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] (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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1. ↑ "Vo Nguyen Giap | Biography & Vietnam War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-30.