In December 1944, he went to the northern border of Vietnam and was responsible for establishing the "Vietnam Liberation Army Propaganda Team" (the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army). In 1945, he was elected as an alternate member of the Party Central Committee, participated in the leadership of the August Revolution, and served as chairman of the Uprising Committee. After the uprising was successful, he served as the newly established Democratic Party of Vietnam, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Chairman of the Party's Central Military Commission. During Vietnam's resistance to France and national salvation from 1945 to 1954, he served as Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army, and was elected as a member of the Central Committee and Politburo of the Vietnam Communist Party. He commanded the Vietnamese army and civilians to conduct a series of anti-French battles, especially in the decisive Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which dealt a severe blow to the French colonists, completely shattered the French army's strategic attempt to reoccupy North Vietnam, and forced France to Vietnam signed the Geneva Armistice Agreement, which completely liberated the North. Vo Nguyen Giap also gained the reputation of "The Tiger of Dien Bien Phu" in Western public opinion circles.
From September 1955 to February 1980, he served as the deputy prime minister and minister of defense of the government. He was one of the main leaders in Vietnam’s war to resist the United States and save the country. Shengli has made significant contributions; he has served as Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers since July 1981, and also serves as Chairman of the Central Education Reform Commission and Chairman of the National Population and Family Planning Commission. He is the author of "The Battle of Dien Bien Phu", "People's War and the People's Army", "On Guerrilla War" and other books.
V? Nguyên Giáp (1912-), a well-known Vietnamese general, the hero who defeated France in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, known as the "Red Napoleon". He once served as Minister of Defense and member of the Political Bureau of Vietnam.
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Born on August 25, 1911 in a landlord family in Quang Binh Province (now Binh Tri Thien Province), his ancestral home is An She Village, Ly Thuy District, Quang Binh Province. In 1926, he joined the New Vietnam Revolutionary Party. In 1930, he participated in the "anti-French colonial rule" student movement and was arrested and deported to his hometown for control. Later, he studied in the History Department of Hanoi University and obtained a bachelor's degree in law. He worked as a history teacher at Thang Long Middle School. In his spare time, he contributed articles to Labour, Izvestia and Our Voice. He also published "Peasants" with Long March. problem" writings. Joined the Communist Party of Indochina in 1938. In May 1941, the Eighth Central Committee of the First Session was held in the Bac Po forest area of ??Yuan Binh District, Cao Bang Province, and decided to establish the Vietnam Independence League, referred to as the Viet Minh. Vo Nguyen Giap was in charge of the Military Committee of the Viet Minh Headquarters. On December 22, 1944, he was responsible for organizing the "Vietnam Liberation Army Propaganda Team". Three days later, he won the first battle in Feike and Naguin in Cao Bang Province. He was appointed as a member of the Pak Chi Revolutionary Military Committee and the commander-in-chief of the Vietnam Liberation Army.
In August 1945, he was stationed in Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh. On December 19, 1946, the Anti-French War broke out, and he served as the commander-in-chief of the national army and militia and self-defense forces. By 1950, Vo Nguyen Giap had established a regular army consisting of 4 infantry divisions with a total strength of 10,000 troops. In December 1953, more than 40,000 people were gathered to attack Dien Bien Phu, and the Japanese army annihilated 16,000 French troops. In 1954, France had to sign the "Geneva Armistice Agreement" with Vietnam. Vo Nguyen Giap won the title of "Dien Bien Phu" in European and American public opinion circles "Tiger" reputation.
Voyuan Giap and his wife Nguyen Thi Quang Thai. After the Geneva Armistice Agreement came into effect in 1939, the United States replaced France to intervene in the Vietnamese battlefield and supported the Ngo Dinh Diem regime in an attempt to pacify Vietnam before the end of 1962. In 1968, the number of U.S. troops on the battlefield in Vietnam reached 540,000. At the end of January of the same year, North Vietnam launched the "Tet Offensive" of unprecedented scale. More than 80,000 North Vietnamese troops and Vietnamese guerrillas launched attacks on almost all cities in South Vietnam. In November 1969, the U.S. Air Force bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. In March 1972, Giap believed that the South Vietnamese troops were no longer fearful, so he mobilized almost all North Vietnamese military forces and launched a larger-scale "Easter Offensive". Under the strong naval and air superiority of the US military, North Vietnam's Easter Offensive ended in failure, with losses of more than 100,000 people. As a result, Vo Nguyen Giap was dismissed and replaced by Moon Tien Dung. The Easter Offensive made the United States realize that the war was no longer possible, and began to decide to get out of the long-standing quagmire. On January 27, 1973, the two sides signed an armistice agreement, and the U.S. military began to fully withdraw. On April 30, 1975, the Vietnamese People's Army liberated Saigon. , the war is over.
After the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, he served as Minister of Defense and Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers in July 1981.
Vo Nguyen Giap has a famous saying: "Every minute in the world, thousands of people die, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, tens of thousands of people die, for the sake of the revolution and the country. Unification, even if they are our compatriots, is nothing."
He is the author of "The Battle of Dien Bien Phu", "People's War and the People's Army", "On Guerrilla War" and other books.