Viet Minh
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The Việt Minh, officially the League for Independence of Vietnam, was a communist-led national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Ho Chi Minh on 19 May 1941. Also known as the Việt Minh Front,
Viet Minh troops on 2 September 1945
Ho Chi Minh declaring independence at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on 2 September 1945
Viet Minh troops on parade in Hanoi
First Indochina War
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The First Indochina War, known alternatively internationally as the French Indochina War, was fought in French Indochina between France and the Viet Minh and their respective allies, from 19 December
Clockwise After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, supporting Laotian troops fall back across the Mekong River into Laos French Marine commandos wade ashore off the Annam coast in July 1950 M24 Chaffee American light tank used by the French in Vietnam Geneva Conference on 21 July 1954 A Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat from Escadrille 1F prepares to land on French aircraft carrier Arromanches operating in the Gulf of Tonkin
Indochine physique, 1930
June 1945 public ceremony in commemoration of the Yên Bái mutiny
Võ Nguyên Giáp and Ho Chi Minh (1945)