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In opposition to who did Ngô Đình Diệm come to support Vietnamese nationalism against?

  • Hồ Chí Minh and Bảo Đại

  • Hồ Chí Minh and Emperor Thần Thái

  • Bảo Đại and Dương Văn Minh

  • Ngô Đình Nhu and Ngô Đình Khả

Answer

Ngô Đình Diệm came to support Vietnamese nationalism in opposition to Hồ Chí Minh and Bảo Đại. Diệm was a Catholic and a strong anti-communist, and he believed that only a strong and united Vietnam could resist the threat of communism from the north. He also believed that the emperor, Bảo Đại, was a weak and ineffectual leader who was not fit to lead the country.
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