Vo Nguyen Giap (1911 - 4 October 2013) General in the Vietnam People's Army and politician. He first grew to prominence during World War II, where he served as the military leader of the Viet Minh resistance against the Japanese occupation of Vietnam. Giap was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War (1946-54) and the Vietnam War (1960-1975). He participated in the following historically significant battles: Lang Son (1950), Hoa Binh (1951-52), Dien Bien Phu (1954), the Tet Offensive (1968), the Easter Offensive (1972), and the final Ho Chi Minh Campaign (1975).

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