But here was Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese Communist commander, the peer of Grant, Lee, Rommel and MacArthur in the pantheon of military leaders.

Yet he was revered by his officers and troops-and feared by those North Vietnamese commanders who knew of his ability.

At the same time the Vietnamese commander plans a final assault on the Americans and sends out most of his troops to carry out the attack.

Since the Commander had deployed his reserve forces to a final offensive and the base camp has no troops to call upon for defense, the Vietnamese commander quickly orders the headquarters evacuated.

As the triumphant North Vietnamese commander, Gen. Van Tien Dung, wrote later, President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam was forced to fight "a poor man's war."

Đỗ Thanh Nhơn (died 1781) was an 18th-century Vietnamese military commander.

After the group's Vietnamese commander was wounded, Yntema led the force for the remainder of the two-day battle as ammunition dwindled and losses mounted.

Bùi Dzinh (born 1929) is a former Vietnamese military commander.

Because of these threats, the Vietnamese fled, and many Vietnamese commanders, including Hồ Quý Ly, future founder of the Hồ Dynasty, were defeated in combat against Champa.

General Tran Do, North Vietnamese commander at the battle of Hue, gave some insight into how defeat was translated into victory: