POSTULATES OF VO NGUYEN GIAP’S VICTORY

UDC 355.42.424

  • Zaytsev Alexander Aleksandrovich – PhD (Military), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Military Strategy of Faculty of the Joint Staff. Military Academy of Republic of Belarus (220, Nezavisimosti Ave., 220057, Minsk, Republic of Belarus).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52065/2520-6885-2022-257-1-80-82

Keywords: postulate, weapon, guiding force, Dien Bien Phu, Viet Minh, Vo Nguyen Giap.

For citation: Zaytsev А. А. Postulates of Vo Nguyen Giap’s victory. Proceedings of BSTU, issue 6, History, Philosophy, 2022, no. 1 (257), pp. 80–82 (In Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.52065/2520-6885-2022-257-1-80-82.

Abstract

It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War with the seemingly invincible armies of France and the United States. The victory in this war was won by the Vietnamese people, led by talented generals. One of them was Vo Nguyen Giap, who, with no military training, was able to become a senior general, commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Vietnam and an outstanding strategist. The most interesting thing, according to military experts, is that Giap, without winning a single major battle with the US army, managed to achieve victory in the war. Such results of the war have no precedent in military history.

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