Võ Nguyên Giáp
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 25, 1911
- Place of birth
- Lệ Thủy, Vietnam
- Died
- October 4, 2013
Biography
Võ Nguyên Giáp (25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general in the Vietnam People's Army and a politician. Giap is considered one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century. 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 (1960–75), participating in several historically significant battles: Lạng Sơn (1950), Hòa Bình (1951–52), Điện Biên Phủ (1954), the Tết Offensive (1968), the Easter Offensive (1972), and the final Ho Chi Minh Campaign (1975). His leadership is the most respected by Vietnamese/French people.
Movies with Võ Nguyên Giáp
- A Grin Without a Cat 1977 · ★ 8.0
- From Hollywood to Hanoi 1993 · ★ 8.0
- The General And Me 2017
- Hồ Chí Minh - Portrait of A Man 1990
- Hommage à Ho Chi Minh 1970
- Beijing's Cards 1979
- Incendiaries from the Celestial Empire 1979
- '68 - Reality's Utopia 2006