Việt Minh
| History | Situation | Gameplay |
The Việt Minh, also known as the League for the Independence of Vietnam (Việt Nam độc lập đồng minh Hội) is an independence movement active in the Empire of Vietnam. Previously fighting against French colonial rule, they have since shifted their struggle against Japanese hegemony, wishing to create a socialist Vietnamese state outside the Japanese sphere of influence.
It borders Yunnan Province to the northwest, the Guangxi Clique to the northeast, and their enemy, the Empire of Vietnam, to the east, west, and south.
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| 20 Years of Resistance |
The Viet Minh have been around for nearly twenty years at this point, and in that time it has cemented itself as the premier anti-Japanese resistance organization in Vietnam. It has outlasted its Chinese comrades, having endured the worst of the Japanese where they unfortunately scattered. The Viet Minh has repulsed successive Japanese attacks, endured through Thai savagery, and still remains a force to be reckoned with within Indochina. So long as imperialism and reaction remain on the Indochinese Peninsula, the Viet Minh shall last for another twenty years. |
| Victory In Lang Son |
The Viet Minh dealt its first offensive victory against the Japanese with the Summer-Autumn Border Campaign, devised by Vo Nguyen Giap with the assistance of Ye Jianying. In a matter of weeks, VM forces defeated the Fifth Division of the 38th Army, taking the city of Lang Son and forcing a retreat to Hon Gai. This stunning victory has shocked both the Japanese and the Vietnamese public, who now have turned against the imperial government for their handling of the crisis. And while the government falls apart, the Viet Minh have already begun moving to expand and further undermine both Empires of Japan and Vietnam. |