After a long and brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva.

Nearly a century of French colonial occupation comes to an end following a long and brutal war with Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh. Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva amid an ...

In 1954, the French were finally defeated by the Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. This defeat was formalised in the Geneva Agreement and temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones: a ...