Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Jafananci sun mamaye Vietnam a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II amma sun ba Faransa damar kasancewa da yin tasiri. A cikin
karshen yakin a watan Agusta 1945, an halicci wutar lantarki a Vietnam. Yin amfani da wannan, Viet Minh ya ƙaddamar da "Juyin Juya Halin Agusta" a duk faɗin ƙasar don kwace ofisoshin gwamnati. Sarkin sarakuna Bảo Đại ya yi murabus a ranar 25 ga Agusta, 1945, yana kawo ƙarshen daular Nguyễn. A ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1945, a Duc Anh Ba Đình Square, Ho Chi Minh, shugaban kungiyar Viet Minh, ya ayyana 'yancin Vietnam a karkashin sabon sunan Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Vietnam (DRVN) a cikin wani jawabi da ya yi kira ga Bayyanar' Yancin Amurka da kuma Juyin Juyin Juya Halin Faransa na 'Yancin Dan Adam da na Dan Kasa. Ho ya aika da wasiƙu da yawa ga gwamnatin Amurka yana neman a gane shi a matsayin gwamnatin Vietnam kuma yana ba da abokantaka ga Amurka, amma ba a taɓa amsawa ba.