Vichy France

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Britain attacks the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir

📅 3 Juli 1940

British forces attacked French warships anchored at Mers-el-Kébir near Oran, Algeria, after France’s armistice with Germany. More than a thousand French sailors were killed. The port’s North African...

Japanese troops enter northern Vietnam

📅 22 September 1940

Japan forced its way into northern Indochina while the French colonial administration remained in place. Vietnam thus experienced overlapping French colonial authority and Japanese military...

Allied Operation Torch lands in French North Africa

📅 8 November 1942

British and US forces landed in Morocco and Algeria, then under Vichy authority. The invasion altered the North African war and prompted Germany to occupy Vichy France and send Axis forces into...

Allied forces land in French North Africa

📅 8 November 1942

U.S. and British forces landed in Morocco and Algeria under Operation Torch. The campaign unfolded in territories controlled by Vichy France and under French colonial rule. Moroccan and Algerian...

Japan removes the French colonial administration

📅 9 Maart 1945

Japanese forces disarmed French troops and ended the Vichy colonial administration in Indochina. The coup disrupted colonial command and created a short-lived political opening as Japan sought local...