Đàm Quang Trung

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Đàm Quang Trung (born September 12, 1921 , † March 3, 1995 ) was a Vietnamese general from the Tai ethnic group. He served in the Indochina and Vietnam War .

Life

Dam Quang Trung joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1939 . In 1940 he was arrested by the French colonial authorities but was released shortly afterwards. In September 1944 he began building a guerrilla on the country's northern border with China. In December he joined the communist guerrilla movement. During the August Revolution in 1945 he served as a company commander of the Viet Minh when they came to power in Thái Nguyên . After the founding of the DRV , he again took command of a company but was also the chief officer for the Hanoi special zone . During the Indochina War he rose to the rank of general. From 1946 to 1954 he was commander of the Inter-Zone V . From 1953 to 1954 he was deputy commander of the 312nd Infantry Division.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Christopher E. Goscha : Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War , Copenhagen, 2011, p. 125
  2. ↑ Jacques Dalloz: Dictionnaire de la Guerre de l'Indochine , Paris, 2006 p. 70
personal data
SURNAME Đàm Quang Trung
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dam Ngoc Luu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vietnamese general and guerrilla fighter
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1921
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1995