August Revolution

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The August Revolution (Vietnamese: Cách mạng tháng Tám), at the time known as the General Uprising (Vietnamese: Tổng khởi nghĩa cướp chính quyền, lit. 'Total uprising to seize power'), was a revolution led by the Viet Minh against the Japanese occupation of Vietnam and the Empire of Vietnam from 16 to 30 August 1945. The Empire of Vietnam was led by the Nguyễn dynasty and was backed by Japan. Created in 1941, the Viet Minh functioned as an anti-imperialist front led by the Indochinese Communist Party, rallying wide public support across political lines around the goal of Vietnamese independence. The revolution had the participation of factions that did not follow the Viet Minh. The Japanese army in Vietnam generally adopted a non-interventionist stance to the revolution as they de facto surrendered to the Allies in World War II. While mostly passive, a confrontation in Thai Nguyen occurred on August 20, where Viet Minh's forces besieged the Japanese garrison. The short-lived Empire of...

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