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- proper noun a
Vietnamese Communist independence andnationalist movement led byHồ Chí Minh in 1941 organized to wage a guerrilla war against the invading ImperialJapanese forces and later theFrench in an effort to drivecolonialist powers out ofIndochina .
Etymologies
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SZULC: No, his was immediately or less than a year after the end of the French war -- the French defeated Dien Bien Fu in the French War against what then was called the Viet Minh -- still the same cast of characters -- still the Hanoi people.
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While the military force continued, informally, to be called Viet Minh, the Viet Minh was formally absorbed into the "National Union of Viet Nam", or Lam Viet.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Also affecting the Viet Minh was the declaration of the People's Republic of China in October, which allowed an increase in weapons shipments.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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While the military force continued, informally, to be called Viet Minh, the Viet Minh was formally absorbed into the "National Union of Viet Nam", or Lam Viet.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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While the military force continued, informally, to be called Viet Minh, the Viet Minh was formally absorbed into the "National Union of Viet Nam", or Lam Viet.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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While the military force continued, informally, to be called Viet Minh, the Viet Minh was formally absorbed into the "National Union of Viet Nam", or Lam Viet.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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An anti–Viet Minh politician who had lived in exile in Europe since 1950, Diem had become a favorite with conservative Republicans in Washington.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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An anti–Viet Minh politician who had lived in exile in Europe since 1950, Diem had become a favorite with conservative Republicans in Washington.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Pyle ultimately assists an urban bombing to be blamed on Viet Minh insurgents, and many civilians die.
Greg Mitchell: Bush Misreads Iraq: 'The Quiet American' Not Kristol Clear 2009
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Eisenhower, at an April 7, 1954, press conference during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, in which the French were defeated by the communist Viet Minh
The Cold War 2008
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