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The first Vietnam War

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The French Are Humiliated in 19 Forty

War two in china was particularly complicated. Because the french were defeated in 19 forty. Of course, charles de gaul will go to london. He will lead the resistance for the free french. But inside france, i's it's the vishi government that takes over. And the axis is nasi germany, and its japan as well. So this gives rise to a very complicated situation in indo china. The official date is the nineteenth of december 19 forty six. It's the beginning of the indo china war. Technically, it even started in hen via nam a year earlier.

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