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The genva accords

In the spring and summer of 1954 French and Vietminh forces were battling fiercely over who would be in control of Vietnam. Things were beginning to look very bleak for the French forces trying to quell the uprisings of the Vietminh in their colonial possession of Indochina. General Navarre who headed up the military operations in that region was sure that if a major victory was not achieved soon then the situation in Vietnam might become out of control. So Navarre in an effort to solidify his presence in the north moved 12,000 troops into the city of Dien Bien Phu. Here the troops would have to defend an airstrip that Navarre was playing out to his advantage in the skies and a very important supply line. Meanwhile the Geneva conference had begun again in April. Vietminh general Giap decided to commence his attack on Dien Bien Phu while the conference was under way. If Giap could take the city of Dien Bien Phu and force the French into submission then he would have a gr!


The United States recognized that the threat of Communism in Indochina was ever present and without French forces to occupy the region it was open to be manipulated by the 'Iron Curtain'. Ho Chi Minh was seen in the eyes of Ike as the predecessor of Chinese and Russian communism in Indochina. Ike sensed that if the situation in Indochina could not be contained then a domino effect starting in North Vietnam and spreading to Cambodia and Laos. Ike also felt that Ho had the communist tendencies of his Russian and Chinese brothers but when in reality Ho had no intention what so ever to run Vietnam the way that China and Russia were. Ho was instead playing out his relationship with both nations in order to receive support and materials needed to fuel his movement. The United States was so eager to help better the matters in Vietnam that they would do nearly anything, well anything short of direct involvement to aid in this war against communism. The United States offered mon!

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