Editing Axis powers (section)

====Laos====
{{Main|Kingdom of Luang Prabang (Japanese puppet state)}}
French Indochina, including Laos, had been occupied by the Japanese in 1941, though government by the Vichy French colonial officials had continued. The liberation of France in 1944, bringing [[Charles de Gaulle]] to power, meant the end of the alliance between Japan and the Vichy French administration in Indochina. On 9 March 1945 the Japanese staged a military coup in Hanoi, and on 8 April they reached Luang Phrabang. King [[Sisavang Vong|Sīsavāngvong]] was detained by the Japanese, and forced to issue a declaration of independence, albeit one that does not appear to have ever been formalised. French control over Laos was re-asserted in 1946.<ref name="Ivarsson & Goscha">{{cite journal |last1=Ivarsson |first1=Søren |last2=Goscha |first2=Christopher E. |title=Prince Phetsarath (1890–1959): Nationalism and Royalty in the Making of Modern Laos |journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Studies |date=February 2007 |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=65–71 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20071807 |access-date=2 April 2021 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/S0022463406000932 |jstor=20071807 |s2cid=159778908 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>