Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese statesman, Communist leader, and Confucian humanist, who
led the country's struggle for independence in the 1940s and was a
major figure in the war between North and South Vietnam in the 1960s.
Ho Chi Minh devoted his life to the nationalism, which to promote the
Vietnamese independence. Ho emphasized the revolutionary potential of
the peasantry, and used communism as a device to bring the
independence in Vietnam.
In the sixteenth century, Europeans began visiting Vietnam. It was
during the sixteenth century when Vietnam fell apart. In the late
1700s, In 1858 the French were seeking to expand their colonial
empire, which the movement called French imperialism. When a prince of
the defeated Nguyen clan, Nguyen Anh, turned to the French for support
after the three Tay Son brothers from a wealthy merchant family
brought the end to the Nguyen rulers, had set the scene for French
intervention. Vietnam was divided into administrative regions- Tonkin,
Annam and Cochinchina. For the next 60 years these three countries
were known as French Indochina. The French conquest of Cochinchina was
carried out by force but with considerable resistance from guerilla
fighters. By 1868 France was undisputed master of Cochinchina.
France viewed Vietnam as a land to be exploited. Under French control
economic developments did occur. French rule meant supplying the
mother country with products such as rice and rubber, There were some
economic advances under French rule. At first Vie...
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French withdrew completely from the region. The South was put in the
hands of a conservative nationalist Ngo Dinh Diem.
The Vietnamese had a long struggle to get rid of foreign countries'
rule. Ho Chi Minh was someone who had the determined leadership which
would be needed for the independence in Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh developed
nationalism and the way to resist the French rule which was the basis
for his aim to promote Vietnamese independence from his early life and
experiences from his traveling. The formation of the Viet Minh was a
huge help for him as the Viet Minh was the main repository of
Vietnamese nationalism and anti-French colonialism. Lastly the
Vietnamese victory in the battle of Dien Bien phu made Ho Chi Minh and
his followers' way clear to the independence in their country.
When Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh and his political organization, the Vietminh, seized control of their independence from France United States Politicians saw it as another communist take over. When really Ho was more a nationalist than a communist. All Minh wanted was for the United States to recognize its independence from France and to send aid to help it reach its nationalistic goals. "Before the Cold War Ho and the Vietmin...
The Vietnam War was a war over communism that started in 1950, when Ho Chi Minh, the national leader of Vietnam, introduced a communist government into North Vietnam. In 1954 it was decided to split the country at the 17th parallel, and was ruled under opposing governments, Bao Dai leading the south and Ho Chi Mihn the north. North Vietnam went to war with South Vietnam with the north being supported by Russia and China, as they were also Communist countries, and the south being supported by Britain and the USA.
At this time, Vietnam was a French colony. As time went on, tension started to come between the French and the Vietnamese people. As tension increased, so did the fighting between the French and the Vietnamese. Finally in 1954, the French decided that they could no longer withstand the revolts of the Vietnamese. The Vietnamese are now free of French rule.
In conclusion, French imperialism had a great influence on politics of Indochina. With a system of direct colonial management, all of the important positions in government were taken by French.
After returning, Minh had help from the Vietminh; an organization of communist that wanted freedom from other countries. Their main goal was to turn Vietnam into a self-governed communist country. France wanted none of this non-sense. In 1945 they had moved back into southern Vietnam and ruled most of the cities. Ho Chi Minh swore to fight France to gain control of the whole country. U.S. promised to aid France, and sent almost $15 million worth of financial aid to France. The French fought for four years, being financially aided by the U.S. the whole time. The U.S. spent nearly one billion dollars in order to help France regain control of the tiny country. The only reason that much effort was put into a small area was the fear of the y. Domino Theory. The Domino Theory first showed it's head during a 1954 news conference by U.S. President Eisenhower. The domino theory is the fear of the spread of communism from one country to the next, and so on. Even with the assistance of the U.S. France could not gain the control it once had on Vietnam.
Throughout Vietnam’s history geography has play a role during it and because of it’s location, climate, soil it was an ideal place for farming which would soon attract invaders. The Chinese, French ,and Japanese all wanted something from Vietnam which included agriculture abundance, colonial possessions, and natural resources. They all controlled Vietnam at this time. Japan surrendered when vietminh declared it’s independence and the United States did not support this independence. The French and Vietminh went into war where the french had lost and Vietnam was divided ( French took control of
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The French eventually gained back some control over parts of Vietnam. In early 1946, the French began a series of dual negotiations with the Chinese and Viet Minh over the future of Vietnam. After failed negotiations with the French over the future of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh retreated into remote parts of the countryside to fight a small-scale insurgency against the French. (The History Place, Beginner’s Guide)
After World War II, the French began a fight for their former colony of Indochina, which included Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The French and other countries failed to see at that time the will and desire of the Vietnamese people to gain independence from foreign rule and to have their country unified. Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese nationalist, fought the French and overtook the North Vietnam capital of Hanoi with his followers, the Viet Minh, declaring the area the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. (Anderson, 2002) The French were unwilling to give up their colony and drove the Vietminh from many of the larger cities in the south. The United States entered the Vietnam struggle in 1950 when $15 million in aid was pledged to France in order to fight the Vietminh. (Anderson, 2002) The rationale was to align with France and keep the Soviet Union from expanding in Europe and to keep another country from falling into communist rule.
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Herring begins his account with a summary of the First Indochina War. He reports that the Vietnamese resisted French imperialism as persistently as they had Chinese. French colonial policies had transformed the Vietnamese economic and social systems, giving rise to an urban middle class, however; the exploitation of the country and its people stimulated more radical revolutionary activity. Herring states that the revolution of 1945 was almost entirely the personal creation of the charismatic leader Ho Chi Minh. Minh is described as a frail and gentle man who radiated warmth and serenity, however; beneath this mild exterior existed a determined revolutionary who was willing to employ the most cold- blooded methods in the cause to which he dedicated his life. With the guidance of Minh, the Vietminh launched as a response to the favorable circumstances of World War II. By the spring of 1945, Minh mobilized a base of great support. When Japan surrendered in 1945, the Vietminh filled the vacuum. France and the Vietminh attempted to negotiate an agreement, but their goals were irreconcilable.
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