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  • Tonkin, Vietnam
    Sep, 1945
    First Indochina War

    Chinese forces entered Tonkin

    Tonkin, Vietnam
    Sep, 1945

    In September 1945, Chinese forces entered Tonkin, and a small British task force landed at Saigon.




  • Hanoi, Vietnam
    Sep, 1945
    Ho Chi Minh

    A Force of 200,000 Republic of China Army Troops arrived in Hanoi

    Hanoi, Vietnam
    Sep, 1945

    In September 1945, a force of 200,000 Republic of China Army troops arrived in Hanoi to accept the surrender of the Japanese occupiers in northern Indochina.




  • USS Missouri, Japan
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945
    Second Sino-Japanese War

    Signing The official Surrender

    USS Missouri, Japan
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945

    The official surrender was signed aboard the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, in a ceremony where several Allied commanders including Chinese general Hsu Yung-chang were present.




  • Vietnam
    Sep, 1945
    Vietnam War

    Vietnam Independence day

    Vietnam
    Sep, 1945

    Vietnam had just declared independence in September 1945.




  • Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945
    First Indochina War

    The Democratic Republic of Vietnam

    Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945

    On V-J (Victory on Japan) Day, September 2, Hồ Chí Minh had proclaimed in Hanoi the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV).




  • Tokyo Bay, Japan
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945
    World War II

    The End of the war

    Tokyo Bay, Japan
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945

    With the surrender documents finally signed at Tokyo Bay on the deck of the American battleship USS Missouri on 2 September 1945, ending the war.




  • Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945
    Ho Chi Minh

    1st President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

    Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945

    After the August Revolution, Ho Chi Minh became the 1st President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam


  • Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945
    Ho Chi Minh

    1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

    Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945

    Following the August Revolution (1945) organized by the Việt Minh, Hồ Chí Minh became Chairman of the Provisional Government (Premier of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and issued a Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.


  • Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945
    Ho Chi Minh

    Hồ Chí Minh read the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam

    Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945

    Following Emperor Bảo Đại's abdication on 2 September 1945, Hồ Chí Minh read the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam under the name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.


  • Japan
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip was present in Tokyo Bay

    Japan
    Sunday Sep 2, 1945

    Philip was present in Tokyo Bay when the instrument of Japanese surrender was signed.


  • Incheon, South Korea
    Saturday Sep 8, 1945
    Korean War

    Acceptance the Japanese surrender south of the 38th Parallel

    Incheon, South Korea
    Saturday Sep 8, 1945

    On 8 September 1945, US Lieutenant General John R. Hodge arrived in Incheon to accept the Japanese surrender south of the 38th Parallel.


  • China
    Sunday Sep 9, 1945
    Second Sino-Japanese War

    General Douglas MacArthur ordered all Japanese forces within China to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek

    China
    Sunday Sep 9, 1945

    After the Allied victory in the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur ordered all Japanese forces within China (excluding Manchuria), Formosa and French Indochina north of 16° north latitude to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek, and the Japanese troops in China formally surrendered on September 9, 1945, at 9:00.


  • French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
    Thursday Sep 13, 1945
    First Indochina War

    A Franco-British task force

    French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
    Thursday Sep 13, 1945

    On September 13, 1945, a Franco-British task force landed in Java, main island of the Dutch East Indies (for which independence was being sought by Sukarno), and Saigon, capital of Cochinchina (southern part of French Indochina), both being occupied by the Japanese and ruled by Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi, Commander-in-Chief of Japan's Southern Expeditionary Army Group based in Saigon.


  • French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
    Friday Sep 21, 1945
    First Indochina War

    Sir Douglas Gracey proclaimed martial law

    French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
    Friday Sep 21, 1945

    Allied troops in Saigon were an airborne detachment, two British companies of the Indian 20th Infantry Division and the French 5th Colonial Infantry Regiment, with British General Sir Douglas Gracey as supreme commander. The latter proclaimed martial law on September 21. The following night the Franco-British troops took control of Saigon.


  • Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 23, 1945
    First Indochina War

    French forces overthrew the local DRV government

    Vietnam
    Sunday Sep 23, 1945

    On 23 September 1945, with the knowledge of the British commander in Saigon, French forces overthrew the local DRV (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) government, and declared French authority restored in Cochinchina.


  • Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Monday Sep 24, 1945
    Ho Chi Minh

    The call for a General Strike

    Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Monday Sep 24, 1945

    In Saigon, with violence between rival Vietnamese factions and French forces increasing, the British commander, General Sir Douglas Gracey, declared martial law. On 24 September, the Việt Minh leaders responded with a call for a general strike.


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