Ho Chi Minh Biography

Ho Chi Minh, Revolutionary

Born as	Nguyễn Sinh Cung
Occup.	Revolutionary
From	Vietnam
Born	May 19, 1890 Nghệ An Province, French Indochina
Died	September 2, 1969 Hanoi, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Cause	Heart failure
Aged	79 years

Ho Chi Minh, born as Nguyen Sinh Cung on May 19, 1890, in Hoang Tru Village, Nghe An Province, Vietnam, was a revolutionary leader as well as the head of state and also head of state of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He played a pivotal role in the facility of the communist government in Vietnam and also was a prominent figure in the history of the Vietnam War. His life was committed to the reason for Vietnamese self-reliance from colonial guideline and unification under one federal government. He passed away on September 2, 1969, in Hanoi, Vietnam.

As a boy, Ho left Vietnam in 1911 to take a trip and function abroad. He visited countries such as France, England, and also the United States. While staying in England, he became aware of the problems related to colonialism and its destructive impacts on the colonized individuals. This awareness led him to join the French Communist Party in 1920. He later traveled to the Soviet Union and participated in the Fifth Congress of the Russian Communist Party in Moscow. There, he met several essential political figures, such as Joseph Stalin as well as Leon Trotsky, who influenced Ho to dive deeper into communist belief.

In 1927, Ho Chi Minh went to China, where he formed the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League, focused on arranging and training the young people for revolutionary tasks in Vietnam. He likewise began to adopt the pseudonym "Nguyen Ai Quoc" (Nguyen, the Patriot) during this moment. In 1930, the Indochinese Communist Party, a leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was established under his leadership.

Throughout World War II, when Japan occupied Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh organized a guerrilla force referred to as the Viet Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam) with the assistance of communist Chinese pressures. The Viet Minh battled against the Japanese, as well as by 1945, Japan was beat, leaving Vietnam with a power vacuum cleaner. Seizing this opportunity, Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam's self-reliance on September 2, 1945, proclaiming himself as the head of state of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Nonetheless, France really did not recognize the proclamation and attempted to recover its colonial property, leading to the First Indochina War (1946-1954). Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh battled versus French pressures and also, with the help of the Soviet Union and China, at some point emerged victorious at the crucial fight of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Therefore, the Geneva Conference divided Vietnam into 2: North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh's communists, and South Vietnam under the leadership of the staunchly anti-communist Ngo Dinh Diem.

The department of Vietnam was meant to be momentary, yet the South Vietnam government, backed by the United States, declined to hold reunification elections. This brought about enhanced stress as well as eventually, the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Although Ho Chi Minh died in 1969, his successor, Le Duan, continued the defend marriage until North Vietnam's triumph in 1975.

Ho Chi Minh's legacy remains to be really felt in Vietnam; the southern city of Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor. His face decorates the Vietnamese money, as well as his embalmed body is on display screen in Hanoi's Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. While his leadership is commended in the communist nation, his techniques of achieving nationwide independence and also unity continue to be a source of conflict and also debate.

Our collection contains 13 quotes who is written / told by Ho, under the main topic Patriotism.

Related authors: Ngo Dinh Diem (Statesman), Joseph Stalin (Leader), Hanoi Hannah (Celebrity), Nguyen Van Thieu (Statesman), Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Politician), Thuy Trang (Actress), Leon Trotsky (Revolutionary), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

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13 Famous quotes by Ho Chi Minh

"You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win"

"When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out"

"The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man"

"The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision"

"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability"

"Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty"

"Love other human beings as you would love yourself"

"It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me"

"I've never heard of any president being so close to his people"

"I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party"

"But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy"

"Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children"

"You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it"