{"id":88444,"date":"2024-07-21T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=88444"},"modified":"2024-04-11T21:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T01:39:56","slug":"britains-weird-vietnam-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/07\/21\/britains-weird-vietnam-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s Weird Vietnam War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EFZ4eFXFMbI?si=axVdnVIpW4Kd3GW9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Mar 15, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Fall 1945: the Second World War is over, but there is fresh fighting in Vietnam. Now, former enemies become allies as British-Indian troops, French Commandos, and surrendered Japanese soldiers join in a rag-tag alliance against Ho Chi Minh&#8217;s Communists in Saigon. The outcome will shape Vietnam&#8217;s future for decades to come, in Great Britain&#8217;s weird Vietnam War.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\nNebula 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><br \/>\nWatch Red Atoms on Nebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/redatoms\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/redatoms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nDavid Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin 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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Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nLawrence, Mark Atwood, <em>The Vietnam War: A Concise International History<\/em>, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)<br \/>\nLawrence, Mark Atwood and Logevall, Fredrik (eds.), <em>The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis<\/em>, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007)<br \/>\nLawrence, Mark Atwood, &#8220;Forging the &#8216;Great Combination&#8217;: Britain and the Indochina Problem, 1945-1950&#8221; in Lawrence, Mark Atwood and Logevall, Fredrik (eds.), <em>The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis<\/em>, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007)<br \/>\nMarr, David G. <em>Vietnam: State, War, and Revolution (1945-1946)<\/em>, (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2013)<br \/>\nPatti, Archimedes, &#8220;Transcript of the Operational Priority Communication from Strategic Services Officer Archimedes Patti&#8221; (1945)<br \/>\nPrenderghast, Gerald, <em>Britain and the Wars in Vietnam: The Supply of Troops, Arms and Intelligence, 1945-1975<\/em>, (Jefferson, NC: McFarland &#038; Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015)<br \/>\nRuane, Kevin (ed.), <em>The Vietnam Wars<\/em>, (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000)<br \/>\nTachikawa Kyoichi, &#8220;<em>Indoshina zanryu Nippon hei no kenkyu<\/em>&#8221; [A Study of Japanese Deserters in French Indochina], <em>Senshi Kenkyu Nenpo<\/em> [Military History Annual], No. 5 (2002)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Mark Newton, Avery Morrow<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nMusic Library: Epidemic Sound<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published Mar 15, 2024 Fall 1945: the Second World War is over, but there is fresh fighting in Vietnam. 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