# General Vo Nguyen Giap has died

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 4, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-vo-nguyen-giap-has-died/670351 "2013-10-04T13:55:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-vo-nguyen-giap-has-died/670351/21 "2013-10-07T18:25:26Z")

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> [@the\_diego](#):
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> Named by Time Magazine as one of the three deadliest generals of the 20th century (the other two were Montgomery and Le May.)

In what context are they using the word ‘deadliest’?

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**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-vo-nguyen-giap-has-died/670351/22 "2013-10-07T23:53:52Z")

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They (Time) dropped it frequently, down to their various qualifications for the three. Montgomery planned and commanded the biggest amphibious and air-borne attacks in history (deadly to whom?) Le May razed a good part of Tokyo, several German cities, and threatened to bomb North Vietnam back to the stone age. Giap’s victories appeared deadly only because it involved westerners on the losing side. That last one’s my HO.

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-vo-nguyen-giap-has-died/670351/23 "2013-10-08T00:14:44Z")

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The French had guillotined his sister for delivering subversive newspapers. Pissed him off.

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