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The first Vietnam War

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What's Different About the Indo China War?

There's two chapters to this indo china war. The first is between 19 forty five and 19 50, and the second chapter is between 19 50 and 19 54. I think the key turning point is 19 50, when thechinese communists, they have taken power in late 1940s. They help train a professional army which is going to have six, seven divisions by the end of the war. No other war of decolonization ever made this transformation, for example, in algeria or in idonesia. It only occurred in viet nam. And essentially, if their communist ideology allowed them to tap into a vast resources that other anti colonialists wouldn't have

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