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On October 4, 2013, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general (Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam War) and politician, died at the age of 102. An excerpt from the article:
"Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25, 1911–October 4, 2013) was a Vietnamese general who led the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War. He later commanded the Vietnam People's Army during the Vietnam War. Giap was the deputy prime minister of Vietnam from 1955 to 1991."
"Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25, 1911–October 4, 2013) was a Vietnamese general who led the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War. He later commanded the Vietnam People's Army during the Vietnam War. Giap was the deputy prime minister of Vietnam from 1955 to 1991."
Biography of Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnamese General
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He was also the one that told Kissinger that if they hadn't stopped the bombing of the North, that they would've given in.
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Sgt Bob Leonard
No, neither Gen. Giap nor any other NVN official said that.
https://historynewsnetwork.org/blog/8232
https://www.historynet.com/general-giap-quote.htm
https://www.historynet.com/the-christmas-bombing.htm
https://historynewsnetwork.org/blog/8232
https://www.historynet.com/general-giap-quote.htm
https://www.historynet.com/the-christmas-bombing.htm
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