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Ho Chi Minh establishes the viet minh (league of independence )
The viet minh initally formed to seek independence for vietnam from the french empire. when the Japanese invasion began the viet minh opposed japan with support from the united states and china after world war II the viet minh opposed the re-occupation of vietnam by france and later opposed the united states in the vietnam war -
HO Chi Minh Declares independence of vietnam
Ho Chi Minh believed that vietnam's fight for independence from france was similar to the american colonies struggle for independence from great britain .He expected that the United States would support the Vietnamese nationalist movement because of this similarty