Ho Chi Minh, he saw the Japanese occupation as an opportunity to organize the Vietminh.
Ho Chi Minh saw the Japanese occupation as an opportunity to organize the Vietminh. When the Japanese withdrew after World War II, he and the Vietminh declared Vietnamese independence.
Yes. The resource wealth extracted from Indochina more than compensated for the costs of maintaining the occupation. There was a reason that the French fought for nearly 9 years to prevent losing Vietnam.
France ruled it, and this is why it was called "French" Indochina.
The French had fought there from 1946 to 1954; 1st Indochina War or French Indochina War.
Invasion of French Indochina happened on 1940-09-26.
the Japanese occupation of Indochina. The Japanese occupation of French Indochina (after France had fallen to Germany) induced the United States to cut oil supplies to Japan, which in turn stimulated further Japanese aggression in order to secure oil and other supplies in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
The French and the Japanese
Second French Indochina Campaign happened on 26-03-09.
France was the only European Nation fighting in the 1st Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War or French War).
Only as men of the French Foreign Legion during the French Indochina War 1946-1954.
The French Indochina War 1946-1954 (aka 1st Indochina War).
The Vietnamese