Ho+Chi+Minh

[[image:hochiminh.gif align="right"]]Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese leader during the 20th century. After WWI, Ho attempted to recieve an audience with Woodrow Wilson for Vietnamese "self-determination." He was denied because Wilson wanted self determination for whites only. The Soviets offered Ho military support if he became communist. Under the leadership of Ho, the Vietnamese expelled the French colonizers at the battle of Dien Bien Phu. Vietnam was divided into a Communist Soviet supported North Vietnam and a Nationalist U.S. supported South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh's Vietcong eventually overtook South Vietnam after U.S. troops pulled out (ending the Vietnam Conflict). He died in 1969 unknowing of the outcome of the conflict with the U.S. Created by Anna Mack, Joe Hampton, and Hampton Webb.