Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 26 ga Satumba, 1940, a matsayin wani ɓangare na mamayewar Indochina na Faransa, sojojin Japan sun mallaki filin jirgin sama, suna kula da iko a duk lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, har sai da suka mika wuya ga Viet Minh a lokacin yakin basasa na Vietnam.
Juyin Juya Halin Agusta. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, an ayyana Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Vietnam, tare da jagoran Việt Minh Hồ Chí Minh a matsayin shugaban gwamnati. Da farko Faransa ta yarda da sabuwar gwamnati, amma wannan matsayin ya canza lokacin da tattaunawar game da makomar Vietnam a matsayin jihar a cikin Tarayyar Faransa ta rushe. An fara yakin basasa tsakanin mayakan Viet Minh da Faransawa, kuma a ranar 19 ga Disamba, 1946, don mayar da martani ga hare-haren da aka kai wa Faransa a cikin Hanoi da kewaye da ita, sojojin Faransa sun sake mamaye filin jirgin sama.