Vo Nguyen Giap dies at 102

General Vo Nguyen Giap the military leader behind the Vietnamese defeat of France and the United States has died at 102.

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His defeat of French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 effectively ended French colonial rule in the region. He was North Vietnam's defence minister at the time of the Tet Offensive against American forces in 1968, often cited as a key campaign that led to the Americans' withdrawal.

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