In another #WarCrime during the UK's brief, and little remembered, war in #Vietnam, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1945 her troops shelled a #Buddhist temple, killing 100 of those hiding inside, justifying the destruction of a cultural site to kill the #VietMinh #FreedomFighters inside.

Just as later the US would, the UK backed the restoration of French colonial rule in #Vietnam, and on #ThisDayInHistory in 1945 her soldiers butchered hundreds, burnt large parts of #Saigon to the ground and disarmed #VietMinh militants who had fought against Japanese occupation.