Japanese invasion of French Indochina

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The Japanese invasion of French Indochina (仏印進駐, Futsu-in shinchū) (French: Invasion japonaise de l'Indochine) was a short undeclared military confrontation between Japan and Vichy France in northern French Indochina. Fighting lasted from 22 to 26 September 1940; the same time as the Battle of South Guangxi in the Sino-Japanese War. An important objective of the Japanese was to prevent China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina along the Kunming–Haiphong railway, from the Indochinese port of Haiphong, through the capital of Hanoi to the Chinese city of Kunming in Yunnan. Although an agreement ceasing supply of arms had been reached between the French and Japanese governments prior to the outbreak of fighting, Japan invaded Indochina. As per the prior agreement, Japan was allowed to occupy Tonkin in northern Indochina, and thus effectively blockade China, but later expanded its occupation to the whole of Indochina.

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