indochina ww2 By ssmodern Sep 1, 1939 Outbreak of WWII 1940 Japan arrival Mar 24, 1940 France declare Indochina part of the French community Jun 22, 1940 France taken over by Germany Sep 22, 1940 Japan Arrive Jan 24, 1944 Franklin Roosevelt argues that Indochina should be put under an international trusteeship Period: Oct 1, 1944 to Dec 1, 1945 Starvation in the North of Vietnam 1945 Prime Minister Tran 'Elected' Mar 9, 1945 Japanese coup Mar 10, 1945 Japan declare Vietnamese independence from France Oct 2, 1945 Ho Chi Minh declares independence Feb 1, 1946 The French Return 1949 Emperor Bao Dai does a deal with the French the second time