The depot was the target of two successful attacks by Vietnamese forces. The first occurred on August 31, 1952. The second ...

During the last months of the First Indochina War in 1954, French General Henri Navarre believed that he could get rid of the ...

The Vietnam War was a turning point for America, but also for Canada. The welcoming of American draft dodgers openly defied U.S. interests ...

Thus begins Graham Greene ’s The Quiet American, published 70 years ago this year. Set during the first Indochina war (1946-1954), the novel tells of a love triangle between a jaded British ...

For the people of Vietnam, it would be their second Indochina war, coming eleven years after the Viet Minh’s defeat of the French colonial army and the creation of North and South Vietnam.

Marking 50 years since Saigon’s fall, this reflection uncovers stories of war trauma, resilience and the unresolved scars among Vietnam’s people.

The First Indochina War officially came to an end shortly after the battle with the signing of the 1954 Geneva Accords; this eliminated French colonial rule in the region and divided Vietnam into ...

Valérie André plots the course for a rescue mission during the French-Indochina War. (Photo courtesy of Charles Morgan Evans and the André family) Valérie had first moved to this apartment in ...

ROUND THREE, 1950-? The International War In December 1949, Red China’s triumphant Mao Tse-tung reached the IndoChina border, and started ferrying up to 3,000 tons of supplies a month to Comrade Ho.

What if our understanding of "modern" counter-insurgency is all wrong? This talk, based on extensive research in Cambodian, French, and Vietnamese archives and libraries, focuses on a neglected part ...