Missionaries
It was a prison in Vietnam used first by the french and later by the north vietnamese. In the related links box below I posted the Hanoi Hilton article wich has a picture and much more information.
1. WW1, prior to WW2, was known as the "Great War" and the "War to end all Wars." 2. Vietnam's first war was known as the "1st Indochina War" and the "French Indochina War." THE FIRST WAR WAS THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR THEN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR
The modern Socialist Republic of Vietnam became independent in 1954. However, the first Vietnamese states started in North Vietnam in 938 C.E. with the independent Ngo Dynasty.
The Americans were fighting the Japanese at the time and the vietminh were also fighting for independance hoping to gain the U.S. as a ally after the war . After WW II the Americans were afraid of the communist influence of the vietminh and decided that backing the French rule was a better decision wich could be adapted to a freely elected pro US form of government .
The country that gained their independence after the first Balkan War is Albania. They got their independence from the Ottoman Empire.
France colonized the whole of Vietnam in 1855 after the Sino-French War.
Vietnam was a French colony. The Vietcong first threw out the French. Then America tried to conquer Vietnam and the Vietcong threw out the Americans.
It was called French Indochina.
France ran Vietnam as a colony before the First Indo-China War in the early 1950's . Vietnam gained independence in 1954.
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.
French Indochina War or 1st Indochina War.
The French fought the 1st Indochina War (1946-1954). (Also known as the French-Vietnam War). The US fought the 2nd Indochina War (1961-1973). (Also known as the US-Vietnam War)
Just before the Vietnam Conflict, Vietnam was a colony under French rule. Before that time, China had control over much of Eastern and Southeastern Asia.
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Yeas, they did. The first office they gained access to was the consulship (in 366 BC). After that they gained access to eadilship in 364 BC the censorship in 351 BC, and the praetorship in 337 BC
The French war came first (1946-1954).
Vietnam didn't exist until 1975. That is incorrect Vietnam was first mapped and included in a empire in 1069-1759 until it went under French rule. Vietnam became independent on September 2, 1945.