The French troops expanded their control over vietnam
The named vietnam by the new name of Cochin China
Period: to
Capital was Saigon
Period: to
Capital was Hanoi
Millions of Vietnamese people died of starvation
The war began
Japanese surrenderd
is named Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV)
Independence of North Vietnam
The last British soldiers were killed in Vietnam
Period: to
The First Indo-China War
War broke out between the Viet Minh and France.
Independence of South Vietnam
Independence of Laos
Independence of Cambodia
The Viet Minh force grew huge with China's assistance and in 1954, under the command of General Vo Nguyen Giap, launched a major siege against French bases in Dien Bien Phu.