ITT military commanders that deserve more recognition
pic is Võ Nguyên Giáp, possibly the most important general from North Vietnam
ITT military commanders that deserve more recognition
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Halfway through this, would recommend.
Don't see much talk about him, even on Black History Month. en.wikipedia.org
That Rwandese guy
Peng dehuai.
I mean it takes a serious amount of skill to take an army that's less than a decade after winning a revolution and utilizing it to push the Americans back to a stalemate, even if it was a lot of wave tactics
I remember reading something about this (was in an article about Orientalism in IR and war so take with a grain of salt) that the coalition troops thought that was the case cuz the chinese just kept on cycling in an out different platoons in an assault, using pretty nifty light infantry tactics to make it seem as if there was an endless horde of gooks
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I suppose this guy is worth checkibg out
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Kabarebe?
Not just that, also the logistics of supplying troops in a war of aggression during winter in a country that hasn't industrialized nor even modernized is a feat in itself
/ourguy/ Du Guesclin
Napoleonfags stay out
>Võ Nguyên Giáp
How do you expect him to gain recognition among people who don't even recognize these vowels?
When MacArthur was fired, Ridgeway was his replacement. Prior to his takeover, there was seriously talk that the military situation was simply untenable, and that UN forces would have to be evacuated from the peninsula, Dunkirk style, or alternatively, that nuclear weapons would need to be used in order to destroy Chinese military bases in Manchuria in order to stem the constant flow of Chinese reinforcements. Taking command of a vastly outnumbered UN force that had been on the run for weeks, Ridgeway successfully salvaging a situation and holding the line at the 38th parallel against a vastly superior Chinese force. He is the reason why South Korea exists today.
Do South Koreans know about him?
>beat the french
>beat the US
>beat China
>invade Cambodia
Is there a country with a more glorious army post-WW2 than Vietnam?
This gloriously incompetent motherfucker
Practically single-handedly ensured American independence
Rwanda in general is underrated
you can thank the Soviets for the North Vietnamese winning the war user
who in particular?
>Giap
>most important
>was against the Tet Offensive
>sat in an opera in Moscow as Tet was carried out
lel. he was ok in the 50's, but there's nothing special about routing Frenchmen.
Post-colonial Africa in general is underrated.
Very tragic, but in some cases, like Rwanda, also inspiring.
To be honest. Ridgeway could have won the war if the UN forces didn't let the Chinese recover.
>was against the Tet Offensive
how is that a bad thing?
The Korean War in general seems to get forgotten a lot
it never ended
But the Tet Offensive was a military failure?
>these faggots are discussing history and don't even know what a Pyrrhic victory is
loving every laugh
his art of reconnaissance and trickery was brilliant.
>tfw he didn't stay on until WW1
>tfw no colonial battles against Lettow-Vorbeck
>Phyrric victory
For the Americans
wtf is inspiring about Rwanda? The place is still socially fucked and is only kept quiet through dictatorship and western money.
>implying the tet was a phyrric victory
>implying the only reason the tet offensive wasn't a complete failure was due to civilain media coverage freaking out because for the first time in their life they were on the receiving end of an offensive
stop
>America didn't lose the Vietnam War!
Ugh. Off yourselves.
I meant that the Tet offensive was a phyrric victory for the US. Pretty damn close to the definition of the term