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Discover how the United States worked with the communist Viet Minh against the Japanese in World War II
Vietnam (1954–76)
Note how the Viet Minh's guerrilla tactics confined French troops to the cities in the First Indochina War
Learn how U.S. presidents Eisenhower and Truman backed France against the Viet Minh in the First Indochina War
Watch the Viet Cong's guerrilla communist forces move down the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos and Cambodia
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Also Known As Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi • League for the Independence of Vietnam
Date May 1941 - 1951
Areas Of Involvement national liberation movement
Related People Ho Chi Minh • Vo Nguyen Giap • Le Duc Tho

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Vietnam (1954–76)
Discover how the United States worked with the communist Viet Minh against the Japanese in World War II
Note how the Viet Minh's guerrilla tactics confined French troops to the cities in the First Indochina War
Learn how U.S. presidents Eisenhower and Truman backed France against the Viet Minh in the First Indochina War
Watch the Viet Cong's guerrilla communist forces move down the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos and Cambodia
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U.S. trooops of the 7th. and 9th. divisions wade through marshland during a joint operation on South Vietnam's Mekong Delta, April 1967.
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