who led the movement for vietnam independence against the french
Declaration of independence and national leadership. In 1945, Ho Chi Minh, leader of the communist Viet Minh organization, declared Vietnam s independence from Japan, in a speech that invoked the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the French Revolution s Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.mong the 20th century revolutionaries, Ho Chi Minh waged the longest and in terms of human lives sacrificed, the costliest battle against European colonial power. The forces he led, fought and defeated the Japanese, the French, and finally the Americans in his fight for Vietnamese independence.