Vo Nguyen Giap
Historical Figure

Vo Nguyen Giap

Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)

About Vo Nguyen Giap

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.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Independence1945 CE – 1975 CE

Vietnamese Independence

Vietnam's three-decade struggle for independence and reunification: first defeating France at Dien Bien Phu (1954), then fighting the US-backed South Vietnam in a devastating war ending with North Vietnamese victory and reunification in 1975.

War1955 CE – 1975 CE

Vietnam War

A Cold War proxy conflict between North Vietnam (communist, Soviet/Chinese-backed) and South Vietnam (US-backed) that killed over 3 million people.