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Indochina: Quick Facts

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Also Known As L’Indochine Enchainée

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Indochina
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam, with a long white beard and mustache, wearing a dark jacket, seated and looking to the side in a 1957 black-and-white portrait.
Map of Vietnam from 1954 to 1976, showing North Vietnam in the north and South Vietnam in the south, separated by a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel. The map highlights the Ho Chi Minh Trail running from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam, with major cities such as Hanoi in the north and Saigon in the south, as well as neighboring countries and bodies of water.
Vintage map of Japan and Indo China region.
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Key People

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Francis Garnier
French naval officer
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Jean Decoux
French governor-general of Indochina
Doumer, c. 1930
Paul Doumer
president of France
Sarraut, c. 1930
Albert Sarraut
French statesman
Yersin, Alexandre
Alexandre Yersin
French bacteriologist