The French oppressed the Vietnamese and this was known. After World War I when France, Italy, Great Britain, and the U.S. met to talk about what would happen next ho had then asked if Wilson could free them from Frances. Then at the end of the war France was very weak. They then where defeated and Vietnam decided to pick up communism. The Vietnamese had defeated France and we're finally free. he was also supported the US and what a lot of times look at the Vietnamese war in the American revolution and compare them. Vietnamese forces even played the American National Anthem when they declared victory. However, they were still Communists. so we worked to set up a puppet government in South Vietnam. The Southern government mostly had foreign support
