Aldrich, Richard J. The Key to the South: Britain, the United States, and Thailand during the Approach of the Pacific War, 1929-1942. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993 Extensive information about the diplomatic aspects of the Thai invasion of Indo-China
Anonymous. Breaking our Chains: Documents of the Vietnamese Revolution of August 1945. Hanoi: Foreign Language Publishing House, 1960
Anonymous. Le General de Gaulle et l'Indochine, 1940-1946. Paris: Institut Charles de Gaulle, 1982
Auphan, Paul and Jacques Mordal. The French Navy in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1958 
Chapter on French vs Thai naval battle
Bartholomew-Feis, Dixee R. The OSS and Ho Chi Minh: Unexpected Allies in the War against Japan. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2006 
Bradley, Mark Philip. Imagining Vietnam and America: The Making of Post-Colonial Vietnam, 1919-1950. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2000
Catroux, Georges. Deux Actes du Drame Indochinois. Paris: Plon, 1959 Memoirs of Governor-General who joined the Free French
Chen, King C. Vietnam and China, 1938-1954. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969
Christienne, Charles and Pierre Lissarrague. A History of French Military Aviation. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986 Air OB
Cooper, Nicola. France in Indochina: Colonial Encounters. Oxford, UK: Berg, 2001
De Gaulle, Charles. The Complete War Memoirs of Charles de Gaulle, 1940-1946. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964 Some useful material on Indo-China
Decoux, Jean. A la Barre de l'Indochine: Histoire de Mon Gouverment Generale, 1940-1945. Paris: Plon, 1949 Memoirs of Governor-General throughout most of the occupation
Drachman, Edward R. United States Policy toward Vietnam, 1940-1945. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Press, 1970
Duiker, William J. Ho Chi Minh: A Life. New York: Hyperion, 2000
Dunn, Peter M. The First Vietnam War. London: C. Hurst and Company, 1985
Epstein, M. (editor). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for 1941. London: Macmillan, 1941
Fall, Bernard B. Street without Joy: The Bloody Road to Dien Bien Phu. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1994
Gaudel, A. L'Indochine Francaise en Face du Japon. Paris: Susse, 1947
Hammer, Ellen J. The Struggle for Indochina, 1940-1955. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1966
Hesse d'Alzon, Claude. La Presence Militaire Francaise en Indochine (1940-1945). Chateau de Vincennes: Service Historique de l'Armee, 1985 Complete details on ground combat and ground OBs
Hung, Le Manyh. The Impact of World War II on the Economy of Vietnam, 1939-1945. Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004
Isoart, Paul. L'Indochine Francaise, 1940-1945. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1982
Jennings, Eric Thomas. Vichy in the Tropics: Petain's Naitonal Revolution in Madagascar, Guadeloupe, and Indochina, 1940-44. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001
Koburger jr, Charles W. Naval Expeditions: The French Return to Indochina, 1945-1946. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997 Return of French forces and naval battle with Chinese
Lancaster, Donald. The Emancipation of French Indochina. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961
Langer, William and Gleason. The Undeclared War, 1940-1941. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1953 Good material on US perspective of events in Indo-China
Langer, William L. and S. Everett Gleason. The Challenge to Isolation, 1937-1940. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952 Good material on US perspective of events in Indo-China
Marr, David G. Vietnam 1945: The Quest for Power. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995
Naval Intelligence Division. Indo-China. London: HMSO, 1943
Pilleul, Gilbert (editor). Le General De Gaulle e l'Indochine, 1940-1946. Paris: Plon, 1982
Reynolds, E. Bruce. Thailand and Japan's Southern Advance, 1940-1945. New York: St Martins Press, 1994 More on Thailand vs Indo-China
Roth, Andrew. Japan Strikes South: The Story Behind French Indo-China's Change of Masters. New York: American Council Institute of Pacific Relations, 1941
Shipway, Martin. The Road to War: France and Vietnam, 1944-1947. New York: Berghahn Books, 1998
Singh, Rajendra. Post-War Occupation Forces: Japan and South-East Asia. Delhi (?): Combined Inter-Services Hist, 1958 Indian occupation forces
Spector, Ronald H. Advice and Support: The Early Years of the United States Army in Vietnam, 1941-1960. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1983
Takeshi, S. and M. Furuta. Indochina in the 1940s and 1950s. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992
Thomas, Martin. The French Empire at War, 1940-1945. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1998
Tonnesson, Stein. The Vietnamese Revolution of 1945: Roosevelt, Ho Chi Minh, and de Gaulle in a World at War. London: SAGE, 1991
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