August Revolution
| August Revolution | |||||||
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| Part of the Aftermath of World War II, civil conflicts in Vietnam (1945–1949), and decolonisation of Asia | |||||||
Occupation of the Tonkin Palace, Hanoi, 19 August 1945 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
Bình Xuyên Hòa Hảo Cao Đài Trotskyist Việt Nam Cách mệnh Đồng minh Hội
Đại Việt Quốc dân Đảng |
Japan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ho Chi Minh Võ Nguyên Giáp[1] Trường Chinh Trần Huy Liệu Nguyễn Khang Phạm Ngọc Thạch (from 22 August) Dương Văn Dương Huỳnh Phú Sổ Phạm Công Tắc Tạ Thu Thâu Phan Văn Hùm Nguyễn Hải Thần Trương Tử Anh Nhất Linh Vũ Hồng Khanh |
Bảo Đại Trần Trọng Kim Trần Văn Chương Nguyễn Xuân Chữ (POW) Hồ Văn Ngà Yuitsu Tsuchihashi Teiji Koudo | ||||||
The August Revolution, also known as the Vietnamese Revolution happened in Vietnam in August 1945. It was an uprising for independence after the Japanese lost World War II in Asia.
It led to the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945.
The independence war against the French would soon follow.
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- ↑ "Vo Nguyen Giap | Biography & Vietnam War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-30.