Complex sentence: Nevertheless, Napoleon had seen Vietnam as a strategically important objective in the colonial power balance in Asia, as he felt that it would be an ideal base from which to contest the British East India Company's control of the Indian subcontinent.
Split into simpler sentences: Nevertheless, Napoleon had seen Vietnam as a strategically important objective in the colonial power balance in Asia. He felt that this was an ideal base from which to contest the British East India Company's control of the Indian subcontinent.