1945 in Vietnam

short-lived puppet state (March–August 1945) of Japan governing the former French protectorates of Annam and Tonkin

1945 uprising led by Viet Minh

1945 overthrow of the French Indochina government by the Japanese

September 1945 declaration of independence

1945-1946 armed conflict involving a largely British-Indian and French task force and Japanese troops from the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, versus the Vietnamese communist movement, the Viet Minh

major famine in Vietnam during World War II

1942-1945 Imperial Japanese Army formation

The formal end of the Nguyễn Dynasty's reign.

United States Army officer and journalist