HIST 3322 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Indochinese Communist Party, First Indochina War, Charnel House
13 Apr 2016
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#1 briefly, discuss the french role in indochina during the early 20th century. During the early 20th century the french government got involved in vietnam first through the. Paris foreign mission society, spreading the catholic faith with missionaries but france become involved military in 1858 with a fleet of three thousand troops in da nang and open fire on the. Vietnamese city under the control of the nguyen dynasty, little by little, province by province the. In 1862 with help within the vietnamese royal courts. France gained the southern part of vietnam, cochinchina, creating its way to create its colony with its capital as saigon. The nationalist spirit still stay alive even though vietnam was under. The underground movement to free vietnam took place slowly growing and gaining momentum. Under french rule and its lackeys life for the vietnamese was no more than a daily humiliation and a rough life.
