The uprising for seizing power in Hoang Hoa (24th July 1945)
Thứ Hai, 27/07/2026
After
the French did overthrow the state from Japanese, monopolized the (on the 9th March 1945), Central
Committee of the Party did give instruction “Japanese fight against French and
our actions”. Receiving this instruction, the Thanh Hoa provincial party
committee hold a preparation meeting for uprising. The meeting did decide to
raise up the slogan “To drive Japanese fascists away”, expanded the
revolutionary bases, developed the guerilla and militia units, establish the
Japanese fascist-resisted bases and came to seize power. Everywhere in the
province, Japanese-resisted movements took place noisily. Japanese fascists and
agents were extremely panic. They did frenetically repress the revolutionary
movements in some places. One of which is Hoang Hoa.
On
the 24th July 1945, Japanese fascists and the puppet government did
send one provincial guard unit in cooperation with county chief Pham Trong Bao
to repress in Dang Trung (Hoang Dao commune) and Lien Chau-Hoa Loc (Hoang Chau
commune), hunt down Viet Minh officers and repress the revolutionary movements
in the district. After considering the situation, the party cell and the
district Viet Minh Committee did prepare the action plan of the guerilla and
militia units and evacuated the old and children in these two places in the
night of 23rd July 1945.
As the
consideration of the party cell and provincial Viet Minh committee, in the
early morning of 24th July 1945, the enemy troop did march forwards
Hoang Chau and Hoang Dao. When the unit head by county chief Pham Trong Bao
arrived Ma Nhon dune, they fell into an ambush of the Dang Trung’s self-defense
forces. Being attached unpredictably, the troop could not resist. 12 soldiers
and county chief Pham Trong Bao were arrested. 13 guns were confiscated.
Under the lead of the party
cell and district Viet Minh committee, thousands of people did attend the
meeting at Ba Cay dune in the strong and moving drum-beat and the celebration
of the victory. Only in the morning of the 24th July 1945, the
uprising for seizing power in Hoang Hoa was completely successful, power to the
people.
The uprising in Hoang Hoa on the 24th
July 1945 became an important event not only for Thanh Hoa, but also made
contribution to the creation of a great landmark in the cause for national
liberation.
Dương Mỹ Dung