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    Jean Decoux (5 May 1884 – 21 October 1963) was a French Navy admiral who was the Governor-General of French Indochina from July 1940 to 9 March 1945,...
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    humiliation, Catroux was immediately replaced as governor-general by Admiral Jean Decoux. He did not return to France, however, but to London. On 22 June, while...
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    collaborated with the Axis powers. The following month governor Admiral Jean Decoux signed an agreement under which Japanese forces were permitted to occupy...
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    force, particularly in the field of dive-bombing, was such that Admiral Jean Decoux, the governor of French Indochina, grudgingly remarked that the Thai...
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    capital' of French Indochina. During the World War II, Governor-general Jean Decoux (r. 1940–1945) supported this project. The South Vietnamese National...
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    maintain support and expel Thai influence, Governor-General of Indochina Jean Decoux encouraged the rise of a Lao nationalist movement, the Movement for National...
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    replaced by Vice Admiral Jean Decoux, who commanded the French naval forces in the Far East, and was based in Saigon. Decoux and Catroux were in general...
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    Governor General of Indochina and Commander-in-Chief Naval Forces, Admiral Jean Decoux, decided Indochina's best chance at stopping the incursions would be...
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    military official estimated half-a-million deaths. Governor General Jean Decoux wrote in his memoirs A la barre de l'Indochine that about a million northerners...
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    France following the Fall of France; in November 1941, Governor-General Jean Decoux, newly appointed by Marshal Pétain, made an official visit to Kwangchow...
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    reforms of "renovating" Lao culture under Governor-General of Indochina Jean Decoux, but this was mainly used to dampen the appeal of Pan-Thaiism and strengthen...
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  • not without resistance – from Governor-General of French Indochina, Jean Decoux. Two B-24s, however, broke down while attempting to take off from Yangkai...
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    and Convention Center organized by the Governor General of Indochina Jean Decoux. He is the designer of many iconic villas in District 1, Ho Chi Minh...
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    Norodom Sihanouk Son Ngoc Thanh Sisavang Vong Phetsarath Ratanavongsa Jean Decoux Strength 341,400 people 33 warships 41 submarines 492 planes 20 tanks...
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    filth". In 1943, under the Vichy governor general of Indochina, Admiral Decoux, the façade was altered, and changed to a starker exterior. This was 'almost...
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    executed after the war. Jean Decoux was the Governor-General of French Indochina representing the Vichy government. Decoux's task in Indochina was to...
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    fallen to Nazi Germany, the colonial administration in Vietnam of Admiral Jean Decoux was loyal to the Axis collaborationist Vichy France of Marshal Philippe...
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    revolts would occur as a result of Sổ's following, Vichy French governor Jean Decoux decided to act. In August, Sổ was detained in the psychiatric hospital...
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    of a possible American invasion, Japanese overthrow the Vichy French Jean Decoux Government which had been operating independently as the colonial government...
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    Monivong died on 23 April 1941 the Governor-General of French Indochina, Jean Decoux, chose Sihanouk to succeed him. Sihanouk's appointment as king was formalised...
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    maintain support and expel Thai influence Governor-General of Indochina Jean Decoux encouraged the rise of a Lao nationalist movement, the Movement for National...
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    1932) April 24 – Otto Froitzheim, German tennis player (d. 1962) May 5 – Jean Decoux, French admiral, Governor-General of French Indochina (1940-1945) (d...
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    Minister Kuniaki Koiso Suzuki Kantarō Naruhiko Higashikuni Preceded by Jean Decoux Succeeded by Takeshi Tsukamoto (Acting) Personal details Born (1891-01-01)January...
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    By 1940, he had gained such influence that the Vichy French governor Jean Decoux, fearing anti-French revolts, had Sổ imprisoned in Bạc Liêu under the...
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    Vichy government, Catroux was ordered to hand over his post to Admiral Jean Decoux on 25 June. He initially ignored the order, and only resigned on 20 July...
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    hard labor by the colonial government of Indochina Governor General Jean Decoux and imprisoned on Côn Đảo. After the Japanese coup d'etat of France on...
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  • first revolution, on 9 March 1945, the French governor of Indochina Jean Decoux was arrested, and replaced (by the Japanese government) with Bảo Đại...
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  • government appointed Admiral Jean Decoux as Governor-General of Indochina. On September 22, under heavy pressure from Germany, Decoux signed a treaty giving...
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  • 1964), while in December 1941 the Vichy (pro-German) government named Jean Decoux (b. 1884 – d. 1963) to the post (who in fact was only responsible for...
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     Thailand Indochinese Communist Party  Japan Commanders and leaders Jean Decoux Plaek Phibunsongkhram None or unknown Strength 110,000 men (total number...
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