Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina

Towards the end of World War II, a Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina, known as Meigo Sakusen (Operation Mei-go), took place on 9 March 1945. French Indochina comprised the colony of Cochinchina and the protectorates of Annam, Cambodia and Tonkin, and the mixed region of Laos. The French Indochinese government had remained loyal to the Vichy regime after the fall of France in June 1940.