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What was the Vietnam war called before the US got involved?
The First Indochina War or the French-Indocina War.
What are the last impacts on the colonization of Vietnam?
During the war: 1. French was the second language of Vietnam (Saigon was the called the Paris of the Orient). 2. Catholics were the second religion of Vietnam.
Which nations were part of French Indochina?
Laos, Cambodia, North and South Vietnam (now called Vietnam).
What resources did the French gain from Vietnam?
Before the invention of "Synthetic Rubber", natural rubber grew inside of trees (called rubber trees). Vietnam was rich in rubber trees. During the Vietnam War, US armored columnes frequently engaged NVA troops inside the rubber tree plantations.
In 1954 what country surrendered Vietnam to communist forces in Viet Minh?
France called Vietnam a colony of theirs. When French troops left in 1954, th UN divided Vietnam into North and South Vietnam.
What was the original name of Vietnam before civil war broke out?
The French called it French Indochina, but before the French arrived the people living there called it Viet Nam.
What was Vietnam called before Vietnam?
From 1885 until 1954 (excepting a brief period of Japanese control as the Empire of Vietnam) Vietnam was part of the colony of French Indochina. Before the war , Vietnam was divided into two, North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
What french colony that included Vietnam?
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam together were called French Indochina.
What was Vietnam called at first?
It was called French Indochina.
What was the Vietnam war called before the US got involved?
The First Indochina War or the French-Indocina War.
What was Vietnam called in the 1950's?
After the fall of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, it was partitioned into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The Vietnam War (1954-1975) grew out of the attempt by Communist Vietcong guerrillas backed by North Vietnam to overthrow the U.S.-supported regime in the south. The South Vietnamese government collapsed in 1975, and the country was reunited in 1976
What was Vietnam before world war 2?
It was part of a French colony called "French Indochina", along with Laos and Cambodia. The French took control of it during the late 1800's.
What was Vietnam called after being colonized?
French Indochina.
What was the name of the french colony that included what is now called Vietnam?
French Indochina.
French defeat in Vietnam?
The French fought there from 1946-1954, and were defeated in what was later called North Vietnam at a place called Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Thus ending the war.
When did Japanese occupied Vietnam during what war?
WWII, it was called French Indochina then.
What was the capital of French Cochinchina?
Saigon was the capital of French Cochinchina.Specifically, the country now is called Vietnam. But from 1862 until 1954, part of present-day Vietnam was colonized by the French. The French colonialists gave the name of French Cochinchina to the southern third of the modern country.
