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Invasion of Indochina

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1940–1941Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1940

Konoe FumimaroSeptember 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Japan completes the invasion of northern French Indochina

HirohitoSeptember 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

After the fall of France Japan stations troops north Indo

1941

Konoe FumimaroJuly 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Japan invades southern Indochina

Konoe FumimaroAugust 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The US & Britain are prepared to go to war if Japan goes further into Indochina

Names involved

HirohitoKonoe Fumimaro

Provenance

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