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Each year, I cover the colonisation and independence of a country. Season 3: Viet NamYou can contact me on [email protected]Podcast dédié à l'histoire des décolonisations, Saison 1: ... more
FAQs about Decolonisations - Viet Nam:How many episodes does Decolonisations - Viet Nam have?The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.
April 25, 2025S3 Ep 20: Stop or Go Again?1952: Strategic differences began to appear between French and American allies, at the very moment when the Vietnamese and Chinese agreed to extend the war to the North West of Viet Nam, towards the border with Laos....more26minPlay
March 27, 2025S3 Ep 19: War CommunismBetween 1951 and 1954, France and the DRV (Democratic Republic of Viet Nam) fought 8 major battles. To compete with France, Ho Chi Minh and his government mobilised the whole population in an all encompassing total war by building a totalitarian communist state....more23minPlay
February 24, 2025S3 Ep 18: King JohnDid the dazzling and meteoric tenure of General de Lattre move the French cause forward in Vietnam? Not really if we consider that non-communist nationalists were discredited by his actions and that, when he left, the military situation was exactly the same as when he arrived.Production: Xavier Diamé NdourContact: [email protected]Music: Niamar le Conteur...more29minPlay
January 25, 2025S3 Ep 17: De Lattre vs. GiapAfter their win on the Chinese border, the DRV went for the win but were stopped on their tracks by one person: General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.Production: Xavier Diamé NdourContact: [email protected]Music: Niamar le Conteur...more34minPlay
December 14, 2024S3 Ep 16: The Battle of Route Coloniale 4The first major defeat of a colonizing country against a national liberation army. The Battle of RC4 is the first turning point in the Indochina war. Production: Xavier Diame NdourCOntact: [email protected]Music: Niamar Le Conteur...more30minPlay
November 30, 2024S3 Ep 15: Going InternationalThe proclamation of the Communist China by Mao Zedong in 1949 and American recognition of Bao Dai's regime transformed France's colonial war into a war between against communism.Produced by Xavier-Diamé NdourOpening and Closing Credits by Niamar Le ConteurContact: [email protected]...more21minPlay
November 23, 2024S3 Ep 14: At Last, a Bao Daï SolutionOn 8 March 1949, Viet Nam became independent as an associated state within the French Union. Viet Nam reunified its two protectorates, regained Cochinchina and Bao Daï became head of state.However, this was not real independence. It was just a ploy by the French to get American assistance and secure French presence in Viet Nam....more26minPlay
November 15, 2024S3 Ep 13 Still Looking for a Bao Daï Solution1948: The security situation is getting worse and France is still procrastinating about giving its independence to a unified Viet Nam. All that strengthens the Ho Chi Minh government and put the non communist nationalists in a embarrassing position.Production: Xavier Diamé NdourContact: [email protected]...more23minPlay
November 05, 2024S3 Ep 12: The Bao Daï Solution1947: Ho Chi Minh is isolated. Will he survive Operation Lea, the massive French offensive? At the same time an alliance between non-communist Vietnamese nationalists and the French is starting to take form and the former emperor Bao Dai is in the middle of it.Produced by Xavier Diamé Ndour ([email protected])...more25minPlay
October 24, 2024S3 Ep 11: The Tiger vs. The ElephantIn 1946, in Paris, Ho Chi Minh described the future war this way to American journalist David Schoenbrun: "It will be a war between an elephant and a tiger. If the tiger ever stands still the elephant will crush him with his mighty tusks. But the tiger does not stand still. He lurks in the jungle by day and emerges by night. He will leap upon the back of the elephant, tearing huge chunks from his hide, and then he will leap back into the dark jungle. And slowly the elephant will bleed to death. That will be the war of Indochina."Source: David Schoenbrun, "As France Goes" (New York: Harper & Bros., 1957)...more24minPlay
FAQs about Decolonisations - Viet Nam:How many episodes does Decolonisations - Viet Nam have?The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.