Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the Vietnamese political and military movement that challenged the Japanese and defeated the French between 1941 and 1954.
- adjective Of or relating to the Vietminh.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In fact, the Vietminh were a much stronger and potent ally than the French, who were already defeated by the Germans (again) by the time we entered the war.
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More broadly, Mr. Kurlantzick sets up a simplistic and false choice for the U.S. during the Cold War between the views of some early OSS officers Thompson among them who favored supporting nationalist movements in Southeast Asia, including Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh, and the views of others who favored "picking conservative dictators rather than gambling on left-leaning men who might be Democrats."
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Diem was a Catholic in a Buddhist country and with little indigenous following, perhaps except for his Catholic brethren, then refugees from the Vietminh state in the north.
Stanley Kutler: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THAT. . . . Stanley Kutler 2010
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It was a mind-bending feat, and it gave the Vietminh high ground above the French base.
The French Connection Tom Nagorski 2010
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In the end, the Vietminh laid siege to the French positions, swarming the valley and capturing thousands of prisoners.
The French Connection Tom Nagorski 2010
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Things were going poorly — Vietnamese guerrillas, or Vietminh, held the upper hand — and at a strategy session in Saigon the French commander, Gen. Henri Navarre, outlined his latest plan.
The French Connection Tom Nagorski 2010
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China sent the Vietminh food, medicine and heavy weaponry.
The French Connection Tom Nagorski 2010
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Within months — on May 7, 1954, to be exact — Dien Bien Phu was overrun by the Vietminh.
The French Connection Tom Nagorski 2010
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As a guerrilla force, the Vietminh enjoyed the edge in motivation and in knowledge of terrain.
The French Connection Tom Nagorski 2010
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He went on to argue that the move would draw the Vietminh into a battle they could not win.
The French Connection Tom Nagorski 2010
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