2007-12-21 05:26:16 · 16 answers · asked by karleighhh11 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It was Ho Chi Minh. Don't listen to anything else, he even has a city named after him.
2007-12-21 05:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by Dan in Real Life 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Contrary to popular belief, Ho Chi Minh WAS NOT the leader of the Viet Cong. He was the founder and leader of the Viet Minh, which became the Viet Cong during the U.S. occupation of South Vietnam. During the time of U.S. occupation, Ho Chi Minh was prime minister and president of North Vietnam. There is no doubt that Ho Chi Minh had significant control over the Viet Cong, but he was not in the NLF (National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam a.k.a. Viet Cong) and was not their leader.
Truong Nhu Tang, who was one of the founders of the NLF, was the Minister of Justice and the highest leadership position during it's existence between 1960 till 1976. Ironically, Truong Nhu Tang defected to Paris two years after South Vietnam fell to communism.
2007-12-24 05:08:56 · answer #2 · answered by MojaveDan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-06 19:09:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ho Chi Minh was president of North Vietnam and General Giap was their military leader...
2007-12-21 15:17:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-01-29 06:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The VC were either RVN locals who sided with the north or sappers and sabotuers from the same. They chose their leaders from their tribes or, accepted those that slid down the Ho Chi Min trail.
Speaking of old Ho, he was their glorious overall leader. He was a hero of their war against the French and their political/spiritual leader later when we dug into the rice paddys.
Ho Chi Min... not exactly the stuff of hero worship but the VC and NVA followed his words like gospel.
2007-12-21 05:31:35 · answer #6 · answered by sincityq 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Their own leaders were wiped out along with them after the Tet Offensive, which in purely Machiavellian terms was a brilliant move by Ho Chi Minh because it destroyed both American resolve and any rivalry to North Vietnamese leadership.
2007-12-21 07:22:11 · answer #7 · answered by gravybaby 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Commandants Long Wang and Ho Chi Minh.
2007-12-21 05:28:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-12-21 05:29:35 · answer #9 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-12-21 05:28:51 · answer #10 · answered by Wounded Duck 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋