Vietnam: British troops in Saigon at the end of World War II, 1945-1946. In September 1945, 20,000 British troops of the 20th Indian Division occupied Saigon under the command of General Sir Douglas David Gracey. During the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, the Allies had agreed on Britain taking control of Vietnam south of the 16th parallel (then part of French Indochina) from the Japanese occupiers. Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Communist Viet Minh, proclaimed Vietnamese independence from French rule and major pro-independence and anti-French demonstrations were held in Saigon.

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