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... French colony of Cochin- china ( 1862-1954 ) and of the Republic of Vietnam ( 1954– 75 ) , the city lies on the Saigon River ( Song Sai Gon ) immediately north of the Mekong River delta and about 50 miles ( 80 kilometres ) west of the ...
... French colony of Cochin- china ( 1862-1954 ) and of the Republic of Vietnam ( 1954– 75 ) , the city lies on the Saigon River ( Song Sai Gon ) immediately north of the Mekong River delta and about 50 miles ( 80 kilometres ) west of the ...
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... French " allies " and interned them . While creating a Viet- namese government to rule northern and central Vietnam , the Japanese assumed direct rule in Saigon and the south- ern third of the country , the former French colony of ...
... French " allies " and interned them . While creating a Viet- namese government to rule northern and central Vietnam , the Japanese assumed direct rule in Saigon and the south- ern third of the country , the former French colony of ...
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... French school system , and began " teaching French to French youngsters " in Tours . Two years later he was transferred to a lycée near Paris . Drafted in 1939 , at the beginning of World War II , he was captured in 1940 and spent two ...
... French school system , and began " teaching French to French youngsters " in Tours . Two years later he was transferred to a lycée near Paris . Drafted in 1939 , at the beginning of World War II , he was captured in 1940 and spent two ...
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