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Sep 1, 1987 · Young Nina, a half Vietnamese, half French teenager--takes over her father's opium empire after he escapes to the Asian jungle while the French are forced out of Vietnam, Ho begins his takeover of the south, and America builds up its disastrous defense of the domino theory.
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9 March –An “independent” Vietnam with Emperor Bao Dai as nominal ruler is proclaimed by Japanese occupation authorities. 2 September 2 – The Communist-dominated Viet Minh Independence League seizes power. Ho Chi Minh establishes Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (GRDV) in Hanoi. 22 September –French troops return to Vietnam and lash...
6 March –France recognizes the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as a free state within the Indochinese Federation and French Union. 19 December –The Viet Minh initiate the eight-year Indochina War with an attack on French troops in the north.
8 March –France recognizes an “independent” state of Vietnam, Bao Dai becomes its leader in June. 19 July –Laos is recognized as an independent state with ties to France. 8 November – Cambodia is recognized as an independent state with no ties to France.
January –The newly-established People’s Republic of China, followed by the Soviet Union, recognizes the Democratic Republic of Vietnam led by Ho Chi Minh. 8 May – US announces military and economic aid to the pro-French regimes of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
7 May – The remnants of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu surrender. 7 July –Ngo Dinh Diem, newly-chosen Premier of South Vietnam, completes the organization of his cabinet. 20-21 July – The Geneva Agreements are signed, partitioning Vietnam along the 17thParallel and setting up an International Control Commission to supervise compliance with th...
The French left in 1954 and Dwight Eisenhower’s pledge of assistance takes hold. Victory in the anti-colonial war (fought against the French between 1945 and 1954, and supported by US aid) saw Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia granted independence. Vietnam was split North and South, and by 1958 the communist north (Vietcong) were conducting military opera...
29 March – Diem launches his successful campaign against the Binh Xuyen and the religious sects. 10 May – South Vietnam formally requests US instructors for armed forces. 16 May – The United States agrees to furnish military aid to Cambodia, which becomes an independent state on 25 September. 20 July –South Vietnam refuses to take part in the all-V...
18 February –While visiting Peking, Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Sihanouk renounces SEATO protection for his nation. 31 March – Prince Souvanna Phouma becomes Prime Minister in Laos. 28 April –An American Military Assistance Advisory Group, (MAAG) takes over the training of South Vietnamese forces, the French Military High Command disbands and French ...
3 January – The International control Commission declares that neither North Vietnam nor South Vietnam has carried out the Geneva Agreements. 29 May –Communist Pathet Lao attempt to seize power in Laos. June –The last French training missions leave South Vietnam. September –Diem is successful in South Vietnamese general election.
April –A branch of the Lao Dong (Worker’s Party of Vietnam), of which Ho Chi Minh became Secretary General in 1956, is formed in the South, and Communist underground activity increases. May –The US Commander in Chief, Pacific, begins sending the military advisers requested by the South Vietnamese government. June-July –Communist Pathet Lao forces a...
indochine by Christie Dickason ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30, 1987 A sprawling romantic novel in the epic mode (first published in England last year under the title The Dragon Riders) about a half-caste heroine who finds love and adventure in a deeply atmospheric Vietnam.
Oct 1, 2021 · Directed by Régis Wargnier, Indochine is a 1992 movie set in Vietnam during the 1930s to 1950s, when the country was a colony of France and the Nguyễn Dynasty monarchy was still reigning. The trailer of Indochine opens with a very impressive line that summaries the setting of the movie.
Indochine (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃dɔʃin]) is a 1992 French period drama film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s. It is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.
Dec 25, 1992 · Dec. 25, 1992 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Regis Wargnier’s lush and poignant “Indochine” (at the Royal and the Colorado) is a sweepingly romantic historical saga, at once intimate and...
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Nov 5, 2020 · Bridging the decades from the corruption-rife era of the French occupation to the violent years of the American invasion, Indochine tells, with cinematic intensity, of a lush country exploited from within and without, and of the mysterious Saigon, an open city where crime is the only means to survival and love is a luxury too dangerous to afford.
