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https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/ho-chi-minh-1#section_2
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https://sites.tufts.edu/atrocityendings/2015/08/07/indochina-1st-indochina-war/
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https://www.biography.com/political-figure/ho-chi-minh
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yDEtxBrK7Q
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https://alphahistory.com/vietnamwar/first-indochina-war/

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The french are a colonial power

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A short video excerpt (graphic) illustrating the attacks by the Viet Minh

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A short video excerpt (graphic) illustrating the attacks by the Viet Minh

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From the movie "We Were Soldiers (2002)"
It is a good representation of the brutal strategic attacks executed by the Viet Mein forces, it also shows the contrast in Supplies to troop ratio between the two.

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We Were Soldiers (2002) - French troops ambushed by Viet Minh forces 🎺

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Problems with French controlled territories

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Problems with French controlled territories

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Between 1951-1954 the Viet Minh began to push into remote areas of french territories, especially Laos, causing a change in tactics and decisive military confrontation at Dien Bien Phu .

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1954 map of the french and Vietnam controlled territories

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1954 map of the french and Vietnam controlled territories

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General Vo Nguyen Giap led the war.

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After the French naval bombing causing many Vietnamese deaths by December, both sides were open in the war. The Vietnamese faced many challenges battling such a large power, including shortages of munitions, guns, and artillery. Under an order by Vo Nguyen Giap the general that led the war, 60,000 untrained men armed with only 40,000 rifles fought at war. However, this was more than France and Giap had many strategies to utilize his surroundings as much as possible. In 1949 after not much change in the war the french looked to a political solution and Minh agreed to cause the capital to move from the cities of Hue to Saigon.

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After an allied victory in 1945, the Japanese forces withdrew from Vietnam, leading Emperor Bao Dai in control of Vietnam. Viet Minh forces seized the city of Hanoi and created the Democratic Republic of Vietnam with Ho being the leader. Although Minh wanted to have a foreign piece in 1946 a french cruiser opened fire and after a clash between some troops, it was decided to break into war with the French, called the First Indochina War.

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Ho spent 18 months in Chiang Kai-Shek’s anti-Communist government prision between 1941-1942

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How he help lead the way to Vietnam independence

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How he help lead the way to Vietnam independence

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Around 1940 after germany defeated france Ho saw it as an opportunity to help with the Vietnamese nationalist cause in 1941 and therefore created the the Viet Minh, or League for the Independence of Vietnam.

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He moved to France in the late 10s, Becoming a founding father in the French Communist party in 1920 he traveled throughout many communist countries and learned revolutionary tactics, gaining a communist mind and skillset. He returned to Vietnam in 1941 under the name Ho Chi Men (roughly translated as “Bringer of Light”)./

Lived:1890-1969