Ho Chi Minh By: Heather and Paige

Early Life

•Born in Vietnam in 1890•Father, Nguyen Sinh Huy, was a teacher •Ho Chi Minh name at birth was Nguyen

Tat Thanh•Father sent him to a French school •After, studying in France, he became a

school teacher

Cont.

•Then Ho decided to a sailor and travel around the world exploring other cultures

•In 1917, settled in Paris and became fascinated with Karl Marx and communism

•December, 1920 he helped in organizing French Communist Party

French Communist Party

•Inspired by Russian Revolution

•In 1924, Ho visited Moscow and wrote to a friend that it was all communist duty to return to his home country.

China

•Ho decided to go live in China on the border of Vietnam.

•He organized a revolutionary movement among those exiled from Vietnam.

•He was forced to leave China.•In 1930, returned to China and founded

Indochinese Communist Party (ICP).•In 1931, Ho was arrested by British and

set to prison.

Cont.

•Returned to China in 1938 and served as an advisor.

•Ho regained contact with ICP leaders.•He organized a movement, which called

itself Vietminh.•Ho then organized the Vietminh to fight

Japanese.

Japanese

•In 1941, the Vietminh saw a chance to take down Japanese.

•General Vo Nguyen Giap was the military leader.

•August 1945 Japanese surrendered.

Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV)

•Vietminh proclaimed the country as DR

•Ho Chi Minh was elected president

•In late 1946 war broke out with France.

•Fought for eight years and negotiated at Geneva

After War

•Ho still leader of DRV was now focused o building his communist government.

•In 1960’s conflict with the south resumed.

•Vietminh Guerrillas faught against US forces.

Later Years

•In later years Ho Chi Minh was a ceremonial figure.

•On September 3, 1969 he died of heart failure

•In honor of Ho in 1975 Saigon was

renamed Ho Chi Minh City

The End

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