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On 9 March 1945, during the closing stages of World War II, Japan overthrew the French rule in Indochina.The French colonial administrators were relieved of their positions, and French military forces were ordered to disarm.
This is a list of puppet states sponsored, created, or controlled by an occupying member of the Axis or Allied powers in World War II. These puppet states or régimes claimed to enjoy full, complete, and independent sovereignty , but took at least some direction from their countries' occupiers. [ 1 ]
Partition of the Korean Peninsula at the 38th parallel. The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, formally known as the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation[ 14] or simply the Manchurian Operation ( Маньчжурская операция ), began on 9 August 1945 with the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.
The largest air-sea battle in history. • Operation Queen: was a joint British-American operation during World War II at the Western Front between Aachen and the Rur river. • Battle of Mindoro • Battle of Vianden: The only major open battle fought between the Luxembourgish Resistance against German forces. • Battle of the Bulge
During World War I a number of countries were conquered and controlled. Some of these countries were subsequently given new names and new government leaders loyal to the conquering country. These countries are known as puppet states. Germany and the Ottoman Empire were the two countries with puppet states. The Allies had many more puppet states ...
The women’s Olympic field hockey battle between Argentina and the Netherlands yesterday (August 7) was brought to a standstill for several minutes after a distressing scene in which a player ...
The Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy (Russian: Корсунь-Шевченковская операция; Ukrainian: Корсунь-Шевченківська операція), also known as the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, was a World War II battle fought from 24 January to 16 February 1944 in the course of the Soviet Dnieper–Carpathian offensive in Ukraine following the Korsun ...
The siege of Seringapatam (5 April – 4 May 1799) was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. The British, with the allied Nizam Ali Khan, 2nd Nizam of Hyderabad and Marathas, achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam ...