The Japanese .
colonized by french and invaded by mongolions
It forced French troops to leave Vietnam and divided Vietnam into two countries. (A)
the french soliders
France invaded in 1858. By the 1880s, the French had expanded their sphere of influence in Southeast Asia to include all of Vietnam, and by 1893 both Laos and Cambodia had become French colonies as well. Per Google
Decisive defeats of their armies, particularly at Dien Bien Phu forced the French to leave Vietnam.
It forced French troops to leave Vietnam and divided Vietnam into two countries. (A)
french,USA,earlier china was it's friend but afterwards it invaded Vietnam for some reason
well vietnam was once part of a french colony. so when the french were in control they forced the people to learn the french language. cultural diffusion at it's finest.
September 1945
The French had fought there from 1946 to 1954; 1st Indochina War or French Indochina War.
Vietnam was first invaded by the Japanese during World War 2. Vietnamese insurgents, along with Soviet and French soldiers, were able to hold out until the war ended. Once the war ended, The Soviets (and Ho Chi Minh) established North Vietnam and the French (with Diem) established South Vietnam.
Vietnam or Indochina, was occupied and administered by the Japanese. It was a former French colony and after the war, was reoccupied by France. They were ousted by the communists in 1954 at Dien Ben Phue in northern Vietnam. It was a humiliating defeat with thousands of French soldiers being forced to surrender.