INDEXContext 1Second World War 1The division of Vietnam 1The war begins 2List of sources 2The Vietnam WarContextIn 1887, Vietnam became part of French Indochina or the Indochinese Federation. This happened after a successful attack in 1885, commanded by Napoleon III. It was actually a colonization of the countries Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Both nationalists and communists fought against French domination. Countries retained their own authorities, like kings and emperors, but only in theory. The French ruled them and they were just the public faces. A man named Phan Boi Chau (1867-1940) created a nationalist reform organization. His intention was to overthrow French authority. Later in 1927 the Vietnamese Nationalist Party was formed. Following the advance of the Nationalists, the Communists created the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930. World War II From 1940 to 1945, during World War II, Vietnam was under the French Nazi regime. During this period the Japanese were authorized by the French to station military personnel...