French Indochina was in jeopardy.
French Indochina . Following the Geneva Accord of 1954 , the French evacuated Vietnam and French Indochina came to an end . In 1940 , France was swiftly defeated by Nazi Germany , and colonial administration of French Indochina , modern-day Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia , passed to the Vichy French government , a Puppet state of Nazi Germany .