After 1887, French Indochina was officially known as the Indochinese Union.
 Indochina was the second most invested-in French colony by 1940 after Algeria, with investments totalling up to 6
On 9 March 1945, with France liberated, Germany in retreat, and the United States ascendant in the Pacific, Japan decided to take complete control of Indochina and destroyed the French colonial administration

