 Complete the following phrase:  The CEFEO was created in early 1945 as a replacement for the older Far East French Expeditionary Forces Forces Expéditionnaires Françaises dExtrême-Orient, FEFEO. Its purpose was to support Saigon-based General Gabriel Sabattier, divisional commander of colonial Indochina French Forces Forces Françaises dIndochine and Free French Forces resistance small groups C.L.I. then fighting with the Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group during the March coup. After the 1944 Liberation of France and the fall of Nazi Germany in Europe the following year, the French authorities wanted to free the last Axis powers occupied territories in Southeast Asia, these included the newly established Empire of Vietnam, which was a Japanese colony. On June 7, 1945, Leclerc was nominated commander of the CEFEO. On June 22, Leclerc transferred command of the 2nd Armored Division 2ème D.B. -the famous unit which had 