COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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What did the French government decide to do with their Asian colonies after World War II?
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It attempted to annex them to France.
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It looked to liberate them.
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It looked to reestablish control.
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It attempted to give control over to China.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -There was virtually no mention of French colonies in the Armistice, and Germany had not occupied Frsnch colonies. Thus they remained, officially, under the control of the French Government; which happened to be the Vichy Government.
Detailed explanation-2: -But when France went to war to recolonize Vietnam in 1945, the U.S. government needed its ally’s cooperation to contain the spread of communism in Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the European summer of 1940 Germany rapidly defeated the French Third Republic, and colonial administration of French Indochina (modern-day Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) passed to the French State (Vichy France).
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