French Indochina

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    The French troops expanded their control over vietnam

    The named vietnam by the new name of Cochin China
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    Capital was Saigon

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    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

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    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.

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    The Second Indo-China War