Indochina+under+French+rule

= INDOCHINA UNDER THE FRENCH =

Ho Chi Minh addressing a meeting in Paris, at the time of the Paris Peace Conference.

Topics
This part of the course is not examinable in the HSC. It is part of the Preliminary (Year 11) course only. In it, we will examine the following topics:
 * the French in Indochina.
 * the Japanese occupation of Vietnam and the origins of the Vietminh.
 * the return of the French and the outbreak of the First Indochina War.
 * the Vietminh's war against the French and the defeat at Dien Bien Phu.
 * the Geneva Conference.

As we are working through this section of the course, you should read the introductory reading materials provided on the introductory page.

Lessons
You can access a summary of each of the lessons in this topic by clicking on:
 * Indochina under the French - Bankstown lesson outlines - June 16th 2016
 * Indochina under the French - Bankstown lesson outlines - June 16th 2016

Maps and documents

 * [[file:bankstowntafehsc/French Indochina at the end of the 19th century.docx|French Indochina at the end of the 19th century.docx]]
 * [[file:bankstowntafehsc/Indochina map.docx|Indochina map.docx]]
 * [[file:bankstowntafehsc/The Japanese Empire in 1942.docx|The Japanese Empire in 1942.docx]]
 * [[file:bankstowntafehsc/The Cold War world in 1953.docx|The Cold War world in 1953.docx]]
 * [[file:bankstowntafehsc/The Rival Alliances in the late 1950s.docx|The Rival Alliances in the late 1950s.docx]]
 * Nato and the Warsaw Pact, 1949-62: [|The Cold War alliances]
 * [|The Cold War world in 1959]
 * [[file:bankstowntafehsc/The path which led me to Leninism.docx|The path which led me to Leninism.docx]]. This is Ho Chi Minh's own account of how he became a Communist.
 * [[file:bankstowntafehsc/Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Vietnam.docx|Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Vietnam.docx]]. This is the speech made by Ho Chi Minh on September 2nd 1945, announcing the country's indenpendence.
 * [|Casualties in the Vietnam War]

Videos

 * [|Vietnam: A Television History - episode 1: Roots of a War]

**Handouts**

1. The readings for this section of the course can be found by clicking the back arrow.

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