This victory catalysed the realisation that military victory over the Viet Minh would not come easily, nor would it come cheap, as French Commander, Henri Navarre, states; "it struck me immediately that there was no possibility of winning the war in Indochina". ... This outcome can be seen as modest on Vietnams behalf due to the pressure applied from their Chinese and Russian allies to avoid American confrontation and remain a constructive approach to limit American involvement and maintain Vietnamese foreign credibility. ... Increasing military aid to South Vietnam and sending the ...

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The Viet Minh (an abbreviation of "Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi" or "League for Independence of Vietnam") under the political leadership of a man best known by his last nom de guerre, Ho Chi Minh, and the military guidance of the able Vo Nguyen Giap, conducted a resistance movement against the Japanese from bases in Tonkin (in northern Vietnam). ... In the end, he did little for the French military effort. ...

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