Văn Tiến Dũng
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Văn Tiến Dũng was a Vietnamese general in the People's Army of Vietnam, PAVN chief of staff; PAVN commander in chief; member of the Central Military–Party Committee and Socialist Republic of Vietnam d
Dũng in 1954
Võ Nguyên Giáp
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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
Văn Tiến Dũng
…the newly formed Brigade 320. By November 1953, during the First Indochina War, he rose to Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People's Army under General Võ Nguyên Giáp prior to the siege of Điện Biên Phủ in 1954. He commanded the vital Tri-Thien-Hue Front during the 1972 Easter Offensive, replacing his mentor as PAVN…
Giáp in c. 1950s
Võ Nguyên Giáp and Ho Chi Minh in 1945
Võ Nguyên Giáp attending the ceremony establishing two naval squadrons – the first naval units of the Vietnamese People's Navy, 1954.
D67 in Hanoi Citadel was the military headquarters of General Giáp during the war