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French colony prior to WWII, after the fall of France it took orders from the Vichy French, aligned with the Axis powers.
On September 3, 1941 a military agreement signed by Indo China's French Governor General Jean Decoux, allowing 25,000 Japanese troops to use northern Indo-China as a staging area to China, and use of three airbases there. Japanese forces arrived September 26, 1941, the afternoon before the signing of the Axis Triple Pact. This decision and arrival of Japanese forces lead the United States to enact an embargo against the Japanese. Although never invaded by Allied forces, the area was subjected to aerial bombings and naval attacks at the end of the war.  In August 1945, the French returned to occupy their former colony, but faced a new war with Communist Viet insurgency.

Camranh Bay
Japanese Naval Base Flotilla of two cruisers and eight destroyers left on December 24, 1944 to attack American forces that had landed on Mindoro.

Phnom-Penh
Post war, the French Armee de l'Air (Air Force) used some captured Japanese aircraft in the late 1940s, including Ki-43 Oscars in December 1945 - February 1946. Also, the French used several captured Jakes and a Dinah.

Duong Dong Airfield
Wartime airfield used by Japanese Army Air Force

Hanoi
American Missions Against Hanoi
September 3, 1942 - July 25, 1945

Hanoi Airfield (Bachme, Bachma, Gialam)
Wartime airfield used by Japanese Army Air Force

Bach Mai Airfield
Wartime airfield

 

Hai Phong (Haiphong, Hải Phòng)
Lat 20° 51' 22N Long 106° 40' 56E

During the war, a cement plant was operated near this city.

Haiphong Airfield
Wartime airfield.

 

Saigon

B-244J "Patches" Serial Number 42-73474
Lost on a bombing mission against Hanoi

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