Việt Minh (; abbreviated from
Việt Nam Độc Lập Đồng Minh Hội, English "
League for the Independence of Vietnam") was a
national independence coalition formed at
Pác Bó on May 19, 1941. The
Việt Nam Độc Lập Đồng Minh Hội had previously formed in
Nanjing, China, at some point between August 1935 and early 1936 when the non-communist Vietnamese Nationalist of other Vietnamese nationalist parties formed an anti-imperialist united front. This organization soon lapsed into inactivity, only to be revived by the ICP and
Ho Chi Minh in 1941. The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for
Vietnam from the
French Empire. The United States supported France. When the
Japanese occupation began, the Việt Minh opposed Japan with support from the United States and the
Republic of China. After World War II, the Việt Minh opposed the re-occupation of Vietnam by France and later opposed
South Vietnam and the United States in the
Vietnam War.
