Giap served as minister of defense and commander-in-chief of the People's Army of Vietnam. With the outbreak of hostilities with South Vietnam, and later the United States, Giap led North Vietnam's strategy and command. In 1967, Giap oversaw the planning for the massive Tet Offensive. While initially against a conventional attack, Giap's goals were both military and political. In addition to achieving a military victory, Giap desired the offensive to spark an uprising in South Vietnam and show that American claims about the war's progress were wrong.
While the 1968 Tet Offensive proved to be a military disaster for North Vietnam, Vo Nguyen Giap was able to achieve some of his political objectives. The offensive showed that North Vietnam was far from being defeated and significantly contributed to changing American perceptions about the conflict. Following Tet, peace talks began and the US ultimately withdrew from the war in 1973. Following the American departure, Giap remained in command of North Vietnamese forces and directed General Van Tien Dung and the Ho Chi Minh campaign that finally captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon in 1975.
one of the most popular Vietnamese last names and basically no one except viet people can pronounce it. The most simple way to say it is putting an n sound to the word when. This last name is every teacher's worst nightmare.
The ultimate Asian fuckboy. The Asian equivalent of a Chad or Tyrone, a god to the ABG's. Usually rocks a black tee with a gold chain with a smooth combover.
1. A common last name among people of Vietnamese ancestry. The name is almost always mispronounced by non-gooks. The most accurate and accepted pronunciation would be 'win'. Nguyen is not restricted to last names, there are persons named Nguyen Nguyen that exist in this world. Nguyen is also commonly used as a play on words due to the way it is pronounced.
1. One the first day of class, the professor took attendance; when the name Nguyễn came up, he said, "en...guy-en?", Nguyen reluctantly raised his hand and said, "here".
2. Common play on words: forTheNguyen!; epic nguyen!; ninja nguyen!; look at that girl bro, she's a total Nguyen! I will Nguyen her heart! :D; zomg, u is teh nguyenrar!
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the USCoast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.