In 1861, the French seized control of Saigon and the rest of the south by 1867. They took control of the north by 1883. In 1940-41, the Japanese advanced into and took control of Northern and Southern French Indochina, as France had been defeated by Germany at that time. It was during this period, that the Allies defeated Japan in WWII. The British and Chinese accepted the surrender of the Japanese in Vietnam and the French reentered the area and took over control again. Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese Communist, returned to Vietnam from China and headed a Revolutionary League to regain independence for Vietnam. In 1945, he proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
On December 19, 1946, Vietminh forces attacked the French in Hanoi and the Indochina War, also known as the Vietminh War, began. In 1954, the Vietminh defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and the nation was temporarily divided into two sections, north and south. The people of the south chose Ngo Dinh Diem as their ruler and Ho continued to rule the north. Diem refused to go along with the planned elections in 1956 to unite the nation, because he knew he would lose, so the Vietminh members in the south created the Viet Cong and the war between north and south for control of the country began.
Remove french forces from veitnam.
During the French Vietnam War (1946-1954) Ho's forces where called the Viet Minh (Vietnamese Communists). In the US Vietnam War (1961-1975), "Uncle Ho's" (to the GI's "in-country") forces were called "the NVA" (North Vietnamese Army).
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France called Vietnam a colony of theirs. When French troops left in 1954, th UN divided Vietnam into North and South Vietnam.
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The peace conference that took place after the French were defeated by Ho Chi Minh produced the Geneva Accords. This was when Vietnam was officially divided into North and South Vietnam.
The Viet Minh (Vietnamese Communists) fought the French from 1946-1954.
The French set up an airbase in the mountains of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam in a ploy to lure the Viet Minh (communist forces) there. The French ended up surrendering to the Viet Minh who used guerrilla tactics. The Viet Minh dug trenches, surrounding the French airbase and strategically assembled guns and fired at the French and incoming French planes who the French soldiers relied on for supplies such as food and water. This meant that the planes couldn't land and so the French were cut off from resources and outnumbered by Viet Minh who knew the land better and were more dedicated as they desperately wanted independence. The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ended with the Geneva Conference in which split Vietnam into two zones. North Vietnam was communist controlled and South Vietnam was non-communist controlled. Elections were also planned in 2 years to unify Vietnam however these elections were never held.