Decolonisations - Viet Nam

Jan 25 2025 71 ep. 28 mins 52
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Each year, I cover the colonisation and independence of a country. Season 3: Viet Nam You can contact me on [email protected] Podcast dédié à l'histoire des décolonisations, Saison 1: le Vietnam. Saison 2: Haïti Vous pouvez me contacter sur [email protected]

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S3 Ep 17: De Lattre vs. Giap

Jan 25 2025 33 mins  
After their win on the Chinese border, the DRV went for the win but were stopped on their tracks by one person: General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. Production: Xavier Diamé Ndour Contact: [email protected] Music: Niamar le Conteur

S3 Ep 16: The Battle of Route Coloniale 4

Dec 14 2024 29 mins  
The first major defeat of a colonizing country against a national liberation army. The Battle of RC4 is the first turning point in the Indochina war. Production: Xavier Diame Ndour COntact: [email protected] Music: Niamar Le Conteur

S3 Ep 15: Going International

Nov 30 2024 21 mins  
The proclamation of the Communist China by Mao Zedong in 1949 and American recognition of Bao Dai's regime transformed France's colonial war into a war between against communism. Produced by Xavier-Diamé Ndour Opening and Closing Credits by Niamar Le Conteur Contact: [email protected]

S3 Ep 14: At Last, a Bao Daï Solution

Nov 23 2024 25 mins  
On 8 March 1949, Viet Nam became independent as an associated state within the French Union. Viet Nam reunified its two protectorates, regained Cochinchina and Bao Daï became head of state. However, this was not real independence. It was just a ploy by the French to get American assistance and secure French presence in Viet Nam.

S3 Ep 13 Still Looking for a Bao Daï Solution

Nov 15 2024 22 mins  
1948: The security situation is getting worse and France is still procrastinating about giving its independence to a unified Viet Nam. All that strengthens the Ho Chi Minh government and put the non communist nationalists in a embarrassing position. Production: Xavier Diamé Ndour Contact: [email protected]

S3 Ep 12: The Bao Daï Solution

Nov 05 2024 24 mins  
1947: Ho Chi Minh is isolated. Will he survive Operation Lea, the massive French offensive? At the same time an alliance between non-communist Vietnamese nationalists and the French is starting to take form and the former emperor Bao Dai is in the middle of it. Produced by Xavier Diamé Ndour ([email protected])

S3 Ep 11: The Tiger vs. The Elephant

Oct 23 2024 23 mins  
In 1946, in Paris, Ho Chi Minh described the future war this way to American journalist David Schoenbrun: "It will be a war between an elephant and a tiger. If the tiger ever stands still the elephant will crush him with his mighty tusks. But the tiger does not stand still. He lurks in the jungle by day and emerges by night. He will leap upon the back of the elephant, tearing huge

S3 Ep 10: Civil War

Oct 09 2024 25 mins  
Where we try to understand how the Viet Minh alienated all other nationalist parties, and started of a 30-year civil war. Producer: Xavier-Diame Ndour Connect with me on Twitter: @PodcastDecolo or by email: [email protected]

S3 Ep 9: War

Sep 20 2024 27 mins  
After negotiations failed in 1946, it was only a matter of time before war started between France and the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (DRV). .

S3 Ep 8 : Last Tango in Paris

Aug 28 2024 25 mins  
In 1946, Ho Chi Minh travelled to Paris to have France recognise Viet Nam's independence. But it was not meant to be.