Lê Trọng Tấn

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General
Lê Trọng Tấn
3rd Chief of General Staff
In office
1978–1986
Preceded byVăn Tiến Dũng
Succeeded byLê Đức Anh
Personal details
Born
Lê Trọng Tố

(1914-10-03)3 October 1914
General Staff
Deputy Commander of the Viet Cong
Director of the National Academy of Defence
Battles/warsFirst Indochina War
Vietnam War
Cambodian–Vietnamese War

Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam until his death in December 1986. Lê Trọng Tấn was widely appreciated by his comrades, whom of which include general Võ Nguyên Giáp
, as one of the finest commanders of the Vietnam People's Army.

Early life

Lê Trọng Tấn was born on 3 October 1914

Hà Đông during the August Revolution (1945).[5] After Viet Minh took over the authorities, Lê Trọng Tố enlisted in the PAVN (Cứu quốc quân) and changed his name to Lê Trọng Tấn.[4]

Military career

At the beginning of the

General Staff (Phó Tổng tham mưu trưởng) from March 1961 to 1962.[2][5]

Lê Trọng Tấn began to directly involve himself in the

Duong Van Minh[6] coincidentally it was also a unit of the 312th Brigade commanding by Lê Trọng Tấn which was first came to the French headquarters and captured general Christian de Castries marking the end of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.[7][8][9]

After the war, Lê Trọng Tấn continued to hold the position of Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Director of the

Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam and Chief of the General Staff of the PAVN, succeeding general Văn Tiến Dũng. He died on 5 December 1986 at the age of 72.[2][5][10]

Awards, decorations and legacy

During his military career, Lê Trọng Tấn was awarded various titles, medals and decorations including the

Gold Star Order (Huân chương Sao vàng), the 1st and 3rd grade Military Order (Huân chương Quân công) and the 1st grade Victory Medal (Huân chương Chiến thắng).[2] Several streets and places in Vietnam are named in honour of Lê Trọng Tấn.[11][12]

Among his comrades in the PAVN, Lê Trọng Tấn was highly appreciated for his skill in commanding and military knowledge. The general Võ Nguyên Giáp considered Lê Trọng Tấn one of the finest military commanders of Vietnam,[9] Fidel Castro once called him "the best general of Vietnam"[3] and in Vietnam he was sometimes dubbed the "Vietnamese Zhukov".[3][9]

Notes

  1. ^ "October 03 in History". Vietnam News Agency.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Đại tướng Lê Trọng Tấn - Thứ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng, Tổng Tham mưu trưởng QĐNDVN" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Museum of Military History. 2009-11-25. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  3. ^ a b c Trần Hoàng Tiến (2009-12-23). "Đại tướng Lê Trọng Tấn - "Giu - cốp của Việt Nam"" (in Vietnamese). Qdnd.vn. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23.
  4. ^ a b c Kiều Mai Sơn (2008-12-23). "Đại tướng Lê Trọng Tấn - Những ngày đầu cách mạng" (in Vietnamese). Cand.com.vn.
  5. ^
    Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original
    on 2012-02-24.
  6. ^ "11.30am on April 30, 1975: An unforgettable memory". Vietnamnet.vn. 2008-05-01. Archived from the original on April 15, 2010.
  7. ^ Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh (2009-01-22). "Đại tướng Lê Trọng Tấn với bức ảnh để lại" (in Vietnamese). Nhandan.org.vn. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  8. ^ Phan Ngọc Doãn (2007-05-24). "Sách mới: Tổng tập Đại tướng Lê Trọng Tấn" (in Vietnamese). Qdnd.vn. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28.
  9. ^ a b c Trần Hiếu - Mạnh Việt (2006-12-02). "Kỳ 6: Vị Đại tướng không có nhà riêng" (in Vietnamese). Tienphong.vn.
  10. ^ "Le Trong Tan Is Dead; Hanoi's Chief of Staff". The New York Times. 1986-12-08.
  11. ISBN 978-0-470-52660-6
    .
  12. ^ "Housing supply forecast to increase significantly". Vietnamnet.vn. 2009-08-13. Archived from the original on 2009-08-17.
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