1949: Indochina

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The territory of French Indochina, 280,849 sq. mi., lying immediately south of China and east of Siam and Burma, had a population of about 25 million people (estimated 1943) and was separated into three distinct countries: Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos. Viet Nam, the largest in territory and with... ...