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Birth
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Schooling: Franco-Vietnamese academy at Hué
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Leaves School Early
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Ship Cook
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Settles in London
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Moves to Paris
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Attempts to Petition at the Versailles Conference
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Helps found the French Communist Party and Le Paria
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Travels to Russia
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Travels to China
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Founds the Than nien Cach Menh Dong Chi Hoi
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Is forced to leave China by Chiang Kai-Shek, returning to Russia
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Forms the Vietnamese Communist Party in Hong Kong
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Arrested in Hong Kong, imprisoned for two years
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GOes to China as a military advisor
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Returns to Vietnam after Japanese occupation
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Founds the Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh
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Arrested by the Guomindang
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Minh signs an agreement with the French, for the recognition of Vietnam as a nation in return for a French presence
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Minh leads a war against the French, eventually defeating them
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Ho Chi Minh wars against the Americans
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Minh works to found the Viet Cong
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Minh largely withdraws from politics due to failing health
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Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79