{"id":5393,"date":"2021-09-02T14:46:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T11:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=5393"},"modified":"2021-09-08T19:57:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T16:57:57","slug":"the-people-of-the-indochina-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=5393","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;People&#8221; of the Indochina War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France since 1883 considered Indochina (the great peninsula in the south of China, with Cambodia and Laos and the three provinces of Vietnam-Tonkin, Annam) as an integral part of its empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1930 the people of Vietnam developed a strong liberation movement given the miserable living conditions of most of the people. After World War II, France was plagued by severe economic problems, and wars on many fronts (Syria, Lebanon, West Africa, Indochina) caused it to bleed profusely and absorb its potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France was split in two. Half of France considered the abandonment of its colonial possessions a betrayal, the other half believed that its preservation was impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French General Raoul Albin Louis Salan (1899-1984) consistently represented the first trend. During his long tenure in Indochina, he met one of the leaders of the Vietnam Liberation Movement, Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013). And although in the period (1945-1953), they were often confronted on the battlefields, a deep respect developed between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5527\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raoul Albin Louis Salan, an Old-World fan, used a conventional war strategy. Vo Nguyen Giap, on the other hand, &#8220;the Great Napoleon of Asia&#8221; applied new methods that astonished the experts of his time. Raoul Albin Louis Salan lost, Vo Nguyen Giap won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 1960s, Raoul Albin Louis Salan was imprisoned in France, while Vo Nguyen Giap was considered a hero. Since then, a significant portion of French public opinion has revised the image of Raoul Albin Louis Salan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raoul Albin Louis Salan &amp; Vo Nguyen Giap, Vo Nguyen Giap &amp; Raoul Albin Louis Salan in their time were celebrities and the world public opinion discussed their war moves every day. They were brilliant generals, and their action is being studied today by military academies. They were both nationalists and loved Indochina in their own different way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-65.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5394\"\/><figcaption><strong>General Vo Nguyen Giap<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vo Nguyen Giap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1911&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He was born in the village of An Za in the province of Quang Binh in French Indochina.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1920-1926) &nbsp;&nbsp;He works for the Haiphong Power Company, and is part of the Tan Viet Liberation Organization.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1930)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He was arrested for his anti-colonial activities and sentenced to three years in prison. After his release he      became a member of the Communist Party of Indochina.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1933-1939)&nbsp;&nbsp; He studies law at the University of Hanoi and then works as a history teacher in high school.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1940-1941)&nbsp;&nbsp; He worked to create a resistance movement against the Japanese occupiers of his country, contributing to the formation of the Viet Minh organization.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1944-1945)&nbsp;&nbsp; He directs the final operations against the Japanese and enters Hanoi as a liberator (August 1945).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1946)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As Minister of the Interior in the revolutionary government of Ho Chi Minh, he took part in the negotiations with the French for the recognition of the Republic of Vietnam.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1954)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During the &#8220;Indochina War (1947-1954)&#8221;, he organized strong guerrilla forces, with which he achieved the great victory of Dien Bien Fu, who forced the French to leave Indochina. The country is divided into North and South Vietnam.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1964-1975) &nbsp;He leads the &#8220;total war of all the people&#8221; against the American troops, which ended with the defeat of the Americans, and the unification of the country (April 30, 1975).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1980-1982) &nbsp;He is leaving the Ministry of Defense and the political office of the Labor Party, and is writing his memoirs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1990-1991)&nbsp; He resigns from the position of Deputy Prime Minister and retires from active duty.<\/li><li>2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;He passed away.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-66.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5395\" width=\"183\" height=\"248\"\/><figcaption><strong>General Raul Albin Louis Salan<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Raoul Albin Louis Salan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1899 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He was born in Roquecourbe, France.<\/li><li>1919 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He graduated from Saint-Syr, with the rank of lieutenant, and was stationed in Syria.<\/li><li>1920&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You are awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor.<\/li><li>(1924-1928)&nbsp;&nbsp; Transferred and served in military and administrative positions in Indochina.<\/li><li>1938&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He returns to France and serves as a major in the Second Office of the Ministry of Colonies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1940&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Leader of a Senegalese battalion, he fought in Vernon and Locar. With the surrenderm of France, he sided with the government of Vichy.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1942-1943)&nbsp;&nbsp; Director of the Second Office of the Ministry of Colonies, he is successively stationed in Senegal, Sudan, and Algeria.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1945-1948)&nbsp;&nbsp; He serves as commander of the French forces in Tonkin, Indochina. As a Lieutenant General, he organizes Operation Leah, against General Vo Nguyen Giap&#8217;s Viet Minh. Transferred to Paris (1948).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1950-1952)&nbsp;&nbsp; He returns to Indochina and is appointed commander of the Tonkin Operational Zone. His operations in Ving Yen, Haa Binh, Viet Buck and No San are turning successfully.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(1957-1958)&nbsp;&nbsp; Serves as Commander-in-Chief of Algeria.<\/li><li>1961&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He is the leader of the secret armed organisation OAS (Secret Armed Organisation) and is dedicated to the movement against the independence of Algeria and is involved in the coup and the assassination attempt against General de Gaulle. He is arrested and imprisoned.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1968&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He is pardoned by de Gaulle and released from prison. He writes his memoirs.<\/li><li>1982&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He is reinstated in the army in the rank of general by the President of the French Republic Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1984&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He passed away in Paris.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France since 1883 considered Indochina (the great peninsula in the south of China, with Cambodia and Laos and the three provinces of Vietnam-Tonkin, Annam)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2362,7,2846],"tags":[2776,2820,2774],"class_list":["post-5393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military-science","category-research","category-wars-battles","tag-indochina-war","tag-raul-salan","tag-vo-nguyen-giap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5528,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393\/revisions\/5528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}