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| strength2 = ~5,000<ref name=DW>{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Bill |date=1998 |title=Vichy Indo-China vs Japan, 1940 |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/history/vichyvsjapan/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419064644/http://books.stonebooks.com/history/vichyvsjapan/ |archive-date=19 April 2022 |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=stonebooks.com}}</ref> |
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The '''Battle of Lạng Sơn (1940)''' was a short military battle between [[Empire of Japan|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. 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Namba |first=Chizuru |date=2019-09-01 |title=The French Colonization and Japanese Occupation of Indochina during the Second World War: Encounters of the French, Japanese, and Vietnamese |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3jf1m788 |journal=Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review |language=en |volume=1 |issue=32}}</ref> The French forces were outnumbered by Japan's forces,<ref>{{Cite web |last=HV |first=Kevin |date=2016-09-22 |title=Lang Son City |url=https://hikingvietnam.com/lang-son-city/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Hiking Vietnam |language=en-US}}</ref> and they were forced to withdraw from the city on 25 September 1940.<ref>Hy V. Luong - ''Tradition, Revolution, and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese ...'' 2010- Page 37 "In March 1885, as Chinese troops from Kwangsi defeated a French force of 35,000 in Lạng-Sơn, Black Flag troops ..."</ref> |
The '''Battle of Lạng Sơn (1940)''' was a short military battle between [[Empire of Japan|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. 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Namba |first=Chizuru |date=2019-09-01 |title=The French Colonization and Japanese Occupation of Indochina during the Second World War: Encounters of the French, Japanese, and Vietnamese |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3jf1m788 |journal=Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review |language=en |volume=1 |issue=32}}</ref> The French forces were outnumbered by Japan's forces,<ref>{{Cite web |last=HV |first=Kevin |date=2016-09-22 |title=Lang Son City |url=https://hikingvietnam.com/lang-son-city/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Hiking Vietnam |language=en-US}}</ref> and they were forced to withdraw from the city on 25 September 1940.<ref>Hy V. Luong - ''Tradition, Revolution, and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese ...'' 2010- Page 37 "In March 1885, as Chinese troops from Kwangsi defeated a French force of 35,000 in Lạng-Sơn, Black Flag troops ..."</ref> |
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<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talks to celebrate the 82nd anniversary of Bac Son uprising |url=https://baolangson.vn/en/politics/26867-talks-to-celebrate-the-82nd-anniversary-of-bac-son-uprising.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=baolangson.vn |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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 Aketo Nakamura |
 Germain Mennerat | ||||||||
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| 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) | French colonial troops | ||||||||
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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. 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.[2] The French forces were outnumbered by Japan's forces,[3] and they were forced to withdraw from the city on 25 September 1940.[4]
References
- ^ Stone, Bill (1998). "Vichy Indo-China vs Japan, 1940". stonebooks.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ Namba, Chizuru (2019-09-01). "The French Colonization and Japanese Occupation of Indochina during the Second World War: Encounters of the French, Japanese, and Vietnamese". Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review. 1 (32).
- ^ HV, Kevin (2016-09-22). "Lang Son City". Hiking Vietnam. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Hy V. Luong - Tradition, Revolution, and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese ... 2010- Page 37 "In March 1885, as Chinese troops from Kwangsi defeated a French force of 35,000 in Lạng-Sơn, Black Flag troops ..."
- ^ "Talks to celebrate the 82nd anniversary of Bac Son uprising". baolangson.vn. Retrieved 2023-12-21.