Vietnam's General Vo Nguyen Giap dies
 

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Paul Adams looks back at Vo Nguyen Giap's life

Vo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese general who masterminded victories against France and the US, has died aged 102.

His defeat of French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 effectively ended French colonial rule in the region.

He was North Vietnam's defence minister at the time of the Tet Offensive against American forces in 1968, often cited as a key campaign that led to the Americans' withdrawal.

Gen Giap also published a number of works on military strategy.

He was born into a peasant family in the central Quang Binh province of what was then French Indochina.
Paul Adams looks back at Vo Nguyen Giap's life

Vo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese general who masterminded victories against France and the US, has died aged 102.

His defeat of French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 effectively ended French colonial rule in the region.

He was North Vietnam's defence minister at the time of the Tet Offensive against American forces in 1968, often cited as a key campaign that led to the Americans' withdrawal.

Gen Giap also published a number of works on military strategy.

He was born into a peasant family in the central Quang Binh province of what was then French Indochina.
:thumbsup:thumbsup good 1 great hero vo nguyen giap

He looks like Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin nowadays

102! :1orglaugh :1orglaugh damn

Don't think Jimmy Page is 102 yet... :)

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Responsible for many unnecessary deaths and suffering too.

:stoned

ADG

fear is a great tool

That would describe US gov leaders since 1945 as well.

The Tet Offensive? LOL. That was a surprise attack during a ceasefire that failed. It might have been a turning point for the general public in the US and our perception of the war, which in part lead to the US pulling out of Vietnam, but it was a massive defeat for the communists.