First Indochina War - Vietnam was absorbed into French Indochina in stages
Time: 1858
Place: Vietnam
Details: Vietnam was absorbed into French Indochina in stages between 1858 and 1887. Nationalism grew until World War II provided a break in French control. Early Vietnamese resistance centered on the intellectual Phan Bội Châu. Châu looked to Japan, which had modernized and was one of the few Asian nations to successfully resist European colonization.
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