The role the Viet Minh’s leadership played in the defeat of the French in the first Indochina War can be identified by examining several relevant pieces of information. Firstly the personal strength of the three key figures leading the Viet Minh, secondly the weakness of the French both in Indochina and domestically combined with their use of unsound, badly thought-out tactics. This was coupled with the large scale support of the Viet Minh by …showed first 75 words of 1621 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1621 total…this either financially or politically, given the reaction back at home. Even though the French were weak, even though the Chinese supported the Viet Minh and even though there was a breakdown in colonialism the leadership of the Viet Minh was a significant factor in their success. The leaders had to take advantage of all these factors and sacrifice their lives for a nationalist movement in order to achieve their dream of a communist Vietnam.