Japan takes over Indochina (sep 22, 1940 – sep 26, 1940)
Description:
The Japanese invasion of French Indochina was a short undeclared military confrontation between Japan and France in northern French Indochina.The main objective of the Japanese was to prevent China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina along the Kunming–Hai Phong Railway, from the Indochinese port of Haiphong, through the capital of Hanoi to the Chinese city of Kunming in Yunnan.
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Date:
sep 22, 1940
sep 26, 1940
~ 4 days