How the U.S. Enabled France’s Colonial Return to Vietnam

How the U.S. Enabled France’s Colonial Return to Vietnam

May 4, 2025 | Vietnam War

In 1945, as colonial empires crumbled, the U.S. made a pivotal choice: back Vietnamese independence - or let France return. Despite anti-colonial rhetoric, America sided with the latter. This is the untold beginning of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. “We have fully...