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Born
In French Annam as Nguyen Sinh Cung -
Period: to
Life of Ho Chi MInh
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Goes south as a teacher
This was done after he was expelled from school after handing out anticolonial newspapers. -
Worked on French frieghter
Freighter visited Bombay, Le Havre, Boston, San Fransisco, London, Brooklyn. Learns English, Russian, some German, Mandarin Chinese and 2 other Chinese dialects. -
Worked during WW1
Changed name to Nguyen Ai Quoc and worked amongst Vietnamese labourers and soldiers in France. -
Versailles Peace Conference
Ignored after trying to present a program for Vietnamese freedom. Works as journalist. -
Political Involvement
Becomes founding member of the French Communist Party after attending the 18th Congress of the French Socialist Party -
Went to Moscow (sent as delegate for the French Commnist Party)
Began to work for the Comintern , learnt basics of revolution organisation. -
Canton, China
Sent as interpreter with Borodin in order to work with CHinese Nationalists andthe United Front of the CCP -
League of Oppressed Peoples in Asia and Revolutionary Youth League
Founds these two groups, translates Marx's ideas into Vietmanese, enrols Vietmanese in Canton Military Academy. After doing this, he trained cadres to infiltrate Indochina -
Flight to Hong Kong
Done after Chinese Nationalists purge of the Communists. Previously formed Revolutionary Youth League turned into Indochinese Communist Party. Learnt importance of guerilla warfare, conspiracy, revolutionary-conscious peasants. Encouraged peasants to form soviets in Indochina. -
Imprisonment
by the British. Writes revolutionary poems. 1300 supporters die and 10 000 made political prisoners (most in Poulo Condore) -
Escape to Moscow
Assissted by Chinese Communists -
Yenan
Sent by Comintern to join Mao. Government in France grants political amnesty to nationalists and communists -
Tonkin
Indoctrinates peasants in patriotism, Changes ICP to VIet Minh to gain America's respect. Released by Allies to gather information on French and Japanese after being imprisoned by Chinese Nationalists. -
America Supports the Vietminh
OSS forces arm the Vietminh, train them to gather intelligence and train them as guerilla forces. This stops after President Roosevelt is replaced. -
Declares revolution in Tonkin and Annam
Vietminh also siezes control of rice supplies hoarded for the Japanese -
Democratic Republic of Vietman proclaimed by HO
Done as WW2 ends -
Paris
Fights for existence of republic -
Loss of Cochin China
Area not accepted as part of republic -
Return to Vietnam
Occurs after war between French and Vietminh. Retreats to jungle guerilla bases -
DRV recognition
by CHina and USSR. MIlitary aid against French gained after Ho's concentration on political and diplomatic policy. -
Re-entrance to Hanoi
French have been forced to negotiate, Ho is now father of his country. Vietnam have been divided in to North and South as per the Geneva Accords.
