Võ Nguyên Giáp (chữ Hán: 武元甲, Vietnamese pronunciation: [vɔ̌ˀ ŋʷīən jǎːp]; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

allies, from 19 December 1946 until 21 July 1954. Việt Minh was led by Võ Nguyên Giáp and Hồ Chí Minh. Most of the fighting took place in Tonkin in Northern...

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...

particularly capable communist generals, such as Mikhail Tukhachevsky and Võ Nguyên Giáp. At the time of the Russian Revolution, the history of the French Revolution...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

revolutionary Mao Zedong, Japanese daimyō Takeda Shingen, Vietnamese general Võ Nguyên Giáp, is cited along with American military generals Douglas MacArthur and...

movement. In addition, during the anti-colonial period, he and General Võ Nguyên Giáp developed a military strategy that enabled Vietnam to defeat the Japanese...

no anti-aircraft capability. The Viet Minh, however, under General Võ Nguyên Giáp, surrounded and besieged the French. They brought in vast amounts of...

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...

Statue of Nguyen Van Thieng holding his Lunge Anti-Tank Mine at the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi, Vietnam. "General Võ Nguyên Giáp with the...

Vegetius Julius von Verdy du Vernois – 19th-century general and theorist Võ Nguyên Giáp – Vietnamese general who played a key role in the First Indochina War...

sympathetic ally to provide them with arms and logistical support. Võ Nguyên Giáp, the military leader of the Việt Minh, launched an offensive against...

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...

Henry Kissinger, South Vietnamese president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and North Vietnamese general Võ Nguyên Giáp during the Vietnam War. The interview with Kissinger...

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004 Võ, Nguyên Giáp. "Tổng tập hồi ký". Nhà xuất bản Quân Đội Nhân Dân, 2006 (Vo, Nguyen Giap. "Memoirs Collection". People's...

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...

Revolution against France in 1945. He also was one of 34 soldiers led by Võ Nguyên Giáp that met on 22 December 1944 to found the Armed Propaganda Unit for...

Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin. On 17 September 1990, General Võ Nguyên Giáp also made a trip to China and thanked the Chinese Government for its...

About Victory...Forfeited!. Dog Ear. pp. 95. ISBN 978-1-4575-6856-5. Giáp, Võ Nguyên (1964). Từ Nhân dân Mà Ra. Hanoi: People’s Army Publishing House. pp...