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The Việt Minh, officially the League for Independence of Vietnam, was a communist-led national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Ho Chi Minh on 19 May 1941. Also known as the Việt Minh Front,
Viet Minh troops on 2 September 1945
Ho Chi Minh declaring independence at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on 2 September 1945
Viet Minh troops on parade in Hanoi
In mid-1940, Nazi Germany rapidly defeated the French Third Republic, and the colonial administration of French Indochina passed to the French State. Many concessions were granted to the Empire of Jap
Japanese propaganda poster exalting collaboration between the Empire of Japan, Vichy France and the Vietnamese in Indochina, c. 1942
French Indochina c.1933
Japanese troops on bicycles advance into Saigon
Trần Trọng Kim and other ministers in the Vietnamese imperial cabinet.