•In1940,JapanoccupiedFrenchIndochina(Vietnam)uponagreementwiththeFrenchVichygovernment(维希政府）andjoinedtheAxispowers.•TheresultingoilshortageandfailurestosolvetheconflictdiplomaticallymadeJapandecidetocapturetheoilrichIndonesia（荷属东印度群岛）andtostartawarwiththeUSandtheGreatBritain.•InDecember1941,...
In July 1941, when Japanese troops occupied French Indochina, the Japanese telegraphed their intentions to transfer Singapore from the British to its own burgeoning empire. Sure enough, on the eve of the Pearl Harbor attack, 24,000 Japanese troops were transported from Indochina to the Malay ...
Germany invaded Poland on the first day of September, 1939, the start of open warfare in Europe. In September 1940, Japan joined Germany and Italy in the Tripartite Pact. In July 1940, the U.S. banned shipments of aviation fuel to Japan. In September 1940, Japan invaded French Indochina...
In July 1941, the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands froze all Japanese assets when Japan completed its invasion of French Indochina by occupying the southern half of the country, further increasing tension in the Pacific. Statism in Japan: Emperor Shōwa riding his stallion ...
The Empire of Japan invaded other parts of China in 1937, precipitating the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).[59] In 1940, the Empire invaded French Indochina, after which the United States placed an oil embargo on Japan.[53][60] On December 7–8, 1941, Japanese forces carried out...
Japanese troops invaded China in 1937, and French Indochina in 1940, setting up puppet governments to administer areas too vast to be controlled by the Japanese armies.Alarmed by Japans in 25、creasing usurpation of Western prerogatives in the Far East-and disregard for the rights of the ...
Squadrons of G3M and G4M bombers were thus based at Formosa, to strike the American Army Airforce in the Philippines, and from what was formerly French Indochina, to assault the British forces in Malaya. Of chief importance were two targets, the Royal Navy battleship Prince of Whales and...
Japanese troops invaded China in 1937, and French Indochina in 1940, setting up puppet governments to administer areas too vast to be controlled by the Japanese armies. Alarmed by Japan's increasing usurpation of Western prerogatives in the Far East--and disregard for the rights of the local...
French public (Grupp 1980: 118). It would also earnFrance a ‘very visible hostility’ on the part of Japan (Doumer 1905: 383).At the time that St Petersburg sought the support of Berlin, Germanywas seriously considering the establishment of a coaling station in Chinafor its warships ...
Indochina during World War II: An Economy under Japanese Control, Delphine Boissarie Part 5: Multinationals Acting in Occupied Economies 18. German Steel Industry's Expansion in Occupied Europe: Business Strategies and Exploitation Practice, Ralf Ahrens 19. The French Opportunity: A Danish ...