The Vietnamese felt like the French just gave them over without a battle. Vietnam was a French province until “the French imperialists went down on their bended knees and handed over our country to them,” them meaning the Japanese. Even after the Vietminh League encouraged the French to get arms together with them to fend off the Japanese. The Vietminh League even encouraged a portion of the Frenchmen by saving them from Japanese prisons and ensured them and their property. Even after this, the Vietnamese felt double-crossed by the manner in which they just gave the nation over.
