The Country 's Liberation Committee Of Vietnam

According to Moss (2009) Ho Chi Minh led the Vietnamese Minh Independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954. Minh was thought to be a highly visible figurehead and inspiration for Vietnamese fighting to the death for his cause, a United Vietnam, until his death. The people of Vietnam recognized his cause then determination to fighting for independence that the people remained the capital of South Vietnam in his honor as Ho Chi Minh City. Memory plays an important role in how history is interpreted. People remember from growing up as a child, than becoming an adult is what shapes them into who they have become. Many people can relate to history when considerations where they live and the freedoms they have. Listening to grandparents talk about war periods, recession, automobiles, television, radio shows, etc., allows one to imagine a time when they weren’t around. People can easily relate to those whom they love and respect.

When, on August 25, Bao Dai, the puppet emperor of the Japanese, abdicated, Ho proclaimed independence for the new “Republic of Vietnam” and looked to America for support and to recognize his government. He was inspired by America’s history – their revolutionary war – and because of the promises they had delivered after being made in World War II. An example of this was the way that Ho used phrases from the US Declaration of Independence in his speech on 2 September 1945, during the Vietnam Declaration of Independence in Hanoi, as a gesture, to seek the support of the Americans.

Communism as a political philosophy has had both its critics and nationalist proponents throughout recent history. As a tool for nationalistic movements in recent, one of the most compelling examples is how communism was introduced and used by Ho Chi Minh to help Vietnam become a unified and independent nation in the 1970s. Ho Chi Minh, a Marxist Leninist, charismatic and populist leader, adopted communism through his experiences, struggles, and challenges. Communism came to play an important role in bringing Vietnam independence and freedom from the French and subsequent colonialist rulers. Ho Chi Minh used communist to help the Vietnamese develop feelings of patriotism and nationalism toward the country. Ho Chi Minh created several

2...Ho Chi Minh was a vietnamese communist who main goal was to to gain independence: French colonization the United Sovereign and communist Vietnam wanted otherwise. he had led the North Vietnamese in an

According to the staff of History.com, Vietnam, a small Southeastern Asian nation, was controlled under French colonial rule since the 19th century. Following Japan’s defeat by the Viet Minh in World War II, there was a split in Vietnamese ideas. The nation as a whole wanted Vietnam to come together as a unified populace, but different regions had different ideas for how they wished to be governed. The northern region believed that the best idea for government would be that of one modeled after communism, but the southern region believed the exact

This investigation will answer the question, “How significant was Ho Chi Minh’s role in the Vietnam War?” This investigation is important because it describes how a leader can affect the outcome of a war. This investigation will focus on the years 1955 to 1975 and analyze Ho Chi Minh’s leadership of the Viet Minh independence movement and role as an inspirational symbol to the Vietnamese people.

After the war, Ho Chi Minh, the communist leader of the League for the Independence of Vietnam, declared Vietnam’s independence from French colonial rule. In his independence speech, Ho Chi Minh used the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a template and stated, “All men are created equal. The Creator has given us certain inviolable rights: the right to life, the right to be free, and to right to achieve happiness” (Turse 7). Ho Chi Minh’s attempts to gain U.S. support for his cause were unsuccessful. As part of its broader foreign policy to contain communism, the U.S. supported the French in its attempt to reconquer Vietnam during the First Indochina War. The war ended with the Geneva Peace Accord of 1954, which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel. Vietnam would be temporarily partitioned between the communist government of Ho Chi Minh in the North and the anti-communist government of Ngo Dinh Diem in the South (Turse 8). As part of the peace agreement, elections were to be held in 1956 to reunify the country; however, fearing that the communist-led government would win, the U.S. threw its support behind the increasingly corrupt and repressive South Vietnamese

government only saw Vietnam as a soon to be Communists country and not a country fighting for independence. The Vietnamese Declaration of Independence was written very closely if not identical to the Untied States Declaration of Independence and the French Rights of Man and Citizen “All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (Hall 90). Taking this into account it makes more sense that the Vietnamese people should have been treated with open arms and guided on how to start an independent nation instead of being met with hostility. The Vietnamese people just wanted to be their own nation and most likely would have become an ally of the Americans instead of siding with the

The whole conflict in Vietnam started with France’s imperialism. The French took over Vietnam and established Indochina in the 1880s. However, the people of Vietnam wanted to be free from France, and under their communist leader Ho Chi Minh they established a military organization called Viet Minh. This organization took over the capital and declared Vietnam an independent country. Ho asked for aid from the U.S, but the U.S distrusted their communist ideals. Instead, President Truman sent financial aid to their ally, France.

Ho Chi Minh was a North Vietnamese leader. Ho Chi Minh led North Vietnam as a Communist. Ho Chi Minh also had the desire to see his country declaring its independence from the French empire which colonized his country for decades. In short, this can be said of Ho Chi Minh: Ho Chi Minh was a nationalist at heart and a Communist out of necessity. Below, there will be a discussion to support the hypothesis made regards to Ho Chi Minh and the magnitude of Ho Chi Minh’s nationalism and preference to the Communist movement mainly supported by North Vietnam, China and the Soviet Union against the non-Communist movement mainly led by the United States of America and its allies as well as South Vietnam and some groups within the Communist North Vietnam

The conquest of Vietnam began in 1858 and ended in 1884. Vietnam was part of Indochina in 1887 but gained their independence after World War II. France continued to rule it until 1954 when it was defeated by communist forces under Ho Chi MINH. From that point forward under the Geneva Accords, they were divided into the communist north, and the anti-communist south. US aid grew in the south in the 1960’s to try and boost the government, but they were pulled out following a cease-fire agreement in 1973. Two years later the North Vietnamese forces took over, reuniting the country under communist rule (CIA, 2014).

Under Ho Chi Minh, the nationalist movement gained impeccable momentum. In fact, Lawrence describes Ho Chi Minh as a leader who “showed a remarkable ideological flexibility to succeed where earlier nationalists has failed” (17). Ho Chi Minh had the innate ability to attract people from all walks of life. Along with the elites, his supporters also included many peasants. The communist leader was able to appeal to a vast amount of individuals by advocating for Vietnamese independence through a social revolution. Eventually, when France’s influence weakened as a result of the German invasion of 1940, Minh’s political influence grew.

In spite of this, independence was short lived as colonisation became prominent in the Western world. In the late 19th century France invaded the country, making Vietnam a French colony. The change of power caused some tensions to the region as internal and external forces pressured the French rule. In the mid 20th century, warfare once again engulfed the nation as Ho Chi Minh and his communist party sought to regain Vietnam's independence. With the intention of uniting the north and south, he undertook a guerilla style war against the south who was backed by the United states. The conflict continued until 1975 when the Communist regime united the country at last (local histories).

Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh was a Communist, who had announced Vietnam independent. He was a Marxist and believed in “national Communism ". Throughout the war with the French, Ho Chi Minh took refuge in northern Vietnam and settled there with his followers. He founded the Indochina Communist Party and the Viet Minh. North Vietnam was a deprived area and was cut off from the agricultural profit of South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh was forced to ask assistance from main Communist allies, the Soviet Union and China. Both aided North Vietnam before and during the war. (Dong Si Nguyen, Duong xuyen Truong son: hoi uc.  Hanoi: Nha Xuat Ban Quan Doi Nhan Dan, 1999). Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This had been a tremendously significant event in world history perhaps the most important event since the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. It marked the first occasion in human history in which a radical national movement under Communist leadership had succeeded in overthrowing the influence of a colonial state and establishing and maintaining its own new, independent form of social and political system. However, Ho’s type of communism was markedly different than that of Marxist ideology that had been the metaphorical icon of the October Revolution. alike to Jose Antonio’s fascist movement, the hierarchical communist party (later renamed the Vietminh) conformed intimately to the ideas of the person at its head, but unlike Antonio’s movement, did not

This investigation will examine the question: Is it more accurate to describe Ho Chi Minh as a communist or nationalist? Focusing on the time Ho Chi Minh was president of the communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam(1945-69) will allow for a proper analysis on his actions as ruler of North Vietnam to determine what type of leader he was, as well as the US role in his portrayal.