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The French in Vietnam
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Mar 25, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
The conflict we know today as the Vietnam War–involving the United States and the Viet Cong–was actually the second of the Indochina Wars, the first having been fought shortly after WW2 between France and the Viet Minh.In this episode James is joined by Dr Pablo de Orellana of King's College London, whose new book focuses on the often forgotten conflict that he calls the First Vietnam War. Dr Pablo's book The Road to Vietnam: America, France, Britain, and the First Vietnam War, is available here.For more Warfare content, subscribe to our Warfare newsletter here.If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today!To download, go to Android or Apple store. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Mar 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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