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Ho Chi Minh' birth
Ho Chi Minh was born -
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Request for independence
From 1918-1945, Ho Chi Minh was asking for international support for the independence of Vietnam to countries such as the United States.1 -
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WW2
During the Japenese occupation in WW2, Ho Chi Minh organized a guerilla movement called the Viet Minh to fight against the Japanese -
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Control of North Vietnam
Following the Japenese surrender in WW2, There was a power vacuum in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh quickly took charge of North Vietnam and declared himself as president from 1945 until his death in 1969. -
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French Indochina War
Ho Chi Minh organized the Viet Minh to drive out the French Army during the French Indochina war to control Vietnam and in 1953, French prime minister Pierre Mendès-France and Ho signed in the Geneva Accords and the French left Vietnam in 1956. -
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Guerrilla movements
After consolidating power in North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh organized guerilla movements in South Vietnam such as the Viet Cong to fight against South Vietnam and eventually the United States throughout the '60s.