August Revolution

August Revolution
	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
Date	13 August – 28 August 1945 (2 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Vietnam
Result	Việt Minh victory; Civil conflicts began in Vietnam; Abolishment of the Vietnamese monarchy on August 25; Establishment of the Provisional Government of Democratic Republic of Vietnam on August 28; Establishment of the Vietnamese Provisional National Government by the Vietnam Revolutionary League (Việt Cách) in Móng Cái on September 1; Declaration of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2;
Belligerents
Việt Minh National Liberation Committee of Vietnam; Vanguard Youth (from 22 August); Bình Xuyên; Hòa Hảo; Cao Đài Trotskyist Việt Nam Cách mệnh Đồng minh Hội Vietnamese Provisional National Government; Việt Nam Quốc dân Đảng; Đại Việt Quốc dân Đảng	Vietnam National Unified Front; Vanguard Youth (until 22 August); Đại Việt National Socialist Party; Japan
Commanders and leaders
Ho Chi Minh ; Võ Nguyên Giáp; Trường Chinh ; Trần Huy Liệu [vi]; 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 [vi] #; 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.

1945.

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August Revolution Media

Sa Majesté Bao-Daï fit le pèlerinage aux Tombeaux des ancêtres de la Dynastie à Thanh-Hóa le 17e jour du 10e mois (4 novembre 1932).
Meeting at the Grand Opera in Hanoi on 17 August 1945.
The Trotskyist League of Vietnam in Saigon, 21 August 1945
A pro-Việt Minh rally and parade in front of the Hanoi Opera House on 30 August 1945.
Map of the political situation in Northern Vietnam (Tonkin), highlighting different parties in September–October 1945.

↑ Vo Nguyen Giap | Biography & Vietnam War | Britannica (in en). www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

[1] Vo Nguyen Giap | Biography & Vietnam War | Britannica (in en). www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

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