General Vo Nguyen Giap, the legendary Vietnam who died at age 103, General Vo Nguyen Giap, who helped communist forces repel the French army and the US military after decades of war in Southeast Asia He died at age 103, according to press reports. Born into a family of rice farmers, since childhood, he has been involved in politics. He received a doctorate degree, the students remember him as a brilliant military strategy. In 1954, General Vo Nguyen Giap led communist forces made one of the greatest victories of his - a siege of 55 days the French army at Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam. The siege ended when the French army was broken by artillery line and can not receive aid by air, had surrendered on May 7, 1954. The failure has led the French to retreat , followed by the division of the country Vietnam. When US forces invaded Vietnam, General Giap fought with guerrilla tactics, strategy genre has become one of the highlights of the fight. The war in Vietnam in 1954 -1975 has killed about 2 million Vietnamese soldiers and the lives of civilians, causing the deaths of 55,000 US soldiers, some 6,000 service personnel from South Korea, Philippines pin, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. Reflecting on the victory of Dien Bien Phu, General Vo Nguyen Giap told CNN in 2004 that the people of Vietnam will never be a slave to whoever. General said several remarks after he was asked about the US involvement in Iraq: "When people have spiritual independence, sovereignty and express solidarity, which means people have can defeat the enemy, "he said," nothing is more precious than freedom. " US Senator John McCain, who has served as a naval aviator was arrested in Northern Vietnam for over 5 years when his plane was shot down, made reference to the departure of General Giap on Twitter Thursday 6: "General Vo Nguyen Giap had died - a brilliant military strategist, who once told me that I was" a worthy foe ". Thunderstorm
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