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birth
Nguyen Vinh Thuy -
Period: to
King of Annam
as the French protectorate in central Vietnam was known -
succeeded the throne
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Period: to
WW2
French colonial regime exercised a firm control over Bao Dai during WW2 -
Japanese coup
Japanese coup de force removed the French from Indochina -
fled to Hong Kong
when the Viet Minh took over -
Period: to
head of the Associated State of Vietnam
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abdication
call for a republic and he abdicates the throne