The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally
undeclared military confrontation between Japan and Vichy France in northern FrenchIndochina. Fighting lasted from 22 to 26 September 1940; the same time
invasion of Indochina imminent, the Japanese were concerned about an uprising against them by French colonial forces. Despite the French having anticipated
1940—1946 in FrenchIndochina focuses on events that happened in FrenchIndochina during and after World War II and which influenced the eventual decision