General Giap decides to defeat the French Army in a open battle within the Red River Delta. The appointment of the French Army commander in Indochina General De Lattre, a biography of him. He orders a fortified line around Hanio and the Red River Delta to be built. The French Army defeat the Viet Minh in three battle in January, March and May 1951.

There is a lack of proper coordination between the French Army in Indochina and the American Military Mission in Saigon. An account a guerrilla camp in outside of Saigon. The French Army is better by the Viet Minh along Highway Four near to the border with China. The French Army retreat to Hanoi and the Red River Delta. A biography of the commander of the French Army in Indochina General Carpentier.

As a result of the Communists winning the Chinese Civil War, the border is opened up for the supply of heavy weapons to the Viet Minh. The Viet Minh also set training schools in southern China for to give their troops advanced training. The United States Government decided to supply the French Army in Indochina with the weapons and equipment they need. A biography the American Secretary of State Dean Acheson.

At last the French Government agrees to grant a nominal form of independence to a Government in Vietnam under the leadership of the former emperor. There is heavy fighting along highway four close to the border with China. The different types of Viet Minh soldiers, the regulars, the regionals and the village militia. A biography of a Viet Minh battalion commander.

As the war drags on there are outrages carried out by both sides. In France, the war became known as the dirty war. There is heavy fighting along Highway Four, near to the border with China. A biography of General Giap, the commander of the Viet Minh Army.

The Viet Minh launch a guerrilla war against the French bur avoid an all out battle. The different types of types of troops within the French Army. Why the French Government refused to reach a peace deal with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. A biography of the new French Governor Emily Bollaret. The French Army launch two offensives in North Vietnam.

The French military stage their coup to regain control of North Vietnam. In November 1946, the French Army with naval support seize the port of Haiphong. In December the French Army defeat the Viet Minh for control of Hanoi. The Viet Min h withdraw into the countryside. The position of the international Communist Movement towards Vietnam.

The French Army commander General Leclerc reaches an uneasy peace deal with Ho Chi Minh., which allows the French Army to return to its former bases in the North. However the General is replaced by General Valluy who plans for a military take over of North Vietnam. A biography of General Valluy. The Geography of Vietnam and why it was so ideal for guerrilla warfare.

In August 1945, the Japanese Empire surrenders. In Vietnam, Nationalist seize the cities. In Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. and exercises control over internal affairs. However in the South the British Army helps restore French rule and defeats the Viet Minh. A short biography of Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam.

The French occupy Indochina and use exploit the resources of the country, trying to crush any form of Vietnamese Nationalism. A biography of Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party. The Japanese Army occupy Indochina in 1940 but the French Colonial Authorities continue to work with them until March 1945.