Escalation of Tensions Between France and Japan in Indochina 1944—1945

The article devoted Franco-Japanese military conflict in Indochina during final stage of World War II. After the fall of France in August 1940, the French Vichy government agreed to accept Japan’s “preeminient” position in the Far East and grant Japan transit facilities in Tonkin in return for its recognition of French sovereignty in Indochina. Japan’s position was further consolidated in July 1941 when French and Japanese governments signed military agreements providing for the “common defense of French Indochina”. In December 1944, the Tokyo government, alarmed over growing anti-Japanese activities in Indochina, decided to displace the French and grant independence to the Vietnam

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