what are some great sites for japanese involvement in vietnam? 10 points for best answer!!!!?

Question

I am writing about Japans involvement in vietnam during Vietnam war. I need some great sites to help write this, or even better written out already for me to read. I need to know about what Japan did from 1940-1945, why, how etc. For best site/answer i will promise to give best answer. Thankyou :)

Answer 1

September, 1940
Japanese troops occupy Indochina, but allow the French to continue their colonial adminstration of the area. Japan's move into southern part of Vietnam in July 1941 sparks an oil boycott by the U.S. and Great Britain. The resulting oil shortage strengthens Japan's desire to risk war against the U.S. and Britain.

August, 1945
Japan surrenders. Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh, a guerilla army. Bao Dai abdicates after a general uprising led by the Viet Minh.
http://www.oakton.edu/user/~wittman/chronol.htm

World War II--During the Second World War, while France was defeated and partially occupied by Germany in 1940, both Japan and her ally Thailand initiated border conflicts with the French colonial forces in Vietnam and Indochina.

Franco-Japanese Border War (Sept. 22, 1940-Sept. 24, 1940)--Soon after France fell to Germany, Japan sought passage through French Indochina in order to attack Nationalist Chinese forces near the border. French authorities in Hanoi refused, prompting Japan to launch a ground attack on the French border forts at Long-Son and Dong-Dang. Two days later, Japanese aircraft bombed the port city of Haiphong and the Japanese navy landed troops at the port. During the two days of fighting, nearly 800 French troops were killed.


Franco-Thai Border War (Jan. 9, 1941-Jan. 28, 1941)--Thailand, then an ally of Japan, initiated an invasion of French Indochina after early border skirmishes from November 1940. After early successes, the Thai forces were forced back by French reinforcements. At sea, the French navy, in the form of one cruiser, wiped out nearly one third of the Thai navy off the island of Kho Chang on Jan. 17. Japan arranged a cease-fire on Jan. 28. Per a written agreement signed on March 11, France gave portions of Laos and Cambodia to Thailand. (External link on this war.)

http://www.historyguy.com/wars_of_vietnam.htm


..... In August 1945, the Japanese surrendered to the Vietminh (rather than the allied forces), leaving them a substantial amount of weapons.
http://www.vietnamwar.com/eventsprior.htm

Answer 2

Follow link is about US Military bases in Japan during the Vietnam War.

Answer 3

www.japaninvolvement/viet. com