Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure peHondo yeFrance nokuwa kweFrench Third Republic, hurumende yeColonial yeIndochina (mazuva ano Vietnam, Laos neCambodia) yakapfuurira kuVichy France. Muna September 1940 mauto eJapane akapinda muzvikamu zveIndochina; muna July 1941 Japan yakatora nharaunda yacho yose. Thailand yakashandisa mukana uyu kudzorera nzvimbo dzakanga dzamborasika, zvichiguma neHondo yeFrance neThai pakati paOctober 1940 naMay 1941. Japan yakashandisa Indochina kuvhura rutivi rwekurwisa kwayo
kupinda muMalaya; ikoku uye kurwisa Pearl Harbor nedzimwe ndima dzeBritain neAmerica zvakaparira Hondo yePacific, kuunza Hondo yeNyika II kuIndochina.