Việt Minh



"Nobody knew how the Việt Minh did good every day when the resistance war against France was a big one, but since my grandfather told me about how he fought against the Japanese during World War II in Vietnam, he also remembered how he fought against the Việt Minh back then in that war when he helped the French defeat this group before their utter defeat would've be noticed for them in Dien Bien Phu, just before Vietnam got divided into a communist north and an anti-communist south, just like that long before the Asian Crisis did this again. Well, my father didn't know that."

--Su Ji-Hoon, History Repeats Itself

Việt Minh (Vietnamese: [vîət mīŋ̟]; abbreviated from Việt Nam độc lập đồng minh, French: "Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam", English: "League for the Independence of Vietnam") was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on May 19, 1941. The Việt Nam Độc Lập Đồng Minh Hội had previously formed in Nanjing, China, at some point between August 1935 and early 1936 when Vietnamese Nationalist or other Vietnamese nationalist parties formed an anti-imperialist united front. This organization soon lapsed into inactivity, only to be revived by the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) and Hồ Chí Minh in 1941. The Việt Minh established itself as the only organized anti-French and anti-Japanese resistance group. The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for Vietnam from the French Empire. The United States supported France. When the Japanese occupation began, the Việt Minh opposed Japan with support from the United States and the Republic of China. After World War II, the Việt Minh opposed the re-occupation of Vietnam by France and later opposed South Vietnam and the United States in the Vietnam War. The political leader and founder of Việt Minh was Hồ Chí Minh. The military leadership was under the command of Võ Nguyên Giáp. Other founders were Lê Duẩn and Phạm Văn Đồng.

The Việt Minh was considered by the Communist Party of Vietnam as a form of national independence front in Vietnam, it was also known as the Việt Minh's Independent Allied Front, Việt Minh Front.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away,it mentioned to in Inkwell Isle that Nương The Coconut Candy and her Vietnamese candy people founded Việt Minh of Inkwell Isle,which named is Đường Minh after she was respected and grateful to Việt Minh as well.