USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ho Chi Minh led a long and ultimately successful campaign to make Vietnam independent. He was president of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969, and he was one of the most influential communist leaders of the 20th century. His seminal role is reflected in the fact that Vietnam’s largest city is named for him.

Detailed explanation-2: -Born Nguyen Sinh Cung, and known as “Uncle Ho, ” Ho Chi Minh led the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945-69. Ho had embraced communism while living abroad in England and France from 1915-23; in 1919, he petitioned the powers at the Versailles peace talks for equal rights in Indochina.

Detailed explanation-3: -Viet Minh, in full Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi, English League for the Independence of Vietnam, organization that led the struggle for Vietnamese independence from French rule. The Viet Minh was formed in China in May 1941 by Ho Chi Minh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meanwhile, in May 1941, at Ho Chi Minh’s urging, the Communist Party formed a broad nationalist alliance under its leadership called the League for the Independence of Vietnam, which subsequently became known as the Viet Minh.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hồ Chí Minh (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as Bác Hồ (’Uncle Hồ’), Hồ Chủ tịch (’President Hồ’) and by other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman.