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COMMANDER // 1911–2013

Võ Nguyên Giáp

four-star rankVietnamVietnam12 battles3 wars

Lifespan

1911 – 2013

1925195019752000First Indochina War · 1946-1954Vietnam War · 1955–1975 broad period; major U.S. combat 1965–1973Cambodian–Vietnamese War · 1977-1991Battle of Dong Khe — September 15, 1950 · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · First Indochina WarBattle of Route Coloniale 4 — October 18, 1950 · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · First Indochina WarBattle of Hoa Binh — November 10, 1951 · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · First Indochina WarBattle of Mao Khe — January 1, 1951 · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · First Indochina WarBattle of the Day River — June 18, 1951 · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · First Indochina WarBattle of Vinh Yen — January 1, 1951 · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · First Indochina WarBattle of Na San — November 23, 1952 · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · First Indochina WarBattle of Dien Bien Phu — March 13, 1954 · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · First Indochina WarKhe Sanh — Jan–Jul 1968 · Viet Cong · Vietnam WarTet Offensive — 1968 · North Vietnam · Vietnam WarFall of Saigon — April 30, 1975 · North Vietnam · Vietnam WarVietnamese border raids in Thailand — January 1, 1979 · Vietnam · Cambodian–Vietnamese War

Active service 1950–1979 — 12 battles across 3 wars; first command at age 39.

Profile

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, Giáp led Vietnamese communist military forces to victory in the decades long Indochina wars. Giáp was the military commander of the Việt Minh and the People's Army from 1941 to 1972, minister of defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1946–1947 and from 1948 to 1980, and deputy prime minister from 1955 to 1991. He was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

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Battles (12)

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