The policies of Vietnam Communist Party, of the central office for South Vietnam for the 1953-1954 southern battle in the winter-spring campaign with the peak of Dien Bien Phu campaign

Abstract

The South of Vietnam was the Southern part of our fatherland which pioneered in the Resistance War against French colonial forces when they invaded Vietnam again. In the Winter-Spring 1953-1954 Campaign with the peak of Dien Bien Phu Campaign, the Southern Battle was an enemy territory, whose mission was quite hard: to carry out guerrilla warfare, to seize power, to prevent French army’s pacification and expansion for land, for people, to prevent the enemy from supporting each other, to gather the mobile combat forces, to make preparations in the rear and to carry out different aspects of combat at Dien Bien Phu. The Southern Battle worked collaboratively with the Northern Battle, the Central Battle, and the whole Indochina Battle, contributing to the victory of the Winter-Spring Campaign of 1953-1954 with the peak of Dien Bien Phu Campaign. This paper clarifies the policies of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Central Office for South Vietnam for the Southern Battle from the time the National Resistance movement broke out to the victory of Dien Bien Phu Campaign. It also makes clear the policies, the role and the contribution of the Southern Battle to the Winter-Spring 1953-1954 Campaign, especially the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.