The French violated rule number 1 of warfare: Never underestimate your enemy.
The French didn't believe the Viet Minh would encircle their positions with field guns (artillery); they did. The rest is history.
They did not beat the US. The US simply left, first.
The French were defeated at Dien Bien Phu .
Their main weapon was persistence.
No , the US assisted the French .
The primary goal of the Vietminh was to force the French to relinquish their control of Indochina. Their main strategy was to defeat the French Army through guerilla warfare, slowly wearing down their strength until they could inflict a major defeat on their army, which they did in 1954 at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
I believe it was because, the French were defeated by the Viet Minh rebels, which marked the end of French involvement in Vietnam. The Vietminh defeated the French and ended colonial rule.
They adapted their tactics to the situation, using ambush against French supply convoys on the roads. At the Battle of Dienbienphu their tactics were sustained artillery barrage followed by mass infantry attack to wear down the French; sacrificing Vietminh soldiers in order to gain ground, as they had more soldiers to sacrifice. Similar tactics were used earlier by the Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans.
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The Vietminh victory caused the French to withdraw from Vietnam.
1946.
Dien Bien Phu.
Dien Bien Phu
March 1954-the French surrender at Dien Bien Phu.
The French Indochina
No , the US assisted the French .
They gave up their Vietnamese Colony and returned to Europe.
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The primary goal of the Vietminh was to force the French to relinquish their control of Indochina. Their main strategy was to defeat the French Army through guerilla warfare, slowly wearing down their strength until they could inflict a major defeat on their army, which they did in 1954 at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
The Americans were fighting the Japanese at the time and the vietminh were also fighting for independance hoping to gain the U.S. as a ally after the war . After WW II the Americans were afraid of the communist influence of the vietminh and decided that backing the French rule was a better decision wich could be adapted to a freely elected pro US form of government .