The Second French Indochina Campaign, also known as the Japanese coup of March 1945, was a Japanese military operation in Vietnam, then a French colony and known as French Indochina. Vietnam was not a real colony at this time. The area known as Cochinchina was a colony proper. However, the regions of Annam and Tonkin were French "protectorates".

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  • 1945-08-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Viet Minh
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  • Japanese surrender to the Viet Minh
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  • Imperial Japanese Army : roughly 65,000 men
    Annamese militias
  • In March:
    12,000 French, approx. 12,000 Annamese
    Later : French and British commandos from Force 136, French guerrillas, Viet Minh guerrillas
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  • unknown
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  • Viet Minh
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  • 1945-08-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Japanese surrender to the Viet Minh
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  • Imperial Japanese Army : roughly 65,000 men
    Annamese militias
  • In March:
    12,000 French, approx. 12,000 Annamese
    Later : French and British commandos from Force 136, French guerrillas, Viet Minh guerrillas
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  • The Second French Indochina Campaign, also known as the Japanese coup of March 1945, was a Japanese military operation in Vietnam, then a French colony and known as French Indochina. Vietnam was not a real colony at this time. The area known as Cochinchina was a colony proper. However, the regions of Annam and Tonkin were French "protectorates". It resulted in short-lived independence of the Empire of Vietnam, the Kingdom of Laos and the Kingdom of Cambodia, and in the complete disorganization of Indochina's French administration. A small-scale campaign of guerrilla warfare followed, while France prepared to retaliate, but Japan ultimately surrendered before any major military engagements could take place.
  • Les Combats en Indochine de 1945 virent la prise de contrôle, pour quelques mois, de l'Indochine française par l'Empire du Japon. Le coup de force Japonais fut suivi de brèves périodes d'indépendances du Việt Nam, du Laos et du Cambodge. Des actions militaires s'ensuivirent, mais la reddition du Japon survit avant qu'une riposte de grande ampleur ne puisse être mise en oeuvre par la France.
  • 明号作戦（めいごうさくせん）は、第二次世界大戦末期の1945年3月9日、フランス領インドシナにおいて日本軍がフランス軍を攻撃し制圧した作戦。仏印武力処理。
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  • 2,129 Europeans (military & civil) killed in March
  • unknown
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  • Japanese coup d'état
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  • Second Campaign of French Indochina
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  • 9 March – 19 August, 1945
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  • Japanese surrender to the Viet Minh
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  • Imperial Japanese Army : roughly 65,000 menGrandjean (2004)
    Annamese militias
  • In March:
    12,000 French, approx. 12,000 Annamese
    Later : French and British commandos from Force 136, French guerrillas, Viet Minh guerrillas
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  • The Second French Indochina Campaign, also known as the Japanese coup of March 1945, was a Japanese military operation in Vietnam, then a French colony and known as French Indochina. Vietnam was not a real colony at this time. The area known as Cochinchina was a colony proper. However, the regions of Annam and Tonkin were French "protectorates".
  • Les Combats en Indochine de 1945 virent la prise de contrôle, pour quelques mois, de l'Indochine française par l'Empire du Japon. Le coup de force Japonais fut suivi de brèves périodes d'indépendances du Việt Nam, du Laos et du Cambodge. Des actions militaires s'ensuivirent, mais la reddition du Japon survit avant qu'une riposte de grande ampleur ne puisse être mise en oeuvre par la France.
  • 明号作戦（めいごうさくせん）は、第二次世界大戦末期の1945年3月9日、フランス領インドシナにおいて日本軍がフランス軍を攻撃し制圧した作戦。仏印武力処理。
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  • Second French Indochina Campaign
  • Combats en Indochine (1945)
  • 明号作戦
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  • Second Campaign of French Indochina
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