Lionel
October 11th 04, 10:08 AM
"Between 1945 and 1954, the Vietnamese waged an anti-colonial war
against France, which received $2.6 billion in financial support from
the United States. The French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed
by a peace conference in Geneva, in which Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
received their independence and Vietnam was temporarily divided between
an anti-Communist South and a Communist North. In 1956, South Vietnam,
with American backing, refused to hold the unification elections. By
1958, Communist-led guerrillas known as the Viet Cong had begun to
battle the South Vietnamese government."
against France, which received $2.6 billion in financial support from
the United States. The French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed
by a peace conference in Geneva, in which Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
received their independence and Vietnam was temporarily divided between
an anti-Communist South and a Communist North. In 1956, South Vietnam,
with American backing, refused to hold the unification elections. By
1958, Communist-led guerrillas known as the Viet Cong had begun to
battle the South Vietnamese government."