HIST 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: August Revolution, Jean Sainteny
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Japan surrendered on august 14, soon after the us dropped two atomic bombs and the soviet union signed a declaration of war. Ho chi minh took advantage of the sudden political vacuum and called all over indochina for a general revolt to seize power from. Japanese troops with villages had been captured by guerrilla forces. The japanese authorities took control of key installations in the cities by special units of workers and students. In early september, ho chi minh proclaimed with himself as president the formation of a new provisional democratic republic of vietnam (drv) at. French troops had pushed the vietminh and other nationalist forces out of. Saigon within two months and regained control over vietnam"s southern provinces. By the late fall of 1945, vietnam was split into two aggressive regimes the northern vietnam and southern france. The two sides have opened negotiations in an effort to avoid conflict.
