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Vo Nguyen Giap | 1911 - 2013

Vo Nguyen Giap was widely regarded as one of the military geniuses of the 20th century, who masterminded the defeat of the French and then the Americans in Vietnam.

Vo Nguyen Giap was widely regarded as one of the military geniuses of the 20th century, who masterminded the defeat of the French and then the Americans in Vietnam.  (Na Son Nguyen / AP)

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The unpretentious communist general masterminded the defeat of French and American forces and became known as one of the 20th century’s military geniuses.
Read more: Vo Nguyen Giap dies at 102; Vietnamese general led North to victory

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