The August Revolution of 1945 is a golden page in the history of the struggle to build and defend the country. It was an unprecedented revolutionary turning point in the development path of the Vietnamese people, creating a "heaven-shaking, earth-shattering" event that officially ended the more than 80 years of French colonial rule, opening a new era - the era of independence and freedom for the Vietnamese people.
Oil painting about the uprising to seize power in Hoang Hoa district (Thanh Hoa), July 24, 1945. (Thanh Hoa Provincial Museum documents)
From here, the Vietnamese people have truly become masters of the country, masters of the destiny of the nation. With the meaning of that great victory, President Ho Chi Minh affirmed: “Not only the working class and the Vietnamese people can be proud, but the working class and oppressed peoples can also be proud that: This is the first time in the revolutionary history of colonial and semi-colonial peoples, a Party only 15 years old has led the revolution to success, has taken power nationwide”.
There are few countries that have two autumns like Vietnam: the autumn of nature and the autumn of revolution. A green autumn that makes people's hearts flutter and the autumn of the August Revolution is like a brilliant historical milestone, a resounding symphony. 79 years have passed but we still feel like we are reliving those jubilant days. General Secretary Truong Chinh - who chaired the Central Party Standing Committee meeting on March 12, 1945 promptly issued the directive: "Japan - France shoot each other and our actions" to direct the strategic direction to create a decisive premise for the August Revolution when the opportunity came. He was also a poet with the pen name Song Hong who wrote inspirational and heroic verses before the glorious victory: "The August Revolution changed everything in just 20 days / No more slavery / All our people have changed their lives / The country is now independent and free / Look! The future is bright and radiant". Poet To Huu - the leading flag of revolutionary poetry, the leader of the seizure of power in Hue, could not contain his passionate emotions with an "Unending joy" as the name of a poem he wrote during those exciting days: "Who dares to forbid me from getting drunk, drunk with the gods?/ A flat chest for four thousand years, this afternoon a strong wind/ Blows it up. My heart suddenly becomes the sun". Time will pass but the memories of the August Revolution with its glorious victory will never forget those important historical moments. We can still hear the heroic melody, the rhythm of the music like a trumpet call that resounds far away, both solemn and resounding, stirring up the revolutionary spirit that awakens everyone to stand up in the song "August 19" by musician Xuan Oanh: "August 19, the light of freedom brings/ Flags fly everywhere, thousands of yellow stars/ Blood is mixed on the flags flying all over the country".
The revolutionary inspiration has become poetic and musical emotions, resonating with countless hearts beating together with pride in the historical sediments of the past, with joy, faith and brightness in the future. All of these combine to create a symphony with many levels of convergence of people's hearts. The August Revolution was the peak of the revolutionary climax through two rehearsals: the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement (1930-1931) and the democratic revolutionary movement (1936-1939). Having gone through a historical journey of many hardships and sacrifices; and when the opportunity had come, President Ho Chi Minh called out: "The decisive hour for the fate of the nation has come. All of our compatriots, stand up and use our strength to liberate ourselves." And miraculously, after only half a month, our Party, which was only 15 years old, with its small force of about 5,000 party members, successfully organized the revolution across the country.
What strength, what secret has brought about such rapid and profound changes with such glorious victories? First of all, it is the tradition of ardent patriotism, the sense of independence and self-reliance of the nation that has converged and crystallized into a great strength. That immortal spirit was affirmed by President Ho Chi Minh: "Our people have a passionate love for the country. That is a precious tradition of ours. From ancient times to the present, every time the Fatherland is invaded, that spirit is stirred up, it forms an extremely strong and great wave, it overcomes all dangers and difficulties, it drowns all traitors and invaders.
The glorious victory of the August Revolution was due to the Party's ingenious leadership, under the talented and extremely wise leadership of beloved Uncle Ho, who seized the favorable opportunity to lead the entire Vietnamese people to carry out a general uprising to overthrow the feudal empire and establish the first worker-peasant state in Southeast Asia. With the spirit of independence and autonomy, relying on the power of initiative and creativity, the Vietnamese people were brought to a new position with profound political, social and humanistic meanings. That revolution left many values and extremely valuable lessons for the cause of building and defending the strong Vietnamese Fatherland. The energy of the August Revolution has awakened the latent strength, has activated the pride and belief of each person in the country. A country of poetry, music and painting, of nature with four seasons of green and warm tropical sunshine. A country like a dike on the peninsula, with its back leaning on the towering Truong Son mountain range, facing the stormy East Sea, standing firm through many storms. That country, those people not only made history but also raised history to a new height for humanity. History is like a stream that sometimes meanders and twists, but always moves forward like thousands of rivers flowing to the sea. The August Revolution was like that, not only gloriously fighting against foreign invaders, not only stopping at seizing power but also profoundly changing the social structure when giving birth to new people, new lives. The concept of seizing independent power is not only about territory, autonomy, and the growth of military potential but also the summation of powerful cultural development. A Vietnamese culture, a Vietnamese soul from the millennium of the Vietnamese country as Nguyen Trai in "Binh Ngo Dai Cao" declared: "Like our Dai Viet country from the past/ Has long been known as a cultured country". The value of the August Revolution is immortal and has a vitality that will last forever.
The immortal vitality of the August Revolution spirit was highly promoted, combined with the strength of the new regime - the People's Democratic regime under the leadership of the Party and beloved Uncle Ho, the Vietnamese people created a great force to win glorious victory in the resistance war against French colonialism, the peak of which was the Dien Bien Phu campaign (1954). The North was completely liberated, gradually transitioning to socialism, becoming the rear for the revolution of the whole country. Our country steadfastly fought the American war for 21 years with the general offensive and uprising in the spring of 1975, the peak of which was the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign. There is a connection between the rapid August Revolution uprising in just 15 days and the speed of "Faster, faster - Bold, bolder" of the Ho Chi Minh campaign, which won complete victory in more than a month. Is that the immortal August Revolution spirit highly promoted, the continuation of the glorious historical tradition?
In these beautiful historical autumn days of August, we are extremely grateful to the great President Ho Chi Minh, who devoted his life to the country and the people; He concluded a timeless truth: "Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom"; He left a will of great value to the entire Party and the entire people, but only received 79 words (like 79 years old) when talking about his own affairs. We are even more proud that our nation has promoted the great and glorious victory and the immortal spirit of the August Revolution to have the country today, as the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed: "Our country has never had such a potential, position and international prestige as it does today". A country that the poet Nguyen Dinh Thi once summarized with a very beautiful image: "Vietnam from blood and fire - Rising from the mud to shine brightly...".
Essays by Nguyen Ngoc Phu
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