Posted by Christopher Buyers However, it is true that the allies did support the Communists in the North, becaue they were the only ones actually fighting the Japanese. Most of the aid came via the China, then largely bankrolled by the US. The Chinese nationalist army was supposed to be the occupying force in the North, while the British were to be so in the South, before both handed over to the French. Uncle Ho paid off the nationalists with a huge bribe to induce them to leave early without handing over to the French, and took over quite easily in their wake. --Previous Message--
(regiment) on 5/8/2007, 9:52:36, in reply to "Vietnam and the US"
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It would be more correct to say that Japan declared Vietnam "independent" "during" WWII.
: In the article below, it says that Emperor Bao
: Dai declared Vietnam's independence from
: France after WWII, but that the nation was
: weak due to the Communist attacks. It also
: says that the Communists had been supported
: by USA. Is that true?
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