When did Japanese forces seize French Indochina?

Answer 1

1941. The Japanese aircraft that bombed, torpedo'd, and sank the British battleship Prince of Wales and the British battlecruiser Repulse, were Japanese ARMY twin engine planes, that took off from what later became Vietnam on 10 December 1941.

Answer 2

Because of its geographic location it was not strategically important, it had no vital resources they wanted to steal and since the Swedes are Nordics the Nazis did not want to eliminate them. Michael Montagne

Answer 3

The Japanese gained control of French Indochina September 6th 1940 . There's additional information at the related link below .

Answer 4

The French took over French Indochina in September of 1940. The Japanese had started a war with China three years earlier and wanted Indochina as a way to blockade China.