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Indonesia became one single, unified nation after it achieved independence from the Netherlands despite being geographically separated and full of different languages and ethnic groups. Why did French Indochina not also remain one nation, but instead split into Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam?

by /u/George_S_Patton_III in /r/AskHistorians

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