French Indochina 1887 - 1954

A very detailed and accessible analysis of France’s attempts to maintain, and recover, their colony after initial defeat in WW2. Using archive footage and a variety of primary sources (all cited fully), this engaging film covers: the 1887 establishment of French Indochina, 1940 defeat of France in WW2, Japanese occupation. Bao Dai’s regime. Formation of Viet Minh and resistance to Japan. Ho Chi Minh’s globetrotting career, inc. Versailles, 1919. 1945 division of Vietnam, and nationalist revolution. French troops return. Differences between Leclerc and d’Argenlieu. Autonomous Chochinchinese Republic established. Indochina war breaks out. Asymmetrical warfare. CCP wins Chinese Civil War and supports Viet Minh. De Lattre arrives; the Lattre Line is to be held. Korean War reduces Chinese support to Viet Minh. De Lattre invokes international communism for US help. De Lattre dies of Cancer. Operation Lorraine. Assault on Na San a failure. Dien Bien Phu chosen as next French air-head…

Find the film on YouTube by searching the Real Time History Channel for “France’s Forgotten Vietnam War(4K Documentary)”. My link omits a 2-min trailer at the end, the film will stop straight after my sheet’s final question if you use my embedded link.

17 questions for the 23-min film (not inc. the omitted 2-min trailer). Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Questions right up to the end (of my embedded link), no slack time! Excellent subtitles, scripted, not auto-generated. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.

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