USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam popularly known as Indo-China were colonised by France in 1887. The natives of these regions resisted the imposition of French language and culture on them. During the first World War, about 100, 000 Indo-Chinese fought on behalf of France.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indochina is a region of Southeast Asia. It has no fixed definition. Most narrowly, it is the former French colonies of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, which were collectively known as French Indochina during the colonial period until the Indochina wars.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indochina, also called (until 1950) French Indochina or French Indochine Française, the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia formerly associated with France, first within its empire and later within the French Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -French colonialism in Vietnam lasted more than six decades. By the late 1880s, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were all controlled by France and collectively referred to as Indochine Français (French Indochina). Indochina became one of France’s most important colonial possessions.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indo-China noun (ˈɪndəʊˈtʃaɪnə) Also called: Farther India a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. the former French colonial possessions of Cochin China, Annam, Tonkin, Laos, and Cambodia.