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Vietnam was occupied by Japan from '40 until '45. Of interest, is the Royal Navy Battleship HMS Prince of Wales (of fighting the German Bismarck battleship fame) and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were both sunk by land based Japanese bombers, which took off from airfields in Vietnam. For the first time in naval history, a battleship which was underway, and fighting back, was sunk by airpower alone (10 December 1941).

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