Vietnamese Independence League

Also known as Viet Minh, Việt Minh

Vietnamese independence movement active from 1941 to 1951

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The Vietnamese Independence League was an organized political and military movement that fought for Vietnam's independence from 1941 to 1951, during a period when the country was seeking to break free from colonial rule. This movement was significant because it represented a crucial chapter in Vietnam's struggle for self-determination and sovereignty during the mid-20th century.

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The Việt Minh ( Vietnamese: [vîət mīŋ̟] , chữ Hán: 越盟), officially the League for Independence of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh or Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh Hội, chữ Hán: 越南獨立同盟(會); French: Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam), was a communist-led national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Ho Chi Minh on 19 May 1941. Also known as the Việt Minh Front (Mặt trận Việt Minh), it was established by the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) as a united front to achieve Vietnamese independence, the first step in a communist revolutionary project. With the collapse of Japanese authority at the close of World War II, the front moved swiftly to proclaim the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), the predecessor of today's Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Việt Minh and allies extended controlled territories in early 1954 The ICP presented the Viet Minh as a broad-based coalition comprising various political groups. Accommodation of noncommunists, including the colonial-trained bureaucracy and officials of the Empire of Vietnam, initially helped bring the Viet Minh to power in 1945, but it also blunted the communist core's ability to implement radical socioeconomic policies. After 1950, with the recognition and assistance of communist China and the Soviet Union, the party purged remaining bourgeois elements.