Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kusunungurwa kweParis muna 1944 kwakagumisa utongi hweVichy. Hurumende itsva yeProvisional yeFrench Republic yakabatana neAllies, uye hurumende yayo muIndochina yakatanga kupa rutsigiro rwakavanzika kumabasa eAllied muPacific. Naizvozvo, pana 9 March 1945, Japan yakatanga coup d'état kuti ibvise hurumende yeFrance. Vietnam, Cambodia neLaos vakava mitezo yakazvimiririra yeJapan yeGreater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: Humambo hweVietnam,
Umambo hweKampuchea, noUmambo hweLaos. Chaizvoizvo, maJapan akanga achidzora Indochina kutozosvikira mashoko okuzviisa pasi kwehurumende yavo asvika muna August. Kusarongeka kwakazara kweIndochina, pamwe chete nenjodzi dzinoverengeka dzinongoitika dzoga, zvakatungamirira kuNzara yeVietnam ya1945. VaViet Minh vakaita kuti pave neRevolution yaAugust uye vakazivisa rusununguko pakapera hondo. VaFrench vakadzorera kudzora nyika muna 1945<unk>1946, asi Hondo Yokutanga yeIndochina yakatanga muna December yaizogumisa kutonga kweFrance.