Trương Định
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Trương Định, sometimes known as Trương Công Định, was a mandarin in the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam under Emperor Tự Đức. He is best known for leading a guerrilla army in southern Vietnam against French
Portrait of Truong Dinh, by a later 19th century anonymous artist
Nguyễn Trung Trực, another leader in the resistance movement
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Tomb of Trương Định in Gò Công, Tiền Giang, Vietnam
Nguyễn Trung Trực
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Nguyễn Trung Trực, born Nguyễn Văn Lịch, was a Vietnamese fisherman who organized and led village militia forces which fought against French colonial forces in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam in
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…Tân Hòa sub-prefecture in the Gò Công area. Tan Hoa was an ideal location for a resistance base. It was close to newly formed resistance groups led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, Tran Xuan Hoa and others in the Gò Công and Mỹ Tho area, yet was also close to Saigon. In February of that year, the French besieged the citadel of…
Statue of Nguyễn Trung Trực in front of a shrine dedicated to him in Rạch Giá.