World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_coup_d'état_in_French_Indochina" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina">A coup d'état</a> by Japanese forces in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Indochina">French Indochina</a> removes the French from power.<sup about="#mwt125" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-23"}}' id="cite_ref-23" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_9#cite_note-23" id="mwzQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 23;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwzg">[23]</span></a></sup>
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