[Cronos]

the Vietnam war -- the French were kicked out by the Japanese

But then the Vietminh were hte ones who defeated the Japanese in 1945, and then the French just walked in and seized control

So in may ways the communists were the freedom fighter as the non-Communist parties had been decimated by the French -- unlike the Brits who realized that some political freedom can ease tensions (as the Brits did in India with the foundation of the Indian national Congress)...

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. I hadn’t realized the dynamics of the French presence as it related to the Japanese invasion of World War II, and the follow-up.