Nguyen Sinh Cung, now known as Ho Chi Minh, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader. Ho Chi Minh was also prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. During his youth, Minh lived in France, where he organized a group of Vietnamese migrants and petitioned delegates during the Versailles Peace Conference to demand the French colonial in Indochina the rights to its subjects as it did to its rulers. A few years later Minh was inspired by Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks revolutionary success. During that time, he decided to join the new French Communist party in 1920. After that throughout the years Minh kept recruiting members of a Vietnamese nationalist movement which would then form the base of the Indochinese communist party.
After a series of many events, such as traveling the world as a representative of the Communist International organization. Ho finally rose to power. He was the founder of the Indochinese communist party (1930), then after that founder of the Viet-Minh (1941) and then president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1969). As leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement for almost 30 years, he was one of the most influential leaders in the 20th century and was one of the dominant movers of post World War II anticolonial movement in Asia.
After a series of many events, such as traveling the world as a representative of the Communist International organization. Ho finally rose to power. He was the founder of the Indochinese communist party (1930), then after that founder of the Viet-Minh (1941) and then president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1969). As leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement for almost 30 years, he was one of the most influential leaders in the 20th century and was one of the dominant movers of post World War II anticolonial movement in Asia.
In February 1967, Ho Chi Minh responded to a personal message from U.S. President Lyndon Johnson by announcing that the North Vietnamese would never negotiate under the threat of bombing.
Minh pleaded assistance for his cause from nations that agree with the concept of strength of will and justice between nations. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared to prefer an international “trusteeship” for Vietnam and to further become an independant country. Soon after new pressures began to arise. Once the Cold War developed Washington happened to become prone to the colonial engrossment of its partners rather than to the decolonization of Indochina. Minh was considered to support Moscow. The U.S Cold War policy lead by the control of the recognized Soviet violence. Control was made up of of political, economic and military initiatives that strive to fight for security in the international areas. After 1949, the harsh and spiteful accusations in the United States over “who lost China?” swayed the Truman command to do anything it took to inhibit a Vietminh triumph in Indochina, specifically Vietnam. Vietnam was treasured not for its own asset, but more of an examination of America’s global status and power. In the end of 1950 the United States joined forces with France and its French controlled governments of Indochina in agreeing to the Mutual Defence Assistance Agreement (MDAA). Part of the agreement, the United States obliged to issue military supplies and aid to a military advisory group. The aid from the US to the French increased rapidly throughout a very short period of time.
"The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man."
Ho Chi Minh was one of the outstanding Vietnamese communist revolutionary leaders who fought colonial forces for the freedom of Vietnamese people. His involvement to the common struggle of peace, social progress, democracy and national independence have been vast. For Vietnam, there is no greater hero than Ho Chi Minh. He is remembered especially for his lifelong battle despite all the obstacles to build an independent and unified Vietnam. After the death of Ho Chi Minh, Saigon the capital of South Vietnam was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City once it was captured by the North in his memory.
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Image of Ho Chi Minh. Digital image. Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.
Photo of Vietnamese flag. Digital image. Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.
Photo of statue of Ho Chi Minh. Digital image. Dreamstime. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.
Map of Indochina. Digital image. University of Houston. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.
Photograph of Ho Chi Minh during speech. Digital image. Saigon. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.