Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945
| Vietnamese famine of 1944–45 Nạn đói Ất Dậu | |
|---|---|
Children in the famine | |
| Country | French Indochina, Empire of Vietnam |
| Total deaths | 400,000—2,000,000 |
The Vietnamese famine of 1944–45 (Vietnamese: Nạn đói Ất Dậu – famine of the Ất Dậu Year or Nạn đói năm 45 – the 1945 famine, due to most of the deaths occurring in 1945) was a famine that occurred in northern Vietnam in French Indochina during World War II from October 1944 to late 1945, which at the time was under Japanese occupation from 1940 with Vichy France as an ally of Nazi Germany in Western Europe. Between 400,000 and 2 million people are estimated to have starved to death during this time.