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The National flag is flown at half-staff in front the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum during Võ Nguyên Giáp's state funeral.. General Võ Nguyên Giáp, who led the Viet Minh forces during the First Indochina War and the North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, died on October 4, 2013, after a long stay at the 108 Hospital in Hanoi.
Võ Nguyên Giáp was born on 25 August 1911 (or 1912 according to some sources [16]) in Quảng Bình Province, Annam, French Indochina. [17] Giáp's father and mother, Võ Quang Nghiêm and Nguyễn Thị Kiên, [18] worked the land, rented some to neighbours, and lived a relatively comfortable life.
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It was not until January 20, 1948, that Commander-in-Chief of the National Army and militia and self-defense militia Võ Nguyên Giáp was the first to be conferred this rank. 1958 rank insignia The rank of General was again redefined with the Law on Service Regulations of Officers of the Vietnam People's Army dated May 31, 1958.
Võ Nguyên Giáp went on to become the first full general of the PAVN on 28 May 1948, and famous for leading the PAVN in victory over French forces at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and being in overall command against U.S. backed South Vietnam at the Liberation of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
The Battle of the Day River (French: bataille du Day) took place between late May and early June 1951, around the Day River Delta in the Gulf of Tonkin.Part of the First Indochina War, the battle was the first conventional campaign of Võ Nguyên Giáp, and saw his Việt Minh People's Army of Vietnam (VPA) forces tackle the Catholic-dominated region of the Delta in order to break its ...
Võ Nguyên Giáp, Tổng tập hồi ký, NXB QĐND, Hà Nội, 2006 (Võ Nguyên Giáp, Memoirs Collection, People's Army Publishing House, Hanoi, 2006) Lịch sử Sư đoàn bộ binh 312 , NXB Quân đội nhân dân, Hà Nội, 2001 ( History of the 312nd Infantry Division , People's Army Publishing House, Hanoi, 2001)
Võ Nguyên Giáp, the military leader of the Việt Minh, launched an offensive against the French in early 1950. From February to April, his operation Le Hong Phong I developed through the Red River Valley , largely giving the Việt Minh control of northwestern Tonkin , near the Chinese border.