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Nguyen Giap Vo

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (August 25, 1911-October 4, 2013)
    Joined the Vietnamese Communist Party (1934)
    Commander and Chief of the Viet Minh forces fighting the French (1946)
    Defeated colonial French forces at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1953)
    Mastermind of the Tet Offensive (1968)

Why he might be annoying:

    He fought against American forces for Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnam.
    He planned attacks on holidays, attacking the French on Christmas Eve and attacking US forces on the Vietnamese New Years (Tet) holiday.
    When he attacked on Tet, he violated a general cease-fire that had been established the two previous years, when there was no fighting.
    Most of his battles relied on loss of huge amounts of Vietnamese life.
    He lost much more than he gained at Tet, and afterwards, the North Vietnamese felt defeated and were about to seek peace terms with South Vietnam; but it made such a huge impact on the media in the U.S. that it encouraged him to keep fighting.
    He gave the United States their first defeat in their history.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He engaged his enemies' strong points as if they were exploitable weaknesses.
    He managed to defeat two superior western nations, despite having inferior weapons and barely any air support.
    Though he fought the Americans, he doesn't mind Americans or the American people.
    He proved to the world the strength in willpower can always defeat the strength in weapons.

Credit: Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 78 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 158 Votes: 65.19% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 43 Votes: 60.47% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 102 Votes: 62.75% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 84 Votes: 79.76% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 88.24% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 76 Votes: 65.79% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 49 Votes: 61.22% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 74 Votes: 70.27% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 243 Votes: 75.31% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 286 Votes: 69.93% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 285 Votes: 69.47% Annoying