Order of battle for the Japanese invasion of French Indochina

The Indochina Expedition order of battle in World War II Southeast Asia, Vichy Indochina versus Japan, 1940 and the Sino-Japanese Air War, from 1937–1945:

Japan

5th Division - Lt. Gen. Akihito Nakamura [1]

Indochina Expeditionary Army - Major Gen. Takuma Nishimura [1]

IJAAF[4]

Imperial Japanese Navy

2nd Fleet

IJN airforce: [4]

Japanese warships and transports carrying Expeditionary Force lying off Haiphong in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Vichy France[3]


Hanoi - Général de Corps d'Armée Maurice Martin

Haiphong

Lang Son sector

That Khe - 1 company of II/3rd Régiment de Tirailleurs Tonkinois (RTT)

Nam Quam - 2 companies of II/3rd Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale (RIC)

Chima - 1 Platoon of a company of II/3rd Régiment de Tirailleurs Tonkinois (RTT)

Loc Binh - bulk of a company of II/3rd Régiment de Tirailleurs Tonkinois (RTT)

Na Dzuong - elements of 9th Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale (RIC)

All told, about 5000 troops representing elements of 3rd Régiment de Tirailleurs Tonkinois, 9th Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale, and 5th Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie.

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