The Great Vietnamese Famine of 1944-45 Revisited

The deaths stemming from the great famine of 1944-45, which reached its zenith in March-April 1945 in Japanese-occupied northern Vietnam, eclipsed in scale all human tragedies of the modern period in that country up until that time. The demographics vary from French estimates of 600,000-700,000 dead...

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Main Author: Geoffrey Gunn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2011-01-01
Series:Japan Focus
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Online Access:http://www.japanfocus.org/articles/view/3483
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