Ho Chi Minh Returned to Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh Returned to Vietnam ~ One of the most beautiful places in Vietnam is also one of the least visited. The area around Cao Bang, northeast of Hanoi, near the border with China, is filled with impressive mountains and forests, pristine lakes, historic caves and most beautiful waterfalls in the country. It is also an area of ​​great historical importance and home to an independent Vietnam.

After the Japanese invaded Southeast Asia, Ho Chi Minh decided it was time to return to Vietnam and seek freedom of French. He had been in exile for over 30 years, had sought independence from France in Paris, where he was not recognized, had formed the Vietnamese Communist Party, had jumped ship in 1913 to live in the United States and gained a lot of valuable information about the people and governments. "Colonialism generates cruelty."

In 1940, he knew the French Vichy government, in collaboration with the Nazi government, would allow the Japanese to invade Vietnam without a fight. The Japanese then attack the British and Americans and war with them would be declared. When this happened Ho might gain a new ally, the United States. There, sleeping on a bed of twigs and grass, he began his long struggle for independence.

Building a guerrilla base in the region
Establish yourself as the leader of the Vietnamese people
Start training 50 guerrillas at a time and send them to train others
Develop villages forces, countries, provinces

Having built his first small force, he traveled to China to offer Chaing Kai-Shek-aid. Although his army was small he felt it was a good time to establish relations with allies. Meanwhile, his friends Pham Van Dong and Vo Nguyen Giap stayed busy expanding the Communist Party and build the Vietnamese army. Of all the Vietnamese leaders, Giap probably had more reason to hate the French as anyone.

In 1944, Giap was 33 years, 20 years younger than Ho, and people said he never smiled. People knew him as an intelligent man of action. He studied continuously campaigns of Napoleon and understood the teachings of Clausewitz and had studied in a guerrilla war emerged in China. He returned with Ho to Pac Bo cave with 40men and their families.

Giap was born into a family of French militants. His father died in prison. His sister died shortly after being released from prison. His brother-in-law was arrested after a visit to Russia, condemned to death and shot. Giap studied their graduation exams in prison, then to law school, but failed to pass the bar. Ho chance to Chi Minh City to work with the Americans came when Lieutenant Randolph Shaw experienced engine problems in his airplane over Vietnam and bailed. Some of Giaps soldiers "brought to Ho.

Ho realized it was his chance to make contact with the Americans and he personally escorted Shaw to China. Ho refused money to save Shaw and he waited patiently to be contacted coffee Dragon Gate. What he wanted was American recognition for its Independence League, medicine and arms. An agreement was soon worked and Major Allison Thompson and several soldiers returned with Ho in Vietnam to establish an American unit called the Deer team.

Ho moved from the cave to the small village of Tan Trao near the capital of the province of Thai Nguyen. More soldiers arrived for the Deer team including a doctor named Paul Hoagland. Ho was soon back on his feet and ready to resume work. In a bit of irony, it is possible that the American saved the life of Vietnam leader.

Major Thompson and his small American force to help General Giap train a specialized force of 200 Vietnamese. Together they attacked and beat the Japanese to Thai Nguyen. With this victory Giap had the confidence to start a general uprising throughout Vietnam. Ho and Thompson parted as good friends and waiting for a long relationship, support and friendship between the two countries.

Today, tourists can visit the cave of Ho Chi Minh at Pac Bo. The main town of the region is Cao Bang, 168 miles from Hanoi, where most visitors stay. Cave Ho (Water Wheel Cave) is not the only piece of history near the town. Ban Gioc fifty miles of the city is the most beautiful waterfall in Vietnam and separate the country from China. The falls are wide and soft form of pools. For history and culture, Cao Bang is the place to visit. The people are friendly and the prices are not inflated.