1858 French Emperor Napoleon III ordered Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly to attack Da Nang 1887 French Indochina was officially formed from what are the modern countries of Vietnam and Cambodia. Laos became part of French Indochina in 1893. 1945 Japan seized French IndoChina United States supported native rebel groups Viet Minha gainst the Japanese. On Japanese surrender, USA started to withdraw. France immediately attempted to reassert its claims over Vietnam. Roosevelt reportedly offered control of the region to Chinese nationalist general Chiang Kai-shek https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/timeline-guide-us-presidents/ Ho Chi Minh It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me. You will kill ten of us, we will kill one of you, but in the end, you will tire of it first I follow only one party: the Vietnamese party The great victory of April 30 represents the triumph of the entire nation, of justice over brutality and of humani