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The OSS supplied weapons and advisors to train Ho's army in repealing the Japanese and were seen by Ho as being essential in accomplishing his goals of Vietnamese self-rule. The US shared in celebrations of Vietnam's independence with the Ho and his Vietminh officers such as General Giap. Despite such celebrations the US along with other countries, except Russia would deny Ho diplomatic recognition. .
             This celebration was short lived however as the French eager to show they werent wimps and applying a psuedo domino theory to their colonies moved back into Vietnam to reclaim the country as a French colony. The French received help from the British who were there to supervise the repatriation of Japanese prisoners and from Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese governments according to the Potsdam conference. Ho mobilized the Vietminh army and proceeded to wage a war with French army forces. Ho realizing he was out gunned and out numbered adopted a guerilla style war against the French. The apex of this war was the battle of Dien Bien Phu. .
             The battle of Dien Bien Phu was the pivotal moment for the Vietminh. Dein Bien Phu was a French firebase in Vietnam setup to start a fight with the Vietminh and draw them out into the open so French artillery could destroy them. The Vietminh under command of General Giap Stealthily surrounded the base and destroyed the French garrison there. This signaled the end of French rule in indo china and added Vietnam to the list of failures the French government had while trying to re-claim their former colonies. This failure and the consequential French withdrawal led the world powers to meet and discuss what the future of this country was going to be. This led to the creation of the Geneva Accords, which according to the terms of the Geneva Accords, Vietnam would hold national elections in 1956 to reunify the country. The United States, however, had other ideas.


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