Ho Chi Minh's rhetorical and physical campaign against foreign domination contained both socialist and fascist elements, thus labelling him as both a communist and a nationalist. ... Ho Chi Minh was a member of varying communist groups, founded the French Communist party in 1920 and was notably a key player in the Communist Party of Vietnam, which has elements of Marxism-Leninism, thus Ho can be labelled both a communist and nationalist. ... Ho Chi Minh tried to create a socialist revolution in Vietnam aimed at the rising of the whole nation in order to overthrow the ruling French and bec...

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However; after World War Two had ended, Ho Chi Minh, (a pro-unification and independence leader of Vietnam), and his supporters the Viet Minh declared independence of France and attempted to unify the French-Vietnamese colonies. ... During this time, Ho Chi Minh had asked for the United States help in defending against the corrupt government of the south, but was refused. ... Being aided by these countries was the catalyst for Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnam adopting a communist government. The corruption in the South also formed a pro- communist group there who were supporters of Ho Chi Minh...

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