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Giap, Vo Nguyen (vô nəwē`ĕn jäp), 1911–, soldier and government official of North Vietnam and later of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. A nationalist, he joined the Vietnamese Communist party in the 1930s, later joining Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh (hô chē mĭn)
..... Click the link for more information. in China. Giap helped to organize the Viet Minh Viet Minh (vēĕt` mĭn), officially Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh
..... Click the link for more information. forces, fighting to oust the Japanese in World War II and the French after the war; he became commander of the Viet Minh in 1946. A master of guerrilla warfare, he was credited with the defeat of the French at Dienbienphu Dienbienphu or Dien Bien Phu (dyĕn`byĕn`f
..... Click the link for more information. (1954) and later directed the strategy of the North in the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam.
..... Click the link for more information. , notably in the 1968 Tet offensive Tet offensive, 1968, a series of crucial battles in the Vietnam War . On Jan. 31, 1968, the first day of the celebration of the lunar new year, Vietnam's most important holiday, the Vietnamese Communists launched a major offensive throughout South Vietnam.
..... Click the link for more information. . In addition to his position as commander in chief, Giap was also deputy prime minister and minister of defense. He resigned from defense in 1980 and was dropped from the politburo in 1982, but remained deputy prime minister until 1991.

Bibliography

See his Military Art of People's War: Selected Writings, ed. by R. Stetler (1970); R. J. O'Neill, General Giap (1969); C. B. Currey, Victory at Any Cost (1997).