Ho Chi Minh Organizes the Viet Minh
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Communism, Communists, Human Rights
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Indochina
- Date: May, 1941
Article abstract: In May, 1941, Ho Chi Minh formed a broadly based nationalist organization known as the Viet Minh to mobilize the Vietnamese people to achieve national independence.
Summary of Event
At its plenary meeting in November, 1939, the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) approved a new policy under which Japanese military expansionism and French colonial power in Indochina were identified as equally dangerous to the Vietnamese people. Both Japan and France thus became legitimate targets of Communist Party operations. To gain support for those...
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