The French were a foreign power occupying Vietnam. The Vietnamese wanted their independence.
Divided at the 17th parallel in 54/55.
Early in the Vietnam War, the United States support the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem. He was assassinated in 1963. Following his death, the next president of South Vietnam was Nguyen Van Thieu.
Ho Chi Minh
Was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the Viet Minh movement for independence. He held several positions in the Vietnamese government, including that of President.
The French were a foreign power occupying Vietnam. The Vietnamese wanted their independence.
Vietnam was a colony of France, until Vietnamese revolutionaries were able to declare independence.
Communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954-75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnamese and US forces in the Vietnam War.
Bao Dai, the last Vietnamese emperor, in 1945, although the Communist Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnamese independence again at a later date.
Both Vietnam and India were split into multiple countries (Apex).
Both Vietnam and India were split into multiple countries (Apex).
Hochimin
Divided at the 17th parallel in 54/55.
Hours after Japan's surrender in World War II, Vietnamese communist Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam from France.
South Vietnamese president.
it is true that both President Johnson and President Nixon wanted to get America out of Vietnam. It did not happen until 1974 when the North Vietnamese took control of Hanoi. This was the end to the war and American troops were ordered home.