The Ho Chi Minh Trail


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

The Ho Chi Minh Trail

Ho Chi Minh: Ho chi minh had a chance to meet Russian leaders including Lenin. After spending about 30 years abroad in America, Europe, China and Thailand, Ho Chi Minh returned to Vietnam in May,1941. Ho Chi Minh studied in French school which produced great leaders like NGO Dinh Diem, Vo Nguyen Giap and Phan Van Dong. When Japan occupied Vietnam in 1941, he resumed contact with Indo-Chinese Communist Party leaders and helped to find a new communist dominated independent movement, popularly known as Vietminh that fought the Japanese.

Ho Chi Minh officially stepped down from power in 1955, due to ill health, but remained the inspirational figure for Vietnamese for a United Communist Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh died on 3rd September, 1969.   

The Ho Chi Minh Trait: Vietnamese had to carry out a long struggle for independence — first against France, then against Japan and lastly against USA. The Ho Chi Minh trail symbolises how the Vietnamese used their limited resources to advantages. This trail was an immense network of footpaths and roads and was used to transport men and materials from the North to South Vietnam. The trail had support of the bases and hospitals. The Vietnamese porters, which were mainly women, deserve all praises for their great -sacrifice in carrying 25 kilos weight on their backs or about 70 kilos on their bicycles. Most of the trail was outside Vietnam in neighboring countries like Laos and Cambodia with branch lines extending into South Vietnam. The US regularly bombed this trail trying to disrupt supplies. If any line to trail was broken, it was repaired immediately and the supply line maintained as ever.

 
 


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