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Hey who is the current gr8test general who is leading his country...
A great general only leads his army to victories against the enemies and he leaves the duty of leading the country on the shoulders of the politicians and civil servants. A country which has a general as it's political head , that country is surely nothing but a pathetic banana republic.
no one is greater than Khalid bin waleed when it comes to making war strategy against enemy he won with 100 times smalles army against 100 times bigger army of his
Vo Nguyen Giap was the Vietminh General who defeated the French at the famous battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and liberated Vietnam. He also led Communist Army to triumph over US forces in Vietnam. To the best of my knowledge he is still alive.
IMO General Giap is the greatest living general in the world today. For those who may not have even heard of his name; I would say that it is your loss.
Those people who think the bigot Zia as the greatest modern general; I would say that no amount of logic or facts would convince them to change their minds, so I would leave them to their delusion. After all there is still a "Flat Earth Soceity" in existence.
Vo Nguyen Giap was the Vietminh General who defeated the French at the famous battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and liberated Vietnam. He also led Communist Army to triumph over US forces in Vietnam. To the best of my knowledge he is still alive.
IMO General Giap is the greatest living general in the world today. For those who may not have even heard of his name; I would say that it is your loss.
Those people who think the bigot Zia as the greatest modern general; I would say that no amount of logic or facts would convince them to change their minds, so I would leave them to their delusion. After all there is still a "Flat Earth Soceity" in existence.
Decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu
By 1954 Giap and the Chinese had built a tough, well-equipped, experienced, and dedicated army-a tool awaiting a great task and a master craftsman. [34] The great task would be the decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu in western Vietnam near Laos, a battle that would end the First Vietnam War and the French presence in Indochina. Evidence suggests that the Vietnamese leadership did not see the opportunity provided by the French reoccupation of the valley until Chinese advisors alerted the Vietnamese, who initially wanted to move through Laos to invade South Vietnam, until convinced otherwise by General Wei Guoqing. [35] Additionally the CMAG would provide the Viet Mihn with a copy of the Navarre Plan, outlining French goals and objectives by the new French Commander in Vietnam.
With the signing of the Korean Armistice in July 1953 China could and would shift additional resources to Vietnam. Specific support provided for the Dien Bien Phu campaign would include planning, logistics, engineering advisors, trucks, rocket and 75mm recoilless rifle battalions, and Soviet Katyusha Rocket Launchers or Stalin Organs. A combined headquarters was established as the Dien Bien Phu Campaign Command with General Giap as Commander in Chief with Chinese General Wei Guoqing as General Advisor. [36]
Giap wrote years after the battle that I felt there needed to be a meeting with the head of the team of friendly military experts who was also present. Generally speaking, relationships between us and friendly military experts ever since the Border Campaign had been excellent. Our friends had given us the benefit of their invaluable experience drawn from the revolutionary war in China and the anti-US war in Korea. [37] It is interesting that in his account of the battle Giap makes no mention of Chinese material support or advice and planning assistance provided throughout this decisive last battle of the First Vietnam War. The Chinese advisors, such as General Wei Guoqing, are not identified or given any credit by Giap. Perhaps this is understandable given that one of the Chinese advisors would write later that The greatest shortcoming of the Vietnamese Communists was their fear of letting other people know their weaknesses. They lacked Bolshevist self-criticism. [38] The siege of Dien Bien Phu was to last 8 weeks with China providing 8,286 tons of supplies, including 4,620 tons of petroleum, 1,360 tons of ammunition, 46 tons of weapons and 1,700 tons of rice from supply depots 600 miles away. [39]
Chinese advisors would be involved at all levels during the battle including digging in the all important Vietnamese artillery into shellproof dugouts, experience learned the hard way in the hills of Korea. [40] In effect the battle of Dien Bien Phu would be planned and assisted by Chinese advisors and fought with Chinese trained, equipped, supplied, transported and fed PAVN troops in a military soup to nuts manner. This support is rarely mentioned as a contributing factor to the Vietnamese victory in 1954 but should be acknowledged in analyzing the battle.
Yes the ISI played an important role....but w/o American weapons,their cash fundings and more importantly their supporting presence with Pakistan - the bear would have mauled the ISI into pieces.
Americans truly deserve the credit (not from me..as I would have liked the USSR to exist today) for orchestrating a master plan.
So, if that's the case then why is the US sporting a bloody nose with all its grand superior fire power and military might? while the talibans and alqaeda are merry hopping one province to another?
Weapons don't win wars, Strategy wins wars... True that technology makes a big difference but Ultimately the 'will of the warrior' prevails
Yes but dont forget that mujaheddins were getting smoked out like fish by the Russian Hinds before the US stepped in with their Stingers and unlimited amounts of Cash.
Give credit where it is due.Im not taking the credit that is rightfully ISI's but wat im saying is CIA deserves a much much bigger credit than ISI in the whole scheme of things.
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He directed more than twenty campaigns in which he conquered thirty-two nations and won sixty-five pitched battles, during which he conquered or overran more territory than any other commander in history.