Battle of Lạng Sơn (1940)
WW2 battle between Japan and Vichy France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 1885 withdrawal, see Retreat from Lạng Sơn.
The Battle of Lạng Sơn (1940) was a short military battle between Imperial Japan and Vichy France in French Indochina. This battle was one of the very few battles of the Japanese invasion of French Indochina, an invasion only lasting three days.
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Battle of Lạng Sơn | |||||||||
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Part of Japanese invasion of French Indochina | |||||||||
Japanese Imperial Army soldiers advance to Lạng Sơn. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Aketo Nakamura | Germain Mennerat | ||||||||
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Imperial Japanese 5th Division |
5th Foreign Infantry Regiment French colonial troops | ||||||||
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>5,000 | ~5,000[2] |
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This battle took place in Lạng Sơn, and the areas surrounding it, which are located in modern-day northern Vietnam.The city was invaded by the Japanese army, after forcibly crossing the Chinese border into Vietnam.[3] The French forces were outnumbered by Japan's forces,[4] and they were forced to withdraw from the city on 25 September 1940, where they retreated to Thái Nguyên.[5]