The aim of Việt Minh in the 1950 Border Campaign Military_operation was clearing Emptying the way between the Vietnam-China border for the supply Supply flow from the newly-formed People 's Republic of China .

In this campaign Military_operation the Việt Minh also tried to test Testing new tactics and gain Getting new experiences in a large scale battle Hostile_encounter which the Việt Minh had not previously used Using .

In this campaign Military_operation the Việt Minh also tried to test Testing new tactics and gain Getting new experiences in a large scale battle Hostile_encounter which the Việt Minh had not previously used Using .

Several units of the French army , including some battalions of the French Foreign Legion , were devastated Destroying by the Việt Minh and essentially ceased Process_end to exist Preserving as fighting units .

During the French Indochina War Military_operation ( 1945–1954 ) , French forces Military_operation attempted to re-establish Recovering colonial control Control of Vietnam , while the Vietnamese guerrilla forces Military_operation , the Việt Minh , led by Ho Chi Minh fought Hostile_encounter for independence .

During the French Indochina War Military_operation ( 1945–1954 ) , French forces Military_operation attempted to re-establish Recovering colonial control Control of Vietnam , while the Vietnamese guerrilla forces Military_operation , the Việt Minh , led by Ho Chi Minh fought Hostile_encounter for independence .

Initially the Việt Minh were unsuccessful in dealing Arranging with the better -trained and -equipped French forces Military_operation .

Võ Nguyên Giáp , the military Military_operation leader of the Việt Minh , launched Process_start an offensive Attack against the French in early 1950 .

From February to April , his operation `` Le Hong Phong I '' developed Cause_to_make_progress through the Red River Valley , largely giving Giving the Việt Minh control Control of northwestern Tonkin , near the Chinese border .

The area became Becoming a Việt Minh stronghold , except for the RC4 highway .

On 25 May , 2,500 Việt Minh troops overwhelmed Destroying the French fortress at Dong Khé , which lay Placing at the strategic center of RC4 , thus cutting Change the supply Supply line between the French positions at Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn .

Meanwhile , the Việt Minh regular army grew Cause_to_make_progress in size and experience .

On 16 September , five Việt Minh infantry and one heavy weapons battalions attacked Attack Đông Khê .

The task force launched Process_start an intelligence raid Attack , capturing Arrest prisoners who said Statement a massive Việt Minh offensive Attack was planned Arranging .

Surprised by the rapidity of the South Vietnamese collapse Conquering , North Vietnam transferred Military_operation the bulk of its northern forces Military_operation more than to the south in order to capture Control the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon in time to celebrate Social_event their late President Ho Chi Minh 's birthday and end Process_end the war .

With PAVN spearheads already entering Arriving Saigon , the South Vietnamese government , then under the leadership of Dương Văn Minh , capitulated Surrendering on 30 April 1975 .

Lon Nol was seriously concerned about the sale of large proportions of the rice crop to the National Liberation Front ( N.L.F ) for Southern Vietnam or on the Saigon black market where clandestine sales were apparently handled Hold by local Chinese middlemen who had found friends and worked in conjunction with cells of former Viet Minh sympathizers acting on behalf of the N.L.F .

The purpose of `` Steel Tiger '' was to impede Hindering the flow Motion of men and materiel on the enemy logistical routes collectively known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail ( the Truong Son Strategic Supply Route to the North Vietnamese ) .

Operation Steel Tiger , Operation Tiger Hound , and Operation Commando Hunt inevitably slowed Change_event_time the flow Motion of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong men and supplies Supply into South Vietnam and required Imposing_obligation them to divert a multitude of assets to keep the Ho Chi Minh Trail in serviceable condition , however airpower was never able to completely close Self_motion the trail during the war Hostile_encounter .

Fighting Violence between French forces Hostile_encounter and their Việt Minh opponents in the south dated from September 1945 .

The conflict pitted a range of forces , including the French Union 's French Far East Expeditionary Corps , led by France and supported Supporting by Bảo Đại 's Vietnamese National Army against the Việt Minh , led by Hồ Chí Minh and the People 's Army of Vietnam led by Võ Nguyên Giáp .

The conflict pitted a range of forces , including the French Union 's French Far East Expeditionary Corps , led by France and supported Supporting by Bảo Đại 's Vietnamese National Army against the Việt Minh , led by Hồ Chí Minh and the People 's Army of Vietnam led by Võ Nguyên Giáp .

The Chinese accepted Receiving the Vietnamese government under Hồ Chí Minh , then in power in Hanoi .

The British refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to do likewise in Saigon , and deferred Change_event_time to the French there from the outset , against the ostensible support Supporting of the Việt Minh authorities by American OSS representatives .

On V-J Day , September 2 , Hồ Chí Minh had proclaimed Statement in Hanoi the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ( DRV ) .

Hồ Chí Minh agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to negotiate the future status of Vietnam , but the talks Telling , held Defending in France , failed to produce a solution .

After over one year of latent conflict , all-out war broke out Process_start in December 1946 between French and Việt Minh forces as Hồ Chí Minh and his government went Self_motion underground .

After over one year of latent conflict , all-out war broke out Process_start in December 1946 between French and Việt Minh forces as Hồ Chí Minh and his government went Self_motion underground .

The strategy of pushing Self_motion the Việt Minh into attacking Attack well-defended bases in remote parts of the country at the end of their logistical trails was validated Check at the Battle of Nà Sản .

French armored Bearing_arms platoons , airborne units and troops delivered Military_operation by landing craft to the coast of central Annam , modern-day Vietnam , attempted to sweep Removing forces of the communist Viet Minh from the critical Route One .

Reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by paratroopers , the French and their Vietnamese allies tightened Cause_change_of_strength a net around the defending Viet Minh , but delays Change_event_time in the movement of French forces left gaps through which most of the Viet Minh guerillas , and many of the arms caches the operation was expected to seize , escaped .

Reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by paratroopers , the French and their Vietnamese allies tightened Cause_change_of_strength a net around the defending Viet Minh , but delays Change_event_time in the movement of French forces left gaps through which most of the Viet Minh guerillas , and many of the arms caches the operation was expected to seize , escaped .

From then on , the French focused Aiming on creating Creating strong fortified positions , against which Viet Minh General Giáp could pit his forces , culminating in Operation Castor and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu .

With the French forces withdrawn Escaping from the operation by the late summer of 1953 , Viet Minh Regiment 95 re-infiltrated Route One and resumed Process_start ambushes Attack of French convoys , retrieving weapons caches missed by the French forces .

This action was taken within Laos due to the location of North Vietnam 's expanding logistical corridor known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail ( the Truong Son Road to the North Vietnamese ) , which ran from southwestern North Vietnam , through southeastern Laos , and into South Vietnam .

The purpose of the operation was to interdict the flow Motion of People 's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ) supplies Supply on the Ho Chi Minh Trail ( the Truong Son Strategic Supply Supply Route to the North Vietnamese ) from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ( North Vietnam ) , through southeastern Laos , and into the northern provinces of the Republic of Vietnam ( South Vietnam ) .

The city was renamed Name_conferral Hồ Chí Minh City , after the late North Vietnamese President Hồ Chí Minh .

The city was renamed Name_conferral Hồ Chí Minh City , after the late North Vietnamese President Hồ Chí Minh .

Before dawn on January 30 , 1964 , General Nguyễn Khánh ousted Change_of_leadership the military junta led by General Dương Văn Minh from the leadership of South Vietnam without firing a shot .

It came less than three months after Minh 's junta had themselves come to power in a bloody coup against then President Ngô Đình Diệm .

The coup was bloodless and took Conquering less than a few hours—after power had been seized Hold Minh 's aide and bodyguard , Major Nguyễn Văn Nhung was arrested Process_end and summarily executed .

During the three months of his rule , Minh , his civilian Prime Minister Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ , and his leading military colleagues , Generals Trần Văn Đôn and Lê Văn Kim , attempted Hold to defeat Conquering the National Liberation Front ( Viet Cong ) non-militarily .

Khánh and his fellow plotters exploited this to spread rumors that Minh 's junta was about to make a deal with Hanoi and then gained the support of the US , most notably through the chief of military forces in Vietnam , General Paul Harkins , who supported Diệm and opposed Minh 's November coup .

Khánh and his fellow plotters exploited this to spread rumors that Minh 's junta was about to make a deal with Hanoi and then gained the support of the US , most notably through the chief of military forces in Vietnam , General Paul Harkins , who supported Diệm and opposed Minh 's November coup .

Khánh grudgingly decided Deciding to keep Minh as a figurehead chief of state while maintaining real power in his hands as Minh was popular within the army and the Americans wanted a show of unity to be maintained Statement .

Khánh grudgingly decided Deciding to keep Minh as a figurehead chief of state while maintaining real power in his hands as Minh was popular within the army and the Americans wanted a show of unity to be maintained Statement .

The North Vietnamese Army occupied Control the area to use Using for its Ho Chi Minh Trail supply corridor and as staging area for offensives into South Vietnam .

This flight number was used Using for many years on Northwest Airlines ' Los Angeles-Tokyo-Ho Chi Minh City route .

The conflict emerged Coming_to_be from the First Indochina War against the communist-led Viet Minh .

North Vietnam had also entered Arriving Laos in the mid-1950s in support of insurgents , setting up the Ho Chi Minh trail to supply and reinforce the Việt Cộng and increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in 1960 .