Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Jafananci da ke Vietnam sun ba Faransa damar kasancewa da yin tasiri. A ƙarshen yaƙin a watan Agusta 1945
, an samar da 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 karshen daular Nguyễn. A ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1945, a Ba Đình Square, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, shugaban 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 Dan Kasa.