USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE VIETNAM WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Viet Minh was the name of the ____ that was established in 1941
A
Vietnamese liberation movement
B
The leader of the revolution
C
North Vietnamese Regular Army
D
border formed by the 17th paralel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pre-Crisis Phase (May 1, 1941-September 1, 1945): The Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi (League for the Independence of Vietnam) or Viet Minh was established by Ho Chi Minh in May 1941. The Vietminh established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on August 8, 1945.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alternate titles: League for the Independence of Vietnam, Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Saigon regime dubbed the NLF the “Viet Cong, ” a pejorative contraction of Viet Nam Cong San (Vietnamese Communists). The NLF’s military arm was the People’s Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF). In February 1965, the PLAF attacked U.S. Army installations at Pleiku and Qui Nhon, which convinced President Lyndon B.

Detailed explanation-5: -With his lieutenants Vo Nguyen Giap and Pham Van Dong, Ho returned to Vietnam in January 1941 and organized the Viet Minh, or League for the Independence of Vietnam.

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