First Indochina War

1. Which general led the VIetminh at Dien Bien Phu and continued through to the final victory in Saigon in 1975?

Vo Nguyen Giap.

Ngo Dinh Diem

Pham Van Dong

Bao Dai

2. Who was the VIetnamese emperor dealt with by the French in the period up to 54?

Bao Diem

Diem Bao

Hoa Ho

Bao Dai.

3. Who was sent out as the final French commander to battle the Vietminh?

De Castres

Giap

Cambodialle

Navarre

4. Ho Chi Minh

Was a Stalinist.

Was a Trotskyite.

Was a Francophile.

Was ambidextrous.

5. Diem refused to run elections in 1956 because

He feared losing them to the Russians

He was busy in France organising financial support for the greater part of the year

He had not signed the Geneva Accords and did not feel bound by them

The French forced him to refuse them.

6. In 1946 the French shelled which Vietnamese port city killing 6000 Vietnamese

Saigon

Hanoi

Hapchong

Haiphong

7. What was one immediate impact of the North Korean invasion of South Korea on the Indochina conflict?

The Mekong Delta flooded.

War supplies flooded in Vietminh hands from the Chinese.

War supplies flooded into French hands from the US.

No impact.

8. One immediate impact of the Communist Chinese reaching the border with Vietnam in 1949 was..

The Cold War.

The escalation of the war to atomic proportions

The conflict becoming conventional.

Harry Truman being voted out in favour of Dwight Eisenhower

9. Who was the General in charge of the French forces at Dien Bien Phu?

De Castres

Giap

De Gaule

Navarre

10. Who supported the Vietminh demand that they be given control over Vietnam and the French be refused re-entry?

Franklin River

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Ngo Dinh Diem

Bao Dai

11. The name of the Vietnam Communist Party was the

Lao Dong

Pham van Dong

Lao Dai

Truong Chinh

12. For what specific conflict was the Geneva Conference of 1954 called?

World War II

Malayan Emergency

Vietnam Conflict

Korean Conflict