Dong Minh Hoi

Formed in China by Vietnamese nationalists while Vichy France and Japan controlled French Indochina, the Dong Minh Hoi (Viet Nam Revolutionary League, or Viet Nam Cach Menh Dong Minh Hoi) was created in October 1942. Its coalition included members of the VNQDD, Viet Minh and groups, such as the Phuc Quoc, which were pro-Japanese but still nationalists. There were actually two groups with this name: this anti-Japanese coalition, and a postwar pro-Chinese political party in Vietnam.

Initially, it was under a nationalist with Kuomintang relationships, Nguyen Hai Than. The Allies, including China, expected intelligence information from the Dong Minh Hoi, but only the Viet Minh actually had operating cells in Indochina. Ho Chi Minh, therefore, was freed from Chinese imprisonment in 1943, and given control of the Dong Minh Hoi.