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French Indochina

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French Indochina
n
(Placename) the territories of SE Asia that were colonized by France and held mostly until 1954: included Cochin China, Annam, and Tonkin (now largely Vietnam), Cambodia, Laos, and Kuang-Chou Wan (returned to China in 1945, now Zhanjiang)
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Noun1.French IndochinaFrench Indochina - the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
Indochina, Indochinese peninsula - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam


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allies during World War II when the Japanese occupied what was then known as French Indochina.
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On 26 June 1887, the Convention relative a la delimitation de la frontiere entre la Chine et le Tonkin was signed, delimiting the common frontier between China and French Indochina in Tonkin.
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1940-1945: Japan begins an occupation of French Indochina, while fighting the Allies in World War II.
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