Vo Nguyen Giap is a Vietnamese communist who became world famous for his role in the wars in Vietnam from 1946 to 1975. Giap has been credited for conceiving and executing the doctrine of "people's revolutionary warfare," winning the decisive battle at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 that drove ...
Born in the village of An Xa on August 25, 1911, VoNguyenGiap was the son of Võ Quang Nghiêm and Nguyễn Thị Kiên. At the age of 16, he began attending a Frenchlycéein Hue but was expelled after two years for organizing a student strike. He later attended the University o...
Dien Bien Phu, making it suppliable only by air, the French were confident of their position. They were thus taken by surprise when the Viet Minh Gen.Vo Nguyen Giapsurrounded the base with 40,000 men and used heavy artillery to break the French lines. Despite heavy U.S. aid, the base...