Võ Nguyên Giáp
Known for
Acting
Born
August 25, 1911
Birthplace
Lệ Thủy, Vietnam
Died
October 4, 2013 (aged 102)
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 leadersh...
Best known work
The Vietnam War
2017
A Grin Without a Cat
1977
Decolonisation
2020
From Hollywood to Hanoi
1993
The General And Me
2017
Hồ Chí Minh - Portrait of A Man
1990Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
1970Beijing's Cards
1979Incendiaries from the Celestial Empire
1979Filmography
2020
2017
2017
The General And Meas Self
1993
From Hollywood to Hanoias Self
1990
1979
Incendiaries from the Celestial Empireas Self (archive footage)
1979
Beijing's Cardsas Self (archive footage)
1977
A Grin Without a Catas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970
Hommage à Ho Chi Minhas Self