USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: France controlled Vietnam before World War II. Between 1427 and 1858, Vietnam had several different areas of independent nations or kingdoms, many established after throwing off the Chinese for the fourth time in 1427.

Detailed explanation-2: -Before the French came to Indochina, Vietnam, the Khmer Empire (Cambodia), and the Laotian Kingdom (Laos) were independent countries. Vietnam had been ruled by neighboring China for hundreds of years, but after centuries of resistance the Vietnamese people overthrew their Chinese rulers and became independent.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vietnam became a French colony in 1877 with the founding of French Indochina, which included Tonkin, Annam, Cochin China and Cambodia. (Laos was added in 1893.) The French lost control of their colony briefly during World War II, when Japanese troops occupied Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-4: -The French annexed the three southwestern provinces in 1867 to form Cochinchina. Having consolidated their power in Cochinchina, the French conquered the rest of Vietnam through a series of battles in Tonkin, between 1873 and 1886.

Detailed explanation-5: -But France colonizes Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to proclaim the French Indochina Union in 1887. Colonization has an enormous impact on the populations and economies of the region.