Dierberger 4/18/11 Global History Acc Mary Foran How Were Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh Different in Their Fight for Independence? Mohandas Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh both fought against foreign rule in their country; Gandhi against the British rule in India and Ho Chi Minh against the French reign in Vietnam. However‚ Gandhi fought peacefully and religiously‚ with fasts and boycotts to gain India’s independence‚ while Ho Chi Minh was a Communist ruler who believed violence and a good military would force
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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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of the influential leaders‚ Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem‚ relative to their common goal‚ a united Vietnam‚ self-sufficient‚ and sustainable. The Vietnamese‚ in their drive for independence‚ looked to these two men to lead them out of French rule. The Vietnamese who supported Ho Chi Minh found him to be their advocate. HCM positioned himself as one of the people‚ as part of his leadership style. His direct involvement with the Vietnamese gave the impression that his goals were no greater or different
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12: M. K. Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh: Paths to Independence India and Vietnam‚ both were under the controlled of foreign country. British controlled India and at the time of the British left India‚ French made military control of the colonial Indochina. People in the country faced to the discrimination‚ for Gandhi as example‚ the British throw him out of the first-class train compartment as he was “coloured”‚ unequal treatment also appear in Vietnam‚ Ho Chi Minh’s father lost his government job as the
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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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Better know as his most common alias Ho Chi Minh this man decided to change the world. Ho Chi Minh was a man who led his country to freedom. He freed the Vietnamese from rule under European countries‚ and became the first leader of Vietnam. Under this rule he imposed a communist system of government. In this system‚ Ho Chi Minh caused anger among Vietnam and other nations. Fear of death and communism spread throughout nations and their governments. Ho Chi Minh caused conflict and war‚ and also got
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The First Vietnam War was fought by France and Ho Chi Minh and many lessons had to be learned to win this war. The Vietminh were not your traditional trained army‚ but made mostly of peasants who needed to be trained. Both the Vietminh and the French army had strengths and weakness which would impact the outcome of the war. The one thing Ho Chi Minh had over the French was he focused on the French weaknesses and used them to his advantage. Another important advantage was the knowledge the Vietminh
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Cambodia and Laos‚ which formed French-Indochina. It was during this time as well‚ that Ho Chi Minh and the Viet-Minh‚ who were originally formed to fight against Japan‚ began their fight for Vietnamese independence. The French decided to make a compromise with Minh by giving him North Vietnam‚ while they kept their rule in the South‚ but Ho Chi Minh did not think this was a fair compromise‚ so the French Indochina war began. The Viet-Minh fought hard against French rule and slowly gained large territories
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The Leadership Styles of Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem Introduction A close look at the history and background of Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem allows one to analyze what may have made the leadership skills of each a success or failure. Both were patriotic and wanted the same thing for their country and that was for Vietnam to remain undivided. Yet their backgrounds were quite different and may have had some influence in their ability to inspire‚ motivate and transmit a hope for change and
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HO CHI MINH CITY – THE CITY OF BEAUTY AND CIVILIZATION History surely plays an important part in the value of a tourism destination. A beautiful view will be more admirable when you consider it with interesting facts bond with its history. Therefore‚ while being a crowded and modern city today‚ Ho Chi Minh City has a unique beauty thanks to a great history with a 3-century time span. From the very first day‚ it has become a busy center for overseas merchants due to famous craftsmanship. Thanks
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