Ho Chi Minh
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Communism, Communists, Nationalism
- Curriculum: Asian History
Article abstract: Military significance: Combining Vietnamese nationalism with communist ideology, Ho Chi Minh waged long and ultimately successful campaigns against three powerful countries: Japan, France, and the United States.
After graduating from the National Academy in 1909, Nguyen That Thanh taught school in rural villages and also worked as an activist in behalf of Vietnamese independence. Leaving Vietnam in 1911, he lived and worked in London, New York, and France for the next thirty years. Taking the name Nguyen Ai Quoc (“Nguyen the patriot”), he...
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