"The Draft" into law under which 16 million American men eventually register for military duty. Roosevelt signs the "The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" a.k.a. The IJA South China Army organizes an amphibious Indochina Expeditionary Army to move into Indochina supported by ships and planes from carrier and air bases on Hainan Island.Ĭarrier SORYU's air group is transferred to sister HIRYU. In a press interview, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Matsuoka Yosuke formally announces the concept of a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.” The idea had earlier originated with Imperial Army General Arita Hachiro Arita who also had served as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Franco-Italian Armistice is effective at 1235, 25 Jun '40, simultaneously with the Franco-German Armistice. At 1815, the French surrender to Mussolini. Indochina's colonial administration is isolated and cut off from outside supplies. Eighty-four year-old General and Marshal of France Henri Philippe Petain ("The Hero of Verdun") becomes head of state. The new French state, known as Vichy France, collaborates with the Nazis and fascist Italians. France surrenders to Germany, in a ceremony designed by Adolf Hitler to humiliate the defeated French, in the same historic railway coach and exact spot where, on 11 Nov '18, the Armistice ending World War I was signed. Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini declares war on Great Britain and France.Ĭompiegne Forest, France. Two days after the German invasion of Poland, and after the United Kingdom's ultimation to withdraw is rejected, at 1115, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany In 1906, the French also receive Inner Cambodia. This leads to the Franco-Siamese War and the cession of Laos to France. In 1893, the French request cession of all Laotian lands east of the Mekong River.
Most of the French settlers are concentrated in Cochinchina, the southern third of Vietnam, based around Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City).įrench troops invade Northern Laos. In 1887, French Indochina is formed from Vietnam and Cambodia. In 1867, most of Cambodia is ceded to France, but Inner Cambodia remains a Siamese (Thai) possession. The French forcibly make Cambodia a French Protectorate to expand their colonial empire. French naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot “discovers” Angkor Wat, the largest Hindu temple complex in the world, built by the Khmer's King Suryavarman II (1113–1150) as state temple and capital city.Īngkor Wat, Cambodia (Hackett Collection) Between the 11th and 18th centuries, Vietnam expands southward conquering the kingdom of Champa and part of the Khmer Empire.Ĭambodia.
Renamed Ði Viet, Vietnamese defeat invasions by the Mongols. In 938 AD, the Vietnamese defeat Southern Han forces and regain independence. For the next thousand years, Vietnam remains mostly under Chinese rule. Japanese Occupation of Vichy French Indochina - 1940-1941Īncient Vietnamese tribes and land are incorporated into the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Old map of Indochina showing Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (then Tonkin China, Annan and Cochin China). Naval War in China RISING STORM - THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AND
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