1. This is tangential, but I'm always puzzled by the amount of credit people are willing to give to loser generals like Lee & Rommel.
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Giap is an absolute hero
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Giap also did so with major external support and without care for casualties...
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Should've picked a fight with an African country to get the grand slam
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8. If we want to separate out political cause from military leadership, Giap was clearly one of the greatest military leaders in history
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Those familiar with military history typically know that. "Street Without Joy" and "Hell In a Very Small Place" are must-reads.
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Opposing loser generals always gonna get more cred than oppo winners.....Giap too good for our own good
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Barely anyone knows Epaminondas or Scipio Africanus. Wellington is best known as a beef dish not for beating Napleon. Yet, we 1/-
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...deify Hannibal, whose Carthage ritually sacrificed babies or Sparta, a nasty slave driven autocracy. 2/2
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Vietnam has a history of punching above its weight militarily. They were able to fight off Mongol invasions three times!
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Didn't he also beat the Japanese?
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