The Japanese invasion of French Indochina was a short undeclared military confrontation between Japan and Vichy France in northern French Indochina. Fighting lasted from 22 to 26 September 1940; the s
Imperial Japanese Army soldiers advance to Lang Son, French Indochina, in September 1940
Japanese troops entering Saigon in 1941.
In mid-1940, Nazi Germany rapidly defeated the French Third Republic, and the colonial administration of French Indochina passed to the French State. Many concessions were granted to the Empire of Jap
Japanese invasion of French Indochina
…Japanese invasion of French Indochina Part of the French Indochina in World War II, the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, the Pacific War, and World War II Imperial Japanese Army soldiers advance to Lang Son, French Indochina…
Japanese propaganda poster exalting collaboration between the Empire of Japan, Vichy France and the Vietnamese in Indochina, c. 1942
Trần Trọng Kim and other ministers in the Vietnamese imperial cabinet.