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===Asia and the Pacific===
[[File:Insigna of the Free French Forces in the Far East Langlade Mission.jpg|thumb|Insigna of the Free French Forces in the Far East ([[French Indochina]]), Langlade Mission]]

France also had possessions in Asia and the Pacific, and these far-flung colonies would experience similar problems of divided loyalties. [[French India]] and the French South Pacific colonies of [[New Caledonia]], [[French Polynesia]] and the New Hebrides joined Free France in the summer 1940, drawing official American interest.{{sfn|Munholland|2007|p=15}} These South Pacific colonies would later provide vital Allied bases in the Pacific Ocean during the war with Japan.

[[French Indochina]] was [[Invasion of French Indochina|invaded by Japan]] in September 1940, although for [[French Indochina in World War II|most of the war the colony remained]] under nominal Vichy control. On 9 March 1945, the Japanese [[Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina|launched a coup]] and took full control of [[Indochina]] by the beginning of May. Japanese rule in Indochina lasted until the successful [[August Revolution]] which was led by communist-dominated [[Viet Minh]], and the entry of British and Chinese forces.

From June 1940 until February 1943, [[Concession (territory)|the concession]] of [[Guangzhouwan]] (Kouang-Tchéou-Wan or Fort-Boyard), in South China, remained under the administration of Free France. The Republic of China, after the fall of Paris in 1940, recognised the London-exiled Free French government as Guangzhouwan's legitimate authority and established diplomatic relations with them, something facilitated by the fact that the colony was surrounded by the Republic of China's territory and was not in physical contact with French Indochina. In February 1943 the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] invaded and occupied the leased territory.<ref>{{citation |editor-last=Olson |editor-first=James S. |editor-link=James S. Olson| title=Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Connecticut |pages = 349–350 |year=1991}}</ref>