Hochiminh

Ho Chi Minh

  • Birth

    Ho Chi Minh, born as Nguyen Sinh Cung, was born in Nghe An Province on 19 May 1890.
  • French Ship

    Ho was hired on a French ship as a kitchen helper. As he travelled, he became interested in the US political rights (US declaration of independence)
  • London

    sailed to London and worked as a dishwasher and pastry chef.
  • French Socialist Party

    After WWI, he ventrured to Paris to join the French Socialist Party and had a Paris Peace petition that failed soon after.
  • French Communist Party

    He broke off from the French Socialist party and found the French Communist party which had a quest to eliminate French colonicalism.
  • Moscow

    He ventured to Moscow and trained as a Comintern agent
  • China

    He dispatched to China to organize the Vietnamese dssidents to communist revolutionaries.
  • Return

    During WWII, Ho went back to Moscow and later returned to South China.
  • Kuomintang

    The Kuomintang arrested him and was released in 1942. He went back to Vietnam after his release and changed his name to Ho Chi Minh.
  • Democratic Republic of Vietnam

    Ho created the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and made made himself president.
  • Geneva negotiations

    After negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, Ho was given the control of the Northern hald of Vietnam.
  • Support

    Ho continued his power in the north until 1960 and initiated a concerted guerilla fovernment that supported the South communism.
  • Death

    Ho died of a heart ailment and did not manage to see the outcome of his hardwork and efforts.
  • US Force withdrawal

    US admitted that they could not win the war due to Ho's dertermination and resilience and soon withdrew.
  • Ho Chi Minh City

    Saigon (Southern Capital) was the final communist onslaught and was named after Ho Chi Minh in his honour.