Declaration Of Independence Of Vietnam By Ho Chi Minh

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Ho Chi Minh was Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. National independence movement led by the great heroes of the country. When Germany defeated France in 1940, he is the executive armies during World War II. He organized the Viet Minh, or League for the Independence of Vietnam. Viet Minh forces seized the northern city and declared a Democratic State of Vietnam with Ho as president. His forces succeeded in reuniting North and South Vietnam under communist rule. Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh city. The Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic, led to the independence of Vietnam, was written by Ho Chi Minh. The content of the Declaration

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