Also...........the Chinese traditionally called Vietnam........"the little dragon".............Vietnamese used to follow Chinese script...........it is now romanticized..............b/c of the French invasion of not only Vietnam, but a lot of East Asia..................

French Indochina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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French Indochina officially known as the Indochinese Union (French: Union indochinoise) after 1887 and the Indochinese Federation (French: Fédération ...

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First Indochina War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Jump to French domestic situation - [edit]. The 1946 Constitution creating the Fourth Republic (1946–1958) made France a Parliamentary republic.

Indochina | region, Asia | Encyclopedia Britannica

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The three states of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia formerly associated with France, first within its empire and later within the French Union. The term Indochina ...

Indochina wars | Asian history | Encyclopedia Britannica

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Indochina wars, 20th-century conflicts in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, with the principal involvement of France (1946–54) and later the United States  ...

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Dien Bien Phu & the Fall of French Indochina, 1954. In the late 1940s, the French struggled to control its colonies in Indochina - Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

[PDF]Chapter 1 The French in Indochina - Digital History

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The French in Indochina ietnam! Today the name conjures images of desperate fighting, a tragic loss of American lives, and a foreign policy failure. In the early ...

French colonialism in Vietnam - Alpha History

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By the late 1880s France controlled Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, which collectively it called Indochine Francais (French Indochina). Indochina soon became  ...

French Indochina - VietnamWar.net

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French Indochina was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, part of the French colonial empire.

French Indochina - The Free Dictionary

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(Placename) the territories of SE Asia that were colonized by France and held mostly until 1954: included Cochin China, Annam, and Tonkin (now largely ...

Where Was French Indochina? - Asian History - About.com

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Glossary definition of the term French Indochina from your About.com Guide to Asian History.