August General Uprising

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August General Uprising is the alternative name for Vietnam’s August Revolution of 1945, a nationwide insurrection that led to the collapse of French and Japanese control and the establishment of an independent Vietnamese government under the Viet Minh.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
national liberation movement
revolution
uprising
alsoKnownAs Tong Khoi Nghia Thang Tam
alternateName August Revolution
Vietnamese August Revolution
country Vietnam
dateOfProclamationOfIndependence 1945-09-02
endTime 1945-08-30
followedBy First Indochina War
hasCause collapse of Japanese rule in Indochina
power vacuum after Japan’s surrender in World War II
weakening of French colonial administration in Indochina
ideology Vietnamese nationalism
anti-colonialism
communism
independenceProclaimedAt Ba Dinh Square
independenceProclaimedBy Ho Chi Minh
languageOfAlternateName Vietnamese
location Vietnam
mainLocation Annam
Cochinchina
Tonkin
opponent Empire of Japan
French colonial authorities in Indochina
Japanese-backed Vietnamese puppet government
organizedBy Communist Party of Indochina
Viet Minh
participant Communist Party of Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Huynh Thuc Khang
Tran Huy Lieu
Viet Minh
Vietnamese nationalists
Vo Nguyen Giap
partOf World War II aftermath in Asia
decolonization of Asia
result collapse of French colonial administration in Vietnam in 1945
collapse of Japanese control in Vietnam
establishment of Viet Minh–led government in Vietnam
proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
significance marked the end of formal French and Japanese control over Vietnam in 1945
significantEvent Ba Dinh Square rally in Hanoi
seizure of power in Hanoi
seizure of power in Hue
seizure of power in Saigon
startTime 1945-08-14

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
August Revolution in Vietnam
alsoKnownAs

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