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France annexes the southern half of Vietnam
France annexed Cochin China in 1862, completed in 1867 and ended with the establishment of protectorates over Annam and Tonkin. -
Vietnamese government forced to negotiate and cede territories
Vietnamese government forced to negotiate and officially cede the territories of Bien Hoa, Gia Dinh and Dinh Tuong to France in Treaty of Saigon -
France obtains control over northern half of Vietnam
France obtains control over northern half of Vietnam after its victory over China in the Sino-French war -
French Indochina officially formed
French Indochina officially formed in October 1887 from Annam, Tonkin, Cochinchina and the Kingdom of Cambodia -
Indochinese Communist Party
Ho Chi Minh establishes the Indochinese Communist Party to oppose France -
Yen Bai mutiny
An uprising of Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army in collaboration with civilian supporters occured, members of the Vietnamese Nationalist Party -
Bao Dai becomes French-sponsored puppet emperor of Vietnam
Bao Dai becomes French-sponsored puppet emperor of Vietnam -
Japanese presence
Japanese occupy Indochina (but French colonial administration remains) -
More Japanese prescence
Japanese move into soutern Vietnam; Allies impose oil embargo on Japan, and Ho Chi Minh returns to Vietnam, fights the Japanese alongside the Americans -
Japan ousts French government
Japan ousts French government, reinstalls Bao Dai as Emperor and Summer of 1945 famine hits Hanoi and 2 million + starve, peasant revolt -
Ho Chi Minh founds Viet Minh;
Ho Chi Minh founds Viet Minh; uprising against French & Japanese