died earlier today. (You can check out the slide show of his life on yahoo HERE!) He was the military mind and right hand man of Ho Chi Minh. He dressed in street clothes and a fedora, making an unassuming presence. But his presence…

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  October 6, 2013

  History & Culture, Vietnam

  Dien Bien Phu, French Indochina, French-Indochina War, General Giap, Ho Chi Minh, OSS, Sasse novel, The Reach of the Banyan Tree, Vietnam

• Essay: A Historical Overview of Vietnam from WWII through the Vietnam War

  From time to time, I like to post complete essays of mine which touch upon topics near and dear to my heart. If you know me, you won’t be surprised that this one is about Vietnam. I try to give a broad overview of the historical context which led to the Vietnam War of the…

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  March 15, 2013

  History & Culture, USA, Vietnam

  Dien Bien Phu, French colonialism, French Indochina, French-Indochina War, Geneva Convention, historical research, Ho Chi Minh, JFK and Vietnam, LBJ and Vietnam, Marshall Plan, Nguyen Vo Giap, OSS, Roosevelt, Viet Minh, Vietnam War, World War II