Võ Nguyên Giáp (Vietnamese pronunciation: [vɔ̌ˀ ŋʷīən jǎːp]; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a general of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), communist...

General Võ Nguyên Giáp, who led the Viet Minh forces during the First Indochina War and the North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, died on October...

education) in Huế in Central Vietnam. His disciples, Phạm Văn Đồng and Võ Nguyên Giáp, also attended the school, as did Ngô Đình Diệm, the future President...

news of Japanese surrender. They traveled on foot with Võ Nguyên Giáp and his troops to Thái Nguyên, the French provincial capital. When guerrilla combatants...

ức Tây Nguyên (Thượng tướng Đặng Vũ Hiệp) – Nhà xuất bản Quân đội nhân dân Tổng hành dinh trong mùa xuân toàn thắng (Đại tướng Võ Nguyên Giáp) – Nhà xuất...

formation. In his memoirs, Võ Nguyên Giáp called the group the "South Vietnam National Liberation Front" (Nguyên Giáp Võ, Russell Stetler (1970). The...

parachute on 29 July. When the Deer Team arrived they were greeted by Võ Nguyên Giáp who apologised for their leader's absence as Ho Chi Minh was weak and...

allies, from 19 December 1946 until 20 July 1954. Việt Minh was led by Võ Nguyên Giáp and Hồ Chí Minh. Most of the fighting took place in Tonkin in Northern...

Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433193. Võ Nguyên Giáp, Tổng tập hồi ký, NXB QĐND, Hà Nội, 2006 (Võ Nguyên Giáp, Memoirs Collection, People's Army Publishing...

infantry and eight airborne battalions to mount a decisive operation. Võ Nguyên Giáp counterattacked with three regular divisions, two independent regiments...

between party boss Trường Chinh and President Hồ, who was supported by Võ Nguyên Giáp. This rivalry focused on the issue of land reform in the North. Lê Duẩn...

In May 2014, the school was renamed to Võ Nguyên Giáp Gifted High School, named after General Võ Nguyên Giáp, whose hometown was in Quảng Bình province...

authority and established training. Thai, subsequently, took order from Võ Nguyên Giáp to hand over the area to the local Việt Minh cadres and continued to...

revolutionary Mao Zedong, Japanese daimyō Takeda Shingen, Vietnamese general Võ Nguyên Giáp, and American military generals Douglas MacArthur and Norman Schwarzkopf...

ed, p. 584) Võ Nguyên Giáp, Big Victory, Great Task, Pall Mall Press, London (1968) Mao, op. cit. Peoples War, Peoples Army, Võ Nguyên Giáp Dan Jakopovich...

the French formed a minority. The Viet Minh, however, under General Võ Nguyên Giáp, surrounded and besieged the French. They brought in vast amounts of...

society. He started developing his ideas of the land reform together with Võ Nguyên Giáp in 1938. Both had published their work The Peasant Questions (Vấn đề...

directly promoted to the rank of General without intermediaries: Võ Nguyên Giáp (1948) and Nguyễn Chí Thanh (1959). Currently[when?], there are 2 Army Generals...

(ARVN general) Trần Văn Hai Trần Văn Trà Trình Minh Thế Văn Tiến Dũng Võ Nguyên Giáp, general. He defeated France in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Trưng Sisters...

North Vietnamese Army General Võ Nguyên Giáp to ask what happened on August 4, 1964. "Absolutely nothing", Giáp replied. Giáp confirmed that the attack had...

Đình Diệm would be listed as "Diệm, Ngô Đình" and Võ Nguyên Giáp would be listed as "Giáp, Võ Nguyên". In Vietnamese, Vietnamese names are also typically...

transport of Vietnam. He was born in Quảng Bình Province, home to general Võ Nguyên Giáp and Ngô Đình Diệm, president of the Republic of Vietnam. Born on March...

Minh was Hồ Chí Minh. The military leadership was under the command of Võ Nguyên Giáp. Other founders were Lê Duẩn and Phạm Văn Đồng. The Việt Nam Độc lập...

he rose to Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People's Army under General Võ Nguyên Giáp prior to the siege of Điện Biên Phủ in 1954. He commanded the vital...

infomercial star Võ Tánh – Vietnamese 18th century military commander Võ Nguyên Giáp – Vietnamese 20th century military commander Võ Chí Công – Communist...

president, Trần-huy-Liệu, Võ-nguyên-Giáp, Chu-văn-Tấn, Dương-đức-Hiền, Nguyễn-văn-Tố, Nguyễn-mạnh-Hà, Cù-huy-Cận, Phạm-ngọc-Thạch, Nguyễn-văn-Xuân, Vũ-trọng-Khánh...

Union troops having suffered light casualties. On 21 November, General Võ Nguyên Giáp decided to deal with the French by ordering his 304th and 312th Divisions...

1986 and both preceded and succeeded Lê Duẩn as General Secretary. Võ Nguyên Giáp was a General in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), Secretary of the...

was widely appreciated by his comrades, whom of which include general Võ Nguyên Giáp, as one of the finest commanders of the Vietnam People's Army. Lê Trọng...

in all areas of the country in which the Communist Party was active. Võ Nguyên Giáp would become the primary leader of the armed forces. 14 July Japan demanded...