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This 6 page paper discusses the reasons for the French withdraw from Vietnam; in particular, their stunning defeat at Dien Bien Phu. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Discussion The very first decision to invade Vietnam was "made by Napoleon III in July 1857," the result of both "missionary propaganda" and the "upsurge of French capitalism," which made
it necessary for France to find markets for its products (Vietnam, 2007). Rigault de Genouilly, Frances "naval commander in East Asia," had long advocated military action against Vietnam, and now
he attacked Tourane (now Da Nang) with the intent of turning it into a military installation (Vietnam, 2007). Genouilly attacked Tourane on September 1, 1858 and occupied it the following
day, but realized that he couldnt make any further progress there so he "decided to attack Saigon" (Vietnam, 2007). He left a garrison at Tourane and sailed to Saigon in
February 1859, seizing it in two weeks (Vietnam, 2007). The Vietnamese put up substantial resistance and held the French at Saigon for a substantial period of time; finally, in 1861,
and under a new commander, the French were able to occupy "the three adjacent provinces" (Vietnam, 2007). The Vietnamese were ultimately no match for the better armed French, and signed
"a peace treaty in June 1862, which ceded the conquered territories to France. Five years later additional territories in the south were placed under French rule" (Vietnam, 2007). The French
named the colony "Cochinchina" (Vietnam, 2007). It took them 16 more years to bring it fully under control (Vietnam, 2007). Vietnam was thus a conquered French colony, and its people
were "both proud of their past glory and painfully aware of their many years of subjugation" (Hodgeman). The turning point came at the end of World War II. Vietnam, like
many other Asian nations, had come under Japanese control, and with Japans defeat the question arose of what would happen to Vietnam (Hodgeman). The French wanted to reassert their control
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