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In French Annam as Nguyen Sinh Cung
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This was done after he was expelled from school after handing out anticolonial newspapers.
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Freighter visited Bombay, Le Havre, Boston, San Fransisco, London, Brooklyn. Learns English, Russian, some German, Mandarin Chinese and 2 other Chinese dialects.
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Changed name to Nguyen Ai Quoc and worked amongst Vietnamese labourers and soldiers in France.
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Ignored after trying to present a program for Vietnamese freedom. Works as journalist.
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Becomes founding member of the French Communist Party after attending the 18th Congress of the French Socialist Party
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Began to work for the Comintern , learnt basics of revolution organisation.
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Sent as interpreter with Borodin in order to work with CHinese Nationalists andthe United Front of the CCP
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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
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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.
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by the British. Writes revolutionary poems. 1300 supporters die and 10 000 made political prisoners (most in Poulo Condore)
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Assissted by Chinese Communists
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Sent by Comintern to join Mao. Government in France grants political amnesty to nationalists and communists
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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.
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OSS forces arm the Vietminh, train them to gather intelligence and train them as guerilla forces. This stops after President Roosevelt is replaced.
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Vietminh also siezes control of rice supplies hoarded for the Japanese
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Done as WW2 ends
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Fights for existence of republic
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Area not accepted as part of republic
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Occurs after war between French and Vietminh. Retreats to jungle guerilla bases
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by CHina and USSR. MIlitary aid against French gained after Ho's concentration on political and diplomatic policy.
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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.
