He traveled around the world as a ship's cook. During a 1920 stopover in France, he helped form the French Communist Party.
He traveled around the world as a ship's cook. During a 1920 stopover in France, he helped form the French Communist Party. After a World War II spying conviction, he adopted a name meaning "most enlightened one" and formed the Viet Minh. For 10 points—name this man who led the defeat of the French at Diem Bien Phu and later became president of North Vietnam.
He traveled around the world as a ship's cook. During a 1920 stopover in France, he helped form the French Communist Party.
{Ho Chi Minh} [or Nguyen Van {Thanh}]