Ho Chi Minh
Nguyen Sinh Cung. Aguyen Tat Thanh. Nguyen Ai Quoc. Ho Chi Minh. One brilliant man belongs to all these names. In his younger life he worked a variety of jobs and traveled to many foreign places. As time goes on he becomes a popular communist. Ho Chi Minh was a visionary in North Vietnam, and he wouldn’t stop until he made South and North Vietnam one. In efforts to unite them he led North Vietnam to war against South Vietnam. His pursuit of a united Vietnam was powered by his determination, quick wits, and courage. (Duiker 15-577)
May 19, 1890 Ho Chi Minh was born in a small village, Kim Liem, in central Vietnam. His birth name was Nyuyen Sinh Cung. Raised in poverty, he attended a school in Hue. Ho Chi Minh became a teacher, and then in 1911 he left Vietnam to work on a French ocean liner as a cook. After World War I he moved to France, becoming a socialist and Vietnamese nationalist. In 1919 he petitioned for civil rights in France; he then traveled to the Soviet Union to study revolutionary methods. While in the Soviet Union he joined the Comintern, a group based in Moscow that planned to spread communism worldwide. The Comintern assigned him to spread communism to all of East Asia while spreading communism he lived in the Soviet Union and China. After the start of World War II he moved back to Vietnam. (Duiker 15-45) In 1941 he organized the communist-controlled league for independence of Vietnam also knows as the Viet Minh. During this time he obtained the name Ho Chi Minh which means “he who enlightens.” In 1945 the Viet Minh captured some major cities across Vietnam, and declaring Vietnam independent. Vietnam became known as the DRV (Democratic Republic Vietnam) and he became the first president. (Duiker 15-4...
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...69 he developed an irregular heart beat. On August 31 he met with the Politburo confirming that all plans were ready for the 24th anniversary independence celebration for September 2, at this point in time he was in critical condition. The day of the celebration Ho Chi Minh’s heart stop beating. Ho Chi Minh dies of heart failure on September 2, 1969. (Duiker 560-562)
Ho Chi Minh was a very affective communist leader in the 1900s. He was known for his dream of a united Vietnam. To obtain this dream he would stop at nothing, so he led North Vietnam to war against South Vietnam and planed to gain this unity thought force. Ho Chi Minh was a brilliant man whose pursuit of unity was powered by his intelligence and bravery. Ho Chi Minh pushed for a united Vietnam until his death and his efforts were not wasted because up till this very day Vietnam is one united country.
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