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Article: Vietnam war time line.(SKILLS MASTER)
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- Junior Scholastic
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- May 9, 2005
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Vietnam is part of a geographic area called Indochina (which also includes Cambodia and Laos). For centuries, a succession of warlords and dynasties fought with China and each other for supremacy in the region. In 1802, an emperor named Gia Long united and named the country Vietnam. But soon the French arrived to colonize it, and the turmoil of Vietnam resumed.
TIME LINE
1861-1887: Claiming to protect Christian missionaries, French forces capture Saigon, in southern Vietnam (called Cochin China). Throughout the 1880s, France takes control of other parts of the region. In 1887, it combines Cochin China, northern Vietnam (called Tonkin), central Vietnam ...