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  2. Georges Clemenceau - Wikipedia

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    A further misfortune occurred in the Panama affair, as Clemenceau's relations with the businessman and politician Cornelius Herz led to his being included in the general suspicion. [12] In response to accusations of corruption levelled by the nationalist politician Paul Déroulède , Clemenceau fought a duel with him on 23 December 1892.

  3. Clemenceau family - Wikipedia

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    The Clemenceau family is a French Protestant family originating from the Vendée. This family has produced notable physicians and politicians, including Georges Clemenceau , who served multiple times as a minister and as President of the Council of Ministers from 1917 to 1920.

  4. Truong Tien Bridge - Wikipedia

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    In 1897, French engineering company Schneider, Cie, and Letellier team was assigned by the French Resident Superior in Central Vietnam to design and build the bridge. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The project was completed at an estimated cost of 732,456 Francs, with the groundbreaking ceremony taking place in May 1899 and the inauguration on December 18, 1900.

  5. Chief of the General Staff (Vietnam) - Wikipedia

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    The Chief of the General Staff (alternatively the General Chief of Staff; Vietnamese: Tổng Tham mưu trưởng) is the chief of staff of the General Staff of the People's Army of Vietnam. The Chief of the General Staff performs the task of advising the Minister of Defense in terms of state management and military command, by that practically ...

  6. French Indochina - Wikipedia

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    French–Vietnamese relations started during the early 17th century with the arrival of the Jesuit missionary Alexandre de Rhodes.Around this time, Vietnam had only just begun its "Southward"—"Nam Tiến", the occupation of the Mekong Delta, a territory being part of the Khmer Empire and to a lesser extent, the kingdom of Champa which they had defeated in 1471.

  7. Trình Minh Thế - Wikipedia

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    General Trình Minh Thế. Trình Minh Thế (1920 [1] – 3 May 1955) was a Vietnamese nationalist and Cao Dai military leader during the end of the First Indochina War and the beginning of the Vietnam War. [2] [3]

  8. Võ Nguyên Giáp - Wikipedia

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    Võ Nguyên Giáp (chữ Hán: 武 元 甲, Vietnamese pronunciation: [vɔ̌ˀ ŋʷīən jǎːp]; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Giáp led Vietnamese communist forces to victories in wars against Japan, France, South ...

  9. General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army - Wikipedia

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    During the existence of the General Headquarters of the Vietnam People's Army (Bộ Tổng tư lệnh Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam), which had been the supreme commanding organ of the armed forces from 1946 to 1975, the General Staff was directly under the General Headquarters and acted as staff of the General Headquarters according to ...