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Jan 12, 2021 · 1946. 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.
French Indochina was designated as a colonie d'exploitation (colony of economic exploitation) by the French government. Funding for the colonial government came by means of taxes on locals and the French government established a near monopoly on the trade of opium, salt and rice alcohol.
Apr 5, 2024 · The French military defeat at Dien Bien Phu in May 1954 marked the end of their involvement in southeast Asia after a three-decade effort to colonize the area. Their brutal occupation and arrogance would prove to be their downfall.
Aug 7, 2024 · How it started. Brian McNally opened his first solo endeavor (without brother Keith) among the auto body shops of gritty Lafayette Street. McNally’s then-wife, Anne, developed the concept to...
Sep 28, 2010 · In the early years, the conflict was largely a Franco-Vietnamese affair, resulting from Paris leaders ‘attempt to rebuild the colonial state and international order from before World War II, and Vietnamese nationalists’ determination to redefine that state in a new postcolonial order.
- Fredrik Logevall
- 2010
Jan 1, 2021 · Negotiation between France and the DRV began on July 6, not in Paris, but in the nearby town of Fontainebleau, to isolate the Vietnamese delegates. On July 22, d’Argenlieu unilaterally convened a conference with Cochinchina, Cambodia, and Laos, to define the details of the Indochinese Federation.
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Relations between France and the region known as Indochina began in the 17th century, when Jesuit missionaries arrived in the Far East and attracted an important following when the Jesuits, led by Pigeau de Béhaine, lent support to Emperor Annam Gia Long's attempts at unification.