USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 7, 1954, the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh. After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the French pulled out of the region.

Detailed explanation-2: -The forces he led fought and defeated the Japanese, the French and finally the Americans in his fight for Vietnamese independence. Ho was born Nguyen Sinh Cung, the third of three children. As a young man, he traveled around the world working on a French ocean liner.

Detailed explanation-3: -On Sept. 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of Vietnam from France. The proclamation paraphrased the U.S. Declaration of Independence in declaring, “All men are born equal: the Creator has given us inviolable rights, life, liberty, and happiness!” President Ho Chi Minh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ho Chi Minh spent his lifetime fighting for Vietnam’s stable independence. To him, national independence was sacred, but it must lead to people’s freedom and happiness. National rights meant independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.

Detailed explanation-5: -Under the Geneva Agreements, France agreed to withdraw its troops from Indochina, and agreed to the independence of South Vietnam and North Vietnam on December 29, 1954.