North Vietnam was the communist area after the division. But more specifically the Vietminh, or Vietcong. Ho Chi Minh was the leader.
The Americans were fighting the Japanese at the time and the vietminh were also fighting for independance hoping to gain the U.S. as a ally after the war . After WW II the Americans were afraid of the communist influence of the vietminh and decided that backing the French rule was a better decision wich could be adapted to a freely elected pro US form of government .
vietminh
The Vietminh victory caused the French to withdraw from Vietnam.
The Viet Minh were a North Vietnamese communist gurrilla force originally made to secure independance from French rule and later fought against the USA in the Vietnam War. They are often wrongly called the Viet Cong. This is incorrect as the Viet Cong was the name given to the South Vietnamese communist force, and were not a part of the Northern forces.
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Ho Chi Minh
1946.
For the younger generation back then, Ho Chi Minh had been a founder of the communist party in North Vietnam & a "Hero" & victor against the French.
Dien Bien Phu.
China
the main goal from vietminh to win Vietnam's independance from foreign rule by janki patel