Italy and Japan in World War II. Today, Vietnam is a communist state. September 2, 1945 – Vietnam declares independence from France. Neither France nor the United States recognizes this claim.

The Vietnam War persists more than half a century later ... because they could not crush its Communist insurgency after 1945. Foo’s family are Chinese but from Malaysia, a British colony.

Today, Vietnam is a communist state. The total of American servicemen listed as POW/MIA at the end of the war was 2,646. As of April 2025, 1,573 soldiers remain unaccounted for. September 2, 1945 ...

Here’s a look at the Vietnam War. 1883-1945 - Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make up colonial empire French ...