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First Indochina War

French forces overthrew the local DRV government

Sunday Sep 23, 1945
Vietnam

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.


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