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Hanoi in the first days of national resistance

The National Resistance Day (December 19, 1946) went down in history of Vietnam as a glorious example of patriotism and the resolve to safeguard independence and freedom.
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  • A soldier holds a three-pronged bomb, ready to die in defence of the Fatherland. President Ho Chi Minh called for national resistance against France just over one year after Vietnam proclaimed its independence - September 2, 1945 (File photo: VNA) 

  • A trench is dug at Bac Bo Phu (Northern Palace), the headquarters of the provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the August Revolution in 1945 until the National Resistance Day (File photo: VNA)

  • Self-defence militia bury mines at Dong Xuan Market to prevent the advance of French invaders (File photo: VNA)

  • Hanoi soldiers and people set up obstacles to prevent the French army (File photo: VNA)

  • Hanoi soldiers fight in the resistance war (File photo: VNA)

  • A cannon set at Lang village prepare to fight French invaders (File photo: VNA)

  • Soldiers climb a roof during the fight in Hanoi (File photo: VNA)

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  • Obstacles to prevent French invaders on Mai Hac De street (File photo: VNA)

  • Hanoi's self-defence force dig trenches to prepare for the resistance war. The resistance war ended in 1954 with the victory of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign (File photo: VNA)

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