Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Geneva Conference of 1954
The Geneva Conference of 1954 was an international meeting in Switzerland involving the Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, China and the Viet Minh. The powers involved attempted to negotiate a settlement to end...
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Indochinese War
The First Indochina War began as a rebellion by Vit Minh forces against the French colonial government. This collection mainly focuses on the end of the conflict in 1954.
Digital History
Digital History: Communism, Guerrillas and Falling Dominoes [Pdf]
Read about Vietnam at the end of World War II, France's attempt to keep South Vietnam out of Communist hands, and the successes of Ho Chi Minh. His guerrilla tactics forces France from Vietnam. Find out why the United States was inclined...