{"id":84797,"date":"2023-09-16T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=84797"},"modified":"2023-09-15T17:22:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T21:22:09","slug":"frances-vietnam-war-fighting-ho-chi-minh-before-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/09\/16\/frances-vietnam-war-fighting-ho-chi-minh-before-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s Vietnam War: Fighting Ho Chi Minh before the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XA8mpE14FeA?si=kws4b6Ip5M5KsZBx\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 15 Sept 2023<\/p>\n<p>After the Second World War multiple French colonies were pushing towards independence, among them Indochina. The Viet Minh movement under Ho Chi Minh was clashing with French aspirations to save their crumbling Empire.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Get Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a> or get a lifetime membership: https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/lifetime?ref=rea&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/patreon.com\/realtimehistory<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nKonstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. 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