As another counterfactual to build intuition: had the KMT beaten Mao in the 1940's, would there be a Communist Vietnam? Moscow sent weapons to Ho Chi Minh's a

As another counterfactual to build intuition: had the KMT beaten Mao in the 1940's, would there be a Communist Vietnam? Moscow sent weapons to Ho Chi Minh's and Pol Pot's armies via China. So it's extremely doubtful.