THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Mao Zedong
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Ho Chi Minh
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -On 2 September 1969 Hồ died and Lê Duẩn became the most powerful figure in the North. He became the General Secretary in 1960, officially becoming the main personality in the party after Hồ Chí Minh. After Hồ’s death, Lê Duẩn took over the leadership of North Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh) was President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945-1969. He was the founder and leader of the Vietnamese communist movement.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the French Indochina War (1946–1954), the PAVN was often referred to as the Việt Minh. In the context of the Vietnam War (1955–1975), the army was referred to as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA, Vietnamese: Quân đội Bắc Việt, lit.