Vietnamese general (1917?2002)
In this
Vietnamese name
, the
surname
is
V?n
, but is often simplified to
Van
in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the
given name
,
D?ng
.
V?n Ti?n D?ng
(
Vietnamese:
[van
t??n
z?ŋm?]
; 2 May 1917 – 17 March 2002) was a Vietnamese general in the
People's Army of Vietnam
(PAVN), PAVN chief of staff (1954?74); PAVN commander in chief (1974?80); member of the
Central Military?Party Committee (CMPC)
(1984?86) and
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
defense minister (1980?87).
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Military career
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Born in C? Nhu? commune,
T? Liem District
,
Ha N?i
of
Tonkin (French protectorate)
to a craftsman family, V?n Ti?n D?ng took part democracy movements and public struggles of Ha N?i workers since 1936, joined the
Indochinese Communist Party
in 1937. He was imprisoned by French colonial three times and escaped from prisons successfully two times between 1939 and 1944.
[2]
In the
August Revolution
, D?ng directed the armed forces to seize power in the province of
Hoa Binh
,
Ninh Binh
and
Thanh Hoa
. In 1951, he was appointed to the commander cum commissar of newly formed
Brigade 320
. By November 1953 during the
First Indochina War
, he rose to Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People's Army under General
Vo Nguyen Giap
prior to the
siege of đi?n Bien Ph?
in 1954.
[3]
He commanded the vital Tri-Thien-Hue Front during the 1972
Easter Offensive
, replacing his mentor as PAVN commander in chief in 1974, when the
Vietnam War
against the Americans and South Vietnamese evolved from a guerrilla struggle into a more conventional war.
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
D?ng planned and commanded the
1975 spring offensive
, which overwhelmed South Vietnamese defenses and
captured Saigon
in 1975.
[8]
He also directed Vietnam's
invasion
of
Khmer Rouge Cambodia
and the resulting
border conflict
with the
People's Republic of China
in 1979.
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
He was appointed
defence minister
in 1980. He retired in December 1986 at the
6th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam
.
V?n Ti?n D?ng died on 17 March 2002 in
Hanoi
, at the age of 84.
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References
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Notes
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- ^
"LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM ? the chaotic end of one hell of a war"
.
.
- ^
"General V?n Ti?n D?ng"
.
hoalo.vn
. Retrieved
2024-04-24
.
- ^
"Minister V?n Ti?n D?ng"
.
mod.gov.vn
. Retrieved
2024-04-23
.
- ^
Michael Lee Lanning and Dan Cragg,
Inside the VC and the NVA: The Real Story of North Vietnam's Armed Forces
(Texas A&M University Press, 2008)
- ^
Mai Elliott,
RAND in Southeast Asia: A History of the Vietnam War Era
(Rand Corporation, 2010) p525
- ^
Colonel General Tr?n V?n Tra (February 1983).
"Vietnam: A History of the Bulwark B-2 Theater Translation of
K?t thuc cu?c chi?n tranh 30 n?m.
"
(PDF)
. United States. Joint Publications Research Service
. Retrieved
2015-10-14
.
- ^
"REUNIFICATION GAME THAT BROUGHT NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM TOGETHER"
. 16 November 2017.
.
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"Audio Slideshow: Black April"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
2009-05-28
.
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"China "Should Learn from its Losses" in the War against Vietnam" from "August 1" Radio, People's republic of China, 1400 GMT, February 17, 1980, as reported by BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 22 February 1980
- ^
Xiabing Li.
A History of the Modern Chinese Army
. University Press of Kentucky
. Retrieved
2014-07-09
.
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soha.vn/quan-su/bien-gioi-phia-bac-1979-30-ngay-khong-the-nao-quen-1-20150216095114962.htm
- ^
Cambodia ? The Fall of Democratic Kampuchea
. U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^
"V?n Ti?n D?ng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death"
.
www.bornglorious.com
. Retrieved
2022-09-15
.
Sources
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- Van Tien Dung,
Our Great Spring Victory: An Account of the Liberation of South Vietnam
. Trans. by John Spragens, Jr. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1977.
- Tobin, Thomas G., Arthur E. Laehr, and John F. Hilgenberg,
Last Flight from Saigon
. Maxwell Air Force Base AL: Air University Press, 1979.
- Nguyen Duy Hinh, Major General,
Vietnamization and the Cease-Fire
. Washington, D.C.:
United States Army Center of Military History
, 1980.
- Van, Canh Nguyen; Cooper, Earle (1983).
Vietnam under Communism, 1975?1982
. Hoover Press.
ISBN
9780817978518
.
- Cao V?n Vien, General,
The Final Collapse
. Washington, D.C.:
United States Army Center of Military History
, 1983.
- Military History Institute of Vietnam (2002).
Victory in Vietnam: A History of the People's Army of Vietnam, 1954?1975
. Translated by Pribbenow, Merle. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press.
ISBN
978-0700611751
.
- Thayer, Carlyle (June 1987). "Vietnam's Sixth Party Congress: An Overview".
Contemporary Southeast Asia
.
9
(1).
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
: 12?22.
doi
:
10.1355/cs9-1b
.
JSTOR
25797929
.
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