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Yep. Kind of like that. You nudged me to looking back. These first two are interesting ones you might be interested in glancing at.

Ho Chi Minh and the OSS
http://www.historynet.com/ho-chi-minh-and-the-oss.htm

He always really was simply demanding independence. And was ruthless to that end.

Ho Chi Minh: North Vietnam Leader
http://www.historynet.com/ho-chi-minh-north-vietnam-leader.htm

The War of 1945-'46 had sorta slipped out of mind. The Viet Minh fought British, French and Indians, and Japanese, who had not been repatriated yet because of conflict, in that one.

The War in Vietnam, codenamed Operation Masterdom by the British, and also known as Nam B? kháng chi?n (English: Southern Resistance War) by the Vietnamese, was a post–World War II armed conflict involving a largely British-Indian and French task force and Japanese troops from the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, versus the Vietnamese communist movement, the Viet Minh, for control of the country, after the unconditional Japanese surrender. .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Vietnam_(1945%E2%80%9346)

Then there was Dien Bien Phu followed by the Geneva Conference of 1954, temporary division at the 17th
parallel with the promise of elections and reunification in 1956. Elections rejected by the puppet Diem
.. http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100556550 .

A deal broken because Ho Chi Minh would have won the election hands down. So to a needless, terrible war.