1940 Cochinchina uprising

Cochinchina uprising

Map of French Cochinchina, 1920
Date22 November 1940 – 31 December 1940
Location
Result

French victory

• Uprising suppressed
Belligerents

Vichy France

Indochinese Communist Party
Commanders and leaders
Jean Decoux
René Veber
Nguyễn Văn Cừ (POW)
Võ Văn Tần (POW)
Lê Duẩn (POW)
Phan Đăng Lưu (POW)
Hà Huy Tập (POW)
Tạ Uyên 
Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai (POW)
Võ Văn Kiệt
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Cochinchina uprising (Nam Kỳ khởi nghĩa) was an armed peasant uprising against the French colonialists by the Vietnamese in the south (at that time known as Cochinchina) in 1940, led by the Indochinese Communist Party.