The genva accords

The Result of Decisions in Geneva In the spring and summer of 1954 French and Vietminh forces were battling fiercely over who would be in control of Vietnam. Things were beginning to look very bleak for the French forces trying to quell the uprisings of the Vietminh in their colonial possession of Indochina. General Navarre who headed up the military operations in that region was sure that if a major victory was not achieved soon then …

…out than anyone else that was involved. Due to the United States’ overzealous nature in this matter the French decided to back out completely and left the U.S. in a most precarious position of weather or not to get involved directly in this war against communism. Thus began a war of epic proportions in which the nation with more money and technological advancements could not win. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Cole notes press 1995 Encarta multimedia encyclopedia 1999