... coalition, the Viet Minh (Vietnamese League for Independence). The Viet Minh fought a guerrilla war against both the Japanese and the Vichy French forces - making the Viet Minh an ally of the ... founded in Paris in 1930 by Ho Chi Minh (b.1890- d.1969), a man from a poor family who had nevertheless been able to acquire an education in Paris. Ho Chi Minh expanded his political base in ... By delivering in public the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh and his colleagues proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, a momentous turning-point...