Why the Voetnamese are so fiercely nationalistic.

Why the Vietnamese are so fiercely nationalistic.

Conclusion

• Fighting for independance since before 40 AD
• Often would gain independance for short time, then be invaded by larger more powerful country
• Ememies often were ruthless and showed no compassion towards the Vietnamese people. This in turn made the people of Vietnam tougher then outsiders expected
• The peeople of Vietnam have been patient in their search for indapendance, in the end they gained what they were after and they are now a prospering country

Ho's Independence Movement

Ho Chi Minh

-In 1941 Ho returned to Vietnam to lead the Viet Minh independence movement. the "men in black" were a a 10,000 member guerrilla force that operated with the Viet Minh. Ho was the overseer of military actions aginst the French and the Japanese suring WWII and again aginst the French in their reoccupation of the countrty.

-After the August Revoloution, which was orginized by the Viet Minh, Ho became chairman of the Provisional Government and issued a Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This new government was not recoginized by any country.

-In 1946 when Ho traveled outside the country, about 2500 non-communist nationalists were jailed and another 6000 were forced to flee. Many of these were rival political leaders, notably members of the Fational party of Vietnam and the Dia Viet National Party, after a failed attempt to raise a coup aginst the Viet Minh.

-After forming the communist party in France he spent much of his time in Moscow. In 1923 he began to study at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East.

-In 1932 (after Chiang Kai-shek's anti communist coup in 1927) he was arrested in Hong Kong after living in exile in a number of different places. It was announced that he had died to reduce French pressure on the extradition.

-In 1938, after living in Moscow, he returned to China and served as an advisor with the Chinese Communist armed forces.

Yen Bai Rebellion

Ho Chi Minh

-The Yen Bai rebellion was an uprising of Vietnamese soilders in the French colonial army. The goal of the revolt was to inspire the general population to rise aginst the French regime and fight for their indpendence.

-Shortly after midnight on 10 February, around 50 Vietnamese soilders, stationed at the Yen Bai garrison, turned on their French officers with the help of about 60 civilians who invaded the camp from the outside. Within 24 hours the mutinay failed. Most of the Vietnamese soilders refused to rebel and stayed loyal to their French officers.

-The mutinay did spark some other smaller attacks on French camps across the region but none were sucessful.

-Born on 19 May, 1890, in the village of Hoàng Trù. He had 3 sibilings, one of who was a clerk in the French army. As a young boy, he studied vigorously under his father, a Confucian schloar. He quickly mastered chinese writing.

-He came to the US in 1911 as a cook's help on a ship. he lived in Harlem, NY, and boston from 1912-1913. He eventually worked for GM as a line manager. He came into contact with Korean nationalists while in the US which may have helped devolpe his political outlook.

-From 1919-1923 he lived in France.This is where he began to exparament with communisim. He petitioned for the freedom of his home country and its people at the Versailles peace talks after WWI. in 1920 he bacame a founding member of the Parti Communiste Français.

Thesis

The Vietnamese are so fiercely nationalistic because they have been struggling to gain their independence for so long

Battle of Bạch Đằng

-A fierce battle between Đại Việt and the invading army of the Yuan Dynasty.

-The invading armys had been suffering a severe food shortage. The Vietnamese harassed the invading army and caused it to split into two and retreat.

-They retreated along the Bạch Đằng river. Đại Việt's troops were engeged in battle and the invaders pretended to retreat. The invaders pursued Đại Việt's troops only to be led into a planned out battlefield, an ambush. Thousands of Đại Việt's small boats appeared and suprised the enemy and broke their formation. The invaders jumped down the banks to evade the large force only to be ambushed again by two large forces of Vietnamese. The enemy attempeted to retreat in a panic but were tracked down and defeated.

-The invader's supply fleet was totally destroyed and their leader captuerd.

-This is considered one of the greatest Vietnamese military victroies of all time.

The Trung Sisters

-In about 17-18AD the sisters were born, in Northern Vietnam, into a military family. Their father was a perfect of Mê Linh, therefore, the sisters grew up in a house well versed in martial arts.

-In 111 BC, China invaded Vietnam. Their armys

occupying many villeges in the country. The Chinese rule was growing extremely exacting and demanding of the Vietnamese people. Thi Sách, Trưng Trắc's husband, made a stand aginst the chinese occupation. The Chinese, whos warning to anyone else who dared stand up for their freedom, exacuted Thi Sách. His death enraged his wife who voued to upkeep his cause.

-In 39 AD Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị assembeled a large army consisting mostly of women. Within a couple of months they had taken back many of the citadels from the Chinese and had liberated Nam Việt. they became the queens of the country and, for almost three years, repelled Chinese attempts to take back the country.

-The Chinese then gathered a very large army and crushed the native fighters.

Citation

Trung Sisters

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trung_sisters
• http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine10.html
• http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/trung.html

Battle of Bạch Đằng

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_B%E1%BA%A1ch_%C4%90%E1%BA%B1ng_(1288)

Yen Bai Mutiny

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yen_Bai_mutiny

Ho Chi Minh

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh
• http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/ho-chi-minh/biography.htm