French Indochina (HM6)

The biggest French colony outside Africa and the one with the highest population (over 22 millions in 1940), French Indochina comprises Annam, , Cochin-China, , and Tonkin. There's unrest in the lands, especially in the ese East, where the Nationalists and the (albeit split between and ) Indochinese Communist Party are active, especially a certain . That's why appointed General Georges Catroux - he is the first Military governor of the colony since administration by civilians was introduced there in 1879. He is holding the natives down with 12,000 French and 40,000 native soldiers, plus the Sûreté police. There aren't many French civilians around, only a few ten thousands.
Most of the population is Buddhist, although Roman-Catholic missionaries have managed to convert about 10% of the population. Additionally, there are odd sects like Caodaism, which is a mixture of , and . They have a pope, female cardinals, and even worship e.g. as a saint.
When the defeated France in June 1940, the country had to hand over the control of the colony's border to to - to prevent the Transit of Weapons.
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