Discuss to what extent to which Nationalism contributed to the expulsion of the French from Indo-China in 1954. You must use evidence to support your view On 7 May 1954‚ the French Far East Expeditionary Corps were routed at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. More than 11‚000 French troops were taken prisoner. One tenth of the French Union’s military strength in Indo-China had been wiped out. The Viet Minh had dispatched their colonial rulers. The battle had ended in decisive victory
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French Algeria is an African colony shaped by its rich history and strong Muslim majority. The French established this colony in 1827 as land to expand their growing population. Under French control‚ the native Algerian Muslims faced much discrimination and fell subject to colonist rule. As a result of this harsh rule and religious intolerance by the French‚ the Algerian natives declared war in order to gain their independence. One major area of discrimination by French colonists was in the government
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glass-you don’t see it‚ but somehow it does something.’’ Hans Magnus Enzensberger. American and French commercials are very different yet similar. The American commercials are very straight forward and succinct. On the other hand‚ the french commercials are very unique and modern. The Americans uses straight forward advertisements‚ when the french uses more poetic advertisments. The Americans and the French both use convincing strategies towards the audience. The American Nutella commercial had a
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soldiers left for Vietnam knowing that they have been the victors in all of the other wars and conflicts they have been in. The morale among the soldiers was high at the beginning of the war. The Vietnamese soldiers had very high morale after beating the French in 1954. One American soldier wrote a letter to his fiancé that was supposed to be given to her in the unfortunate event of his death. He told his fiancé that he is proud that he was even able to fight for his country‚ and even though the war has
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Culture of VIETNAM ORIENTATION Identification. The name Vietnam originated in 1803 when envoys from the newly founded Nguyen dynasty traveled to Beijing to establish diplomatic relations with the Chinese court. The new emperor had chosen the name Nam Viet for his kingdom. The word Viet he derived from the traditional name for the Vietnamese imperial domain and its people in what is now northern and central Vietnam. Nam (south) had been added to acknowledge the expansion of the dynasty’s domain
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formed sometime around 1940. They were a group of people seeking independence from France. The French Government opposed this action and decided to try and stop the Viet Minh from advancing their political ideals into the rest of Vietnam. In the city of Dien Bien Phu‚ the Viet Minh surrounded the French Expeditionary Force‚ and after a fifty-five day siege‚ the French surrendered (1). After the French pulled out of Vietnam‚ there was a conference held in Geneva to decide the fate of the small nation
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The French language is a member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is known as the language of lovers. French is spoken as a first language by more than 70‚000‚000 people‚ mainly in France‚ then Belgium‚ Switzerland‚ in former French and Belgium colonies in Africa and Canada. It is now spoken by 265 million people. The French language is descended from Latin and first appeared in writing in 842 AD when it was used in the Strasbourg Oaths. Before
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billion and its GDP per capita of $2‚800. It is one of the fastest growing economies in the world with growth exceeding 6% in 2008. Vietnam has had quite a turbulent history. Vietnam officially declared independence from France in 1945‚ but the French influence in the country lasted until 1954. In the same year‚ South and North Vietnam divided. The north was led by Ho Chi Minh and backed by China‚ the south was backed by the US. War broke out between the north and south in the 1960’s. American
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“Murderous and Decisive Struggle” (Fanon 39). “French imperialists … have violated our Fatherland and oppressed our fellow citizens. They have acted contrary to the ideals of humanity and justice” (Minh 1). Ho Chi Minh describes the effects of French colonization in a similarly to Frantz Fanon‚ who writes about practical and moral violence as a response to psychological and physical violence (Fanon). Practical violence has a clear purpose. As a means to an end it is undeniable‚ unstoppable and
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President Ho of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam continued to lead the country in the 9-year war to reclaim Southern Vietnam from French‚ and the next 20-year civil war to overthrow the Vietnam South regime and its supporter – the American force - to unify Vietnam as one whole independent nation. We will never know how soon the civil war would have ended should the cold war between
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