... form of remaining sovereignty, albeit weak, the hold onto Indochina was almost impossible. By 1945, French authority was broken, and appointment of a nationalist government was approved, encouraged by the Japanese. The nationalist power that was strong in Indochina meant any French return was an inevitable conflict.3 Considering that Indochina was already a land of two different cultures, it is no surprise ... question of why the European Empires collapsed in such a short amount of time. Taking a rather different approach to deal with the rise in nationalism spread in Indonesia by the Jap...

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