HIST 115 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Indochinese Communist Party, Jean Sainteny, Haiphong
Document Summary
Japan surrendered on august 14, shortly after the us dropped two atomic bombs and a declaration of war was signed by the soviet union. Ho chi minh took advantage of the sudden political vacuum and had been seized by guerrilla forces to call for a general rebellion all over indochina and seize power from japanese troops with villages. They established a revolutionary management of the rural areas. Special units of workers and students took control of key installations in towns by the japanese authorities. In early september ho chi minh declared forming a new provisional democratic. Republic of vietnam (drv) in hanoi with himself as president. Within two months, french troops had driven the vietminh and other nationalist forces out of saigon, regaining control of the southern provinces of vietnam. By the late fall of 1945, the northern vietnam and southern france were divided into two aggressive regimes. In an effort to avoid confrontation the two parties have opened talks.
