2. What stood in the way of Vietnamese self government in the years immediately following World War II? It all started when Japan invaded Vietnam September 1940 to have military bases in southeast asia. After the invasion‚ japan overthrew the French authorities there in Vietnam and was then independent under the Japanese. After that the Viet Minh was created and controlled by Ho Chi Minh. The Viet minh started the august reolution to take control over the government. This ended the Nguyen dynasty
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to 1954‚ Ho Chi Minh led Vietnam to get their independence from France. At the end of the revolution‚ Vietnam was divided into two parts by the 17th parallel creating North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was run by Ho Chi Minh and his communist ideology and was an ally of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and People’s Republic of China. On the other hand‚ South Vietnam was run by Ngo Dinh Diem with a democratic ideology and was an ally of France and The United States. Ho Chi Minh wanted to
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Ho Chi Minh (1890-1869) Background to Vietnam’s Nationalist Movements Ancient Vietnam * Vietnam was once ruled by the Han and Tang Dynasties of China for over a thousand years until 939‚ and then from 1407 to 1428 * As such the Vietnamese had a strong sense of national identity‚ and also frequently put up violent resistance to foreign rulers. In the end Vietnamese resolve always overcame the patience and resources of the foreign rulers. * Northern Vietnam was ruled by the Trinh family
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Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [hô̤ tɕǐmɪŋ] ( listen)‚ Chữ Nôm: 胡志明)‚ born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He formed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and led the Việt cộng during the Vietnam War until his death. Hồ led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward‚ establishing
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<b>1945</b><br><li> Ho Chi Minh and his People’s Congress create the National Liberation Committee of Vietnam to form a provisional government following the surrender of Japan to Allied forces and Japan transfers all power to Ho’s Vietminh. <br><li> President Roosevelt dies<br><li> Making good on his threat to unleash "...a rain of ruin the like of which has never been seen on earth...‚" President Harry Truman authorizes the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan -- one on Hiroshima on August 6‚ and
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Essay 1 Vietnam was in quite an unstable state following World War Two. It was not until the Geneva Accords in 1954 that some stability came to the Indochinese state. The Accords established a temporary cease-fire between the newly divided nation‚ but hostilities mounted as two radically different worldviews plagued its 27 million inhabitants. Ho Chi Minh and the communists in the North had their troubles‚ but they managed to build along party lines and continually increased their power and influence
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Ngo Dinh Diem Religion • • • • • • • • • • • He was a devout Catholic‚ a northern trait that left him at odds with the mass majority of Southern Vietnamese who were Buddhist Granted Catholic refugees who migrated from the North land in the in the Mekong Delta; thus‚ increasing the already present tension. Diem gave the best government positions to the Catholics even though the Buddhists made up 90% of the population. Suppressed
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Theo Hồ CHí Minh‚ để Nhà nước trong sạch‚ vững mạnh‚ hoạt động có hiệu quả phải: Lựa chọn được những người có đức‚ có tài vào cơ quan Nhà nước; bộ máy phải gọn nhẹ và rõ ràng. Phương thức hoạt động phải sâu sát‚ gần dân‚ kính dân‚ yêu dân và phải có quy định cụ thể để dân giám sát‚ giúp đỡ các hoạt động của chính quyền. Phải để dân biết‚ dân bàn‚ dân kiểm tra “Nước lấy dân làm gốc thì Chính quyền nhà nước cũng phải lấy làm gốc”. Chỉ sau một tháng khi thành lập nước‚ Hồ Chí Minh đã gửi thư đến Ủy
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Ho Chi Minh: Puppet or Leader? United States presidents from Harry Truman to Richard Nixon were wrong to think that Ho Chi Minh and his followers were "puppets" to the Soviet Union or Chinese Communist. Many policies the Presidents made throughout the war proved that they never tried to see Ho Chi Minh as anything else but communist and were convinced that they had to do everything and anything to stop him from gaining any control over the country of Vietnam. The Vietnam War‚ specifically
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of Saigon‚ South Vietnam took his own life to protest the religious oppression he and his fellow Buddhists were facing. Their plea to end the suffering was caught on camera by a man named Malcom Browne‚ an Associated Press photographer in South Vietnam at the time. Leading up to this point in time‚ leader of South Vietnam‚ Ngo Dinh Diem‚ dedicated South Vietnam to the catholic church‚ when 70-90% of the country was Buddhist (Gale). Lindsay informs readers that religious differences triggered discriminatory
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