Talk:Indochina
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I'm not sure you can call it an invasion: the Vichy gvt. ordered them to surrender. I don't think a shot was fired. -- JCWF, 2002 August 22
- OK, interesting. Also worth noting is that Japan was not at war with France (Free or Vichy) at the time. -- Hotlorp, 2002 August 22
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- The Japanese did not invade Vietnam nor occupy Thailand like the other Asian countries. (A Vietnamese American student told me this.) The Japanese Army invaded Thailand in order to go to British Malaya, but after some negotiations, the Thais became allies to Japan like Manchuria. They’re only interested in China and invaded territories in Asia that belonged to the British and Americans who were militarily supporting the Chinese. The Japanese let the Vichy Government continue administering French Indochina but posted some IJAAF squadrons at airbases in northern Vietnam in order to intercept American/British/Chinese military planes and transports from India and Burma headed towards western China. As a matter of fact, after the war ended, some Japanese military officers and NCOs helped Ho Chi Minh and the VietMinh forces as military advisors against the French Forces in the 1950s in the first Vietnam War. --James 02:51, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Did Japanese soldiers fight for the Vietminh?
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[edit] Maps
The ideal map for the historical colony would be something from the 1920-1940 timeframe, illustrating how contemporaries saw it. There are a couple around the net, only PD of the colony I saw was an 1885, useful but not reflective of the later-established boundaries. A supplemental map would be a modern regional map highlighting countries, a la West Africa. Stan 14:17, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Meaning of term
Every source that I have consulted says that "Indochina" means the mainland peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is not exactly the same as "French Indochina", which is an historical term. So, at the risk of causing a major uproar, I shall adjust things accordingly. Kelisi 03:29, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Peninsular Malaysia
Is the Peninsular considered as part of Indochina? I doubt it so. Despite the peninsular is not an island, history has already considered the peninsular as part of maritime SEA. In fact, the sultanate of malacca was considered a maritime empire instead of agrarian, as all other indochinese empires were. __earth July 8, 2005 01:37 (UTC)
- I kind of agree with you. Geografically speaking, yes, the peninsula is part of the Euro-Asia continent, but historically, it isn't. Most of the kingdoms that once rule the peninsula like Lembah Bujang kingdom and Malacca are maritime kingdom. The term Indochina is usually used for historical reason thus the peninsula is not part of Indochina, yet it's part of Malay archipelago. 141.213.240.242 04:54, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Indochina, Indo-China or IndoChina
Indo-European, Indo-Germanic, Indonesian (one word because the nesia part is from Greek for island); the map itself reads Indo-China- how did the title become Indochina? Paul venter 17:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] indian influence
how is laos and thailand under indian influence. laos people have chinese style names, and thailand has a much larger chinese population than indian. not to mention thailand takes rmb. can you say the same for rupis.
