• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    refused to participate in the Vietnam war.

    It was their colonies. They were removed from the region by the people in indochina. The French wanted their colonies back despite the Vichy regime being an axis collaborator, and couldn’t hold on after fighting wars of suppression.

    Eventually they had to formally cede control to communists in the 1950s which got America involved until the 70s.