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In the World War II, adopted as the national flag of Đại Nam, [9] assigned as the civil flag. [7] Other influences: c. April 17 – June 12, 1945: The first flag of the Empire of Việt Nam. Or: Yellow field with gold border (2:3). Influences: 12 June – 30 August 1945: Flag of the Empire of Vietnam. Or, the trigram of fire Gules.
After about 300 years of partition by feudal dynasties, Vietnam was again under one single authority in 1802 when Gia Long founded the Nguyễn dynasty, but the country became a French protectorate after 1883 and under Japanese occupation after 1940 during World War II.
The national flag of Vietnam, formally the National Flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Quốc kỳ nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), [1] [2] locally recognized as the golden-starred red banner (cờ đỏ sao vàng) [a] or the Fatherland flag (cờ Tổ quốc), was designed in 1940 and used during a failed communist uprising against the French ...
The Viet Cong [nb 1] (VC) was an epithet and umbrella term to refer to the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.It was formally organized as and led by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, [nb 2] and conducted military operations under the name of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam (LASV).
During World War II, Japan occupied French Indochina. As well as fighting the French in the battles of Khai Phat and Na Ngan , the Việt Minh started a campaign against the Japanese. For instance, a raid at Tam Dao internment camp in Tonkin on 19 July 1945 saw 500 Viet Minh kill fifty Japanese soldiers and officials, freeing French civilian ...
South-East Asian theatre of World War II; State Bank of Vietnam; Timeline of national flags; Timeline of the introduction of radio in countries; Trần Ngọc Châu; Type 100 submachine gun; Type 11 light machine gun; Tô Ngọc Vân; United Nations list of non-self-governing territories; Viet Cong; Viet Minh; Vietnam Red Cross Society; Vietnam War
The most notable achievement of Kim's Empire of Vietnam was the successful negotiation with Japan for the territorial unification of the nation. The French had subdivided Vietnam into three separate regions: Cochinchina (in 1862), and Annam and Tonkin (both in 1884). Cochinchina was placed under direct rule while the latter two were officially ...
The Japanese occupied Vietnam during World War II but allowed the French to remain and exert some influence. At the war's end in August 1945, a power vacuum was created in Vietnam. Capitalizing on this, the Việt Minh launched the "August Revolution" across the country to seize government offices.