Yên Thế Insurrection
The Yên Thế Insurrection or officially Yên Thế Uprising () was a 25-year-long popular revolt in Yên Thế Rural District of Tonkin, against the French protectorate and in defiance of the Nguyễn Dynasty's collaborative stance. History At the beginning of the 20th century, France had suppressed almost all protest movements. Yên Thế Insurrection lead by Hoàng Hoa Thám, at the time, had narrowed the scope of operations and fully suppressed in 1913. The revolt was led by the "Sacred Panthera of Yên Thế" (Hùm thiêng Yên Thế), Đề Thám, lasting some two decades (1887–1913). The rebellion was violent with intervals of truce when the French colonial authorities settled for peace, ceding four cantons to Đề Thám's control. The policy of appeasement and containment was chosen after several military campaigns sweeping through the mountainous terrain to defeat Đề Thám failed to stomp out the resistance. Đề Thám variously resorted to guerrilla warfare, h ...
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