It may seem that, due to the way the Vietnam War is portrayed, France only entered Vietnam in the 1940s. In reality, she had held Vietnam at least since 1887. There isn't really a definite date. Essentially, she took Vietnam for the same reason other nations were taking colonies and building empires in the 1800s and earlier - it gave her more power, provided her with more raw materials, and helped her economically. Besides Vietnam, France also held Laos and Cambodia - she named this little patch of her Empire 'Indochina'.
Vietnam became a French colony in the 1880s. But in 1954, the Vietnamese won their independence. They agreed with the French to split the country into North and South Vietnam. While the North was governed by communists, the South was governed by non-communists.
France invaded Vietnam in 1858 and completed its conquest of Southern Vietnam in 1867 which became the French colony of Cochinchina. However, Northern and Central Vietnam were still untouched. France began to move into Northern Vietnam in 1873 and finally established control over the area along with Central Vietnam in 1885 when the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty surrendered. In 1885, France occupied the whole Vietnam and divided the country into 3 regions: Northern and Central were French protectorates, but Southern Vietnam was a colony proper.
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The French had fought there from 1946 to 1954; 1st Indochina War or French Indochina War.
The French were defeated in the Dien Bien Phu battle in 1954. They were driven out then.
The defeat at Dien Bien Phu led the French military to surrender their positions in Vietnam. The French left Vietnam, leaving the United States at the forefront of the conflict.
The Vietminh victory caused the French to withdraw from Vietnam.
Yes,yes they did.
The US never invaded Vietnam.
how come the united states did not invade north vietnam to end the war
After the treaty.
The US didn't invade South Vietnam. The Republic of South Vietnam asked for US help as they couldn't stem the Red Tide (communist infiltration).
no they invaded us
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They were removed in 1945 after Japan's surrender in WWii. Well.... A reasonably good explanation of this disaster is: http://www.ichiban1.org/html/history/bc_1964_prewar/world_war_ii_1941_1945.htm After WWII the Nazi (Vichy) French fled to French Indochina. The Japanese (fellow Axis fascist) had been asked to take over power by the French Vichy government in 1940. Ho Chi Minh was the good guy in Vietnamese independence until the US decided to support the French Vichy colonialists and the Japanese to keep their foothold in Vietnam. What a nightmare....
Vietnam was formerly French Indochina, a French colony.
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If we invade North Vietnam, the chances would have been, China & stupid Soviets enter the war and start a WWIII.
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