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| 24/06/1940 |
China protests to France
over closure of Indo-Chinese border; Japanese request closure
of Burma Road controlled by Britain and used to supply Chinese
forces. |
| 27/06/1940 |
Japanese troops occupy part of the
Hong Kong peninsula. |
| 30/06/1940 |
Governor General of Hong Kong orders
evacuation of women and children to the Philippines as Japanese
blockade colony. |
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| 17/07/1940 |
Under extreme diplomatic
pressure, Britain agrees to close the Burma Road, a vital supply
route for the Chinese army. |
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| 09/08/1940 |
British troops to be withdrawn
from Shanghai and North China. |
| 20/08/1940 |
Mao Tse-Tung launches ‘100 regiments’ guerrilla
offensive against the Japanese in China. |
| 29/08/1940 |
Vichy France agree to Japanese demands
that they be allowed to station forces in northern Indochina. |
| 30/08/1940 |
The Japanese military
begins its occupation of ports, airfields and railroads in
northern Indochina as agreed to by Vichy France. |
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| 01/10/1940 |
Japanese occupy British
concessionary island off Wei-hai-wei, China. |
| 08/10/1940 |
Churchill makes statement to Commons
that the Burma Road is to be reopened. |
| 18/10/1940 |
Britain reopens the Burma road, which
had been closed for three months on the condition of progress
being made towards peace between Japan and China. This hadn’t
happened. |
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