What is August Revolution?
[[File:Le rendez-vous politique pro-japonais à Hanoï après le coup d'état du 9 mars 1945.jpg|thumb|right|250px|1945.]] The '''August Revolution''', also known as the '''Vietnamese Revolution''' happened in [[Vietnam]] in August 1945. It was an uprising for independence after the [[Japan]]ese lost [[World War II]] in [[Asia]]. It led to the [[Vietnamese Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam]] on September 2, 1945. The [[First Indochina War|independence war against the French]] would soon follow. [[Category:1945 in Vietnam]] [[Category:20th-century rebellions]] [[Category:Rebellions in Asia]] [[Category:Revolutions]] [[Category:North Vietnam]] {{authority control}}