Impact On Colonial Rule
The impact of the mutiny on French rule was minimal, in the short and long term. The military casualties inflicted on the French army in the attack were in single figures and the attack did not generate widespread awareness among the populace, as the intended popular uprising did not occur. Instead, the attack backfired and saw a large number of VNQDD members killed, captured or executed. The subsequent French military and civilian crackdown saw military security increase and the VNQDD's ability to threaten French authority in Vietnam was extinguished. The vast majority of the leadership were killed or sentenced to death, and the remnants of the VNQDD fled to China, where several factions emerged under disparate leadership. In the long run, Yen Bai allowed the Indochinese Communist Party of Ho Chi Minh to inherit the VNQDD's status as the leading anti-colonial revolutionary movement. After the Second World War, an opportunity to fight for Vietnamese independence arose, and this allowed the communists in the Vietminh to dictate the platform of the independence movement. As a result, the communists were able to position themselves to become the dominant force in Vietnam post-independence.
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