Vo Nguyen Giap

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general historian human military commander politician

Vo Nguyen Giap was a Vietnamese general and military strategist renowned for leading North Vietnamese forces to key victories over French and later U.S.-backed South Vietnamese forces in the mid-20th century.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Võ Nguyên Giáp	2
Vo Nguyen Giap (strategic planning role)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	general ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ politician ⓘ
awardReceived	Gold Star Order ⓘ Ho Chi Minh Order ⓘ
commanded	People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ Viet Minh ⓘ surface form: Viet Minh forces
countryOfCitizenship	Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
countryOfDeath	Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
dateOfBirth	1911-08-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2013-10-04 ⓘ
educatedAt	Vietnam National University, Hanoi ⓘ surface form: University of Indochina
familyName	Vo ⓘ
fullName	Vo Nguyen Giap self-link ⓘ
givenName	Giap ⓘ
ideology	Vietnamese nationalism ⓘ communism ⓘ
knownFor	defeat of French forces at Dien Bien Phu ⓘ leadership in the First Indochina War ⓘ leadership in the Vietnam War ⓘ strategy of people's war ⓘ
languageSpoken	Vietnamese ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Communist Party of Vietnam ⓘ
militaryBranch	People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
militaryRank	Army General ⓘ General ⓘ
nativeName	Vo Nguyen Giap self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Võ Nguyên Giáp
notableIdea	people's war ⓘ protracted warfare ⓘ
notableWork	On Protracted War ⓘ surface form: People's War, People's Army
occupation	journalist ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ teacher ⓘ
participantIn	Battle of Dien Bien Phu ⓘ Border Campaign of 1950 ⓘ Easter Offensive ⓘ First Indochina War ⓘ Tet Offensive ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
placeOfBirth	French Indochina ⓘ Le Thuy District ⓘ Quang Binh Province ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Hanoi ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People's Army ⓘ Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam ⓘ Minister of National Defence of Vietnam ⓘ
religion	atheism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Dang Bich Ha ⓘ
workedAs	history teacher ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mai Dich Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ

Battle of Hue → combatantCommander → Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ

this entity surface form: Võ Nguyên Giáp

First Indochina War → commandedBy → Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ

Battle of Dien Bien Phu → commander → Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ

Tet Offensive → commander → Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vo Nguyen Giap (strategic planning role)

Vo Nguyen Giap → fullName → Vo Nguyen Giap self-link ⓘ

August Revolution in Vietnam → keyFigure → Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ

Vietnam War → majorCommander → Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ

Vo Nguyen Giap → nativeName → Vo Nguyen Giap self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Võ Nguyên Giáp

Viet Minh → notableLeader → Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ

August General Uprising → participant → Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ