The Military 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Military Leaders of All TimeThis study emphasizes "influential" military commanders. These figures represent the broadest range of endeavor and accomplishment. The list consists of both liberators and conquerors, those known for their weapons, inventions, and those known for philosophizing and planning the art of war. |
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... Vo Nguyen Giap achieved the independence and unification of the Socialist Re- public of Vietnam despite the efforts of the Japanese , the French ... Vo Nguyen Giap Vietnamese General Maurice of Nassau Dutch General. 154 40 Vo Nguyen Giap.
... Vo Nguyen Giap achieved the independence and unification of the Socialist Re- public of Vietnam despite the efforts of the Japanese , the French ... Vo Nguyen Giap Vietnamese General Maurice of Nassau Dutch General. 154 40 Vo Nguyen Giap.
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... Giap stud- ied at both Hue and Hanoi before becoming a history teacher . There is also evidence that Giap briefly studied to be a lawyer , but there is no substantiation to the claims that ... Giap overzealously tried to Vo Nguyen Giap 155.
... Giap stud- ied at both Hue and Hanoi before becoming a history teacher . There is also evidence that Giap briefly studied to be a lawyer , but there is no substantiation to the claims that ... Giap overzealously tried to Vo Nguyen Giap 155.
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... Giap fared well . In 1965 , however , he challenged the first American combat divisions with North Vietnamese divi- sions in the Ia Drang Valley . With great losses , the Communists re- treated across the border into ... Vo Nguyen Giap 157.
... Giap fared well . In 1965 , however , he challenged the first American combat divisions with North Vietnamese divi- sions in the Ia Drang Valley . With great losses , the Communists re- treated across the border into ... Vo Nguyen Giap 157.
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