Causes of the Famine:

South
Vietnamese
soldier guards a
boy who was
said to have
participated in an
attack against US
and South
Vietnamese
forces.

Outcome/Result:

Declaration of Independence 1945.

Vietnam.

Main cause of the famine: effects of

World War II, since many countries
were involved, they were harmed
and could not help Vietnam
Natural causes: natural disasters,
droughts, floods, & pests killed
crops
In 1944 the crop rate decreased by
20%
Military & economic changes
effected Vietnam and disturbed the
economy

Northern population
increased by 36%. Drought
and insects reduced harvest
by 19 % with storms

Japanese demanded for

rice, which caused some
families to eat dirt and
starved to death.

Estimated around 1-2 million people

died during the famine
Estimated that around 0.5-1 million
people died from starvation & other
part of the people from natural

Vietnamese Famine of

1945

"The devastating famine

was one of the reasons

that rural farmers, led by
Viet Minh, rose up
against the occupying
forces.
Words
from, Professor Van Tao,
former director of Viet Nams
History Institute [ a male
survivor of the famine]

There was no food left. We had

to eat banana tree root and
sometimes stole young sweet
potatoes. I was so scared
because so many people were
dying in my village, and I had to
leave during Thang Gieng [first
month
of the
year]
Words
fromlunar
Cung [an
80
year old-survivor of the
famine]

"My life is too sad. I

dont want to recall it
for my children. Their
lives should be free
of
this
Words
from Cung [an 80

"The famine in Viet

Nam from 1944-45
was unprecedented
in the nations
history, and has
drawn attention
worldwide."

year old-survivor of the

famine]

Compounding the issue,

pests caused much crop
failure, and the famine
spread its reach
throughout the north,
reaching its peak in early
1945,..
Words from, Professor
Van Tao, former director
of Viet Nams History
Institute [ a male
survivor of the famine]

Words from, Professor Van Tao, former

director of Viet Nams History Institute [
a male survivor of the famine]

"Its very
painful to recall
the past
They died empty-handed
and of hunger, but now, in
their afterlife, they have
something,

Words from Cung [an 80

year old-survivor of the
famine]
Words from Cung [an 80
year old-survivor of the
famine]

Khishigdelgerekh

Quick Facts:

Background:

The dead bodies of

people whom starved
to death from the
famine

Flag of Northern
Vietnam

One tenth of the

population died.
Their immune
system weakened

Visiting tombs in
Vietnam

The Great Vietnamese of

1944-45 (Map of
Indochina)

The Vietnamese Famine of 1945

was a famine which occurred in
northern Vietnam from October
1944 until May 1945, during the
Japanese affair of French
Indochina in World War II.

Many families fed themselves with

dirt to keep themselves alive
Vietnamese farmers were forced to
grow jute, cotton, & other industrial
plants, instead of rice, which took
away their food source/supply
French soldiers took farmland,
which was needed for their crops to
grow
Militaries of both France and Japan
forcibly seized food from farmers to