August Revolution in Vietnam

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The August Revolution in Vietnam was a 1945 nationwide uprising led by the Viet Minh that overthrew French colonial and Japanese-backed rule, paving the way for the declaration of Vietnamese independence.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
revolution
uprising
aim end of colonial rule in Vietnam
national independence of Vietnam
alsoKnownAs August General Uprising
Cách mạng Tháng Tám
commemoratedOn August 19
consequence creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
withdrawal of French authority from much of northern and central Vietnam in 1945
country Vietnam
dateOfPowerSeizureInHanoi 1945-08-19
dateOfPowerSeizureInSaigon 1945-08-25
endDate 1945-08-30
followedBy First Indochina War
Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
historicalPeriod late World War II
ideology Vietnamese nationalism
communism
keyFigure Ho Chi Minh
Truong Chinh
Vo Nguyen Giap
languageOfName Vietnamese
leader Viet Minh
location Annam
Cochinchina
Hanoi
Saigon
Tonkin
opponent Empire of Japan
French colonial administration in Indochina
organizedBy Indochinese Communist Party
partOf Vietnamese independence movement
decolonization of Asia
precededBy Japanese coup d’état in French Indochina
World War II in Asia
result collapse of French colonial authority in most of Vietnam
establishment of Viet Minh–controlled provisional government
overthrow of Japanese-backed administration in Vietnam
seizure of power by Viet Minh
significance inspired other anti-colonial movements in Southeast Asia
marked the beginning of modern Vietnamese statehood
significantYear 1945
startDate 1945-08-14


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