HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Ngo Dinh Diem, Army Of The Republic Of Vietnam, Indochinese Communist Party
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Vietnam initially part of french colony of indochina (vietnam, laos, cambodia, and. 1880s control, and by 1900s already an anti-colonial movement. Leads to a young ho chi min (then nguyan ai quoc) seeking audience with woodrow. Upset by american non-action, he stays in france and becomes involved in french socialist party. Interested in the end of colonialism as the beginning of communism. By 1930, returns to vietnam, becoming founding member of the indochinese communist. Willing to work with non-communists to work for vietnamese independence. By 1941, ho chi min founds the league for independence of vietnam, nicknamed the. Japanese effectively took over from france in context of world war ii. As of 1945, declares independence of vietnam, declaring it the democratic republic of. Signalling to united states that, while his nation is communist, it is not a threat to the. French seek to re-establish control, not accepting its independence.
