Well, i see a film about him and i admire him very much. Please tell me something you know about this great man.
2006-08-20 00:56:47 · 6 answers · asked by Chien n 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
listen (help·info), Chinese: 胡志明 (May 19, 1890 – September 2, 1969) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, who later became Prime Minister (1946-1955) and President (1955-1969) of North Vietnam.
He was originally named Nguyễn Sinh Cung, is also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành (阮必成), Nguyễn Ái Quốc (阮爱國; a name which means "Nguyễn the patriot"), Lý Thụy (李瑞), Hồ Quang (among others) and is popularly called Bác Hồ (Uncle Hồ) in Vietnam, Hồ Chí Minh means "he who enlightens". He is most famous for being the founder of the Viet Minh independence movement in 1941 and establishing communist control in part of Vietnam in the 1950s.
Ho was fluent in English, Chinese, French, German and Russian besides his native Vietnamese.[1] Hồ Chí Minh City was named after him in his honor.
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2006-08-20 01:01:28 · answer #1 · answered by Kalypsee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kalypsee and David have given you some great information. Here's some information that you won't read in the history books.
Ho Chi Minh's life before he became a leader of the Vietnamese people was intentionally covered up. He went by several names when he was younger for many reasons including the fact that he was a renown troublemaker. He is depicted in communist Vietnam history as a wise and knowledgeable person, but was at best an average student in school. He was ashamed of his family being very poor, and positioned himself to be adopted into families that were rich and very influential. Vietnamese adopt people into their families more easily than many other cultures and usually done informally without legal involvement.
History books indicate Ho Chi Minh's struggle in traveling to Europe. He was actually sent to France by one of his adopted rich families. His struggle was his own choice. This is where he learned about communism and help form the French Communist movement.
Ho Chi Minh copied a lot of what Stalin did in the Soviet Union. Ho gained much of his support by killing thousands of his opponents and many of those who could oppose him. Ho killed people who could reveal his checkered past too. The difference between Ho Chi Minh and Stalin is many of those that Ho wanted to kill escaped to South Vietnam and then to America.
There are Vietnamese Americans who know Ho Chi Minh better than the native Vietnamese do. They would piss on his grave if given the opportunity, which is probably why there are always two companys of armed soldiers guarding Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.
2006-08-20 20:00:09 · answer #2 · answered by MojaveDan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His name is usually written Ho Chi Minh. He was born in N Vietnam in late 1900s I beliieve. Lived in France for a few years, then went back to Vietnam. Became a communist leader at an early age. Was responsible for the deaths of thousands, if not millions, of Vietnamese. Is probably in hell today.
2006-08-20 08:02:36 · answer #3 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the more interesting and less know facts that i know.....in 1945 he was deathly ill and very close to death, spring i beleive possibly march. In an effort to save him, OSS agents went on a daring mission involving parachuting behind enemy lines and bringing him medicine that saved his life. How ironic.
2006-08-21 11:06:07 · answer #4 · answered by dewey2412 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think he sponsored the building of a walking trail
2006-08-20 08:00:11 · answer #5 · answered by bakbiter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/series/pt_01.html
2006-08-20 08:01:28 · answer #6 · answered by Sindebad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋