USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE VIETNAM WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Rebel leader who demanded independence for Vietnam
A
Ho Chi Minh
B
Vietcong
C
Ngo Dinh Diem
D
William Westmoreland
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the end of World War II, Ho Chi Minh-the Vietnamese Communist leader-seized an opportunity to escape decades of French rule. Japanese troops had taken control of Vietnam in 1945. The day Japan surrendered to the Allies, Ho Chi Minh declared independence in front of a crowd of exhilarated Vietnamese.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -After the August Revolution’s takeover of nationalist organizations and Emperor Bảo Đại’s abdication to the Việt Minh, Hồ Chí Minh declared Vietnam’s independence by proclaiming the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on 2 September 1945.

Detailed explanation-4: -Any people have the right to live, the right to be happy, and the right to be free”. Ho Chi Minh believed that the allied countries which had accepted principles of equal peoples “cannot help recognizing Vietnamese people’s right to independence”.

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