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Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Carmelite friar and Free French admiral whose Republic of Cochinchina as High Commissioner opened the road to war Military command · France state institutions 1889–1964
Edward Mallory Almond Edward Mallory Almond A U.S. general whose offensive command was bound to racial prejudice Military command · United States state institutions 1892–1979
Oliver P. Smith Oliver Prince Smith A Marine commander whose caution helped save a surrounded division Military command · United States state institutions 1893–1977
Henri Navarre Henri Navarre Last commander of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps, who chose to fortify Điện Biên Phủ and met defeat there in 1954 Military command · France state institutions 1898–1983
Raoul Salan Raoul Salan French commander in the First Indochina War and leader of the OAS. Military command · France state institutions 1899–1984
Christian de Castries Christian de Castries French general who commanded the Điện Biên Phủ fortress in 1954 and was captured when it fell Military command · France state institutions 1902–1991
Curtis E. LeMay Curtis LeMay The Air Force general who firebombed Japan and urged nuclear war on his adversaries Military command · United States state institutions 1906–1990
Béla Király Király Béla The general and contested witness of 1956 Military command · Hungary state institutions 1912–2009
Nol Lon លន់ នល់ Cambodian military officer and politician who led the Khmer Republic as prime minister and president Military command · Cambodia state institutions 1913–1985
William Westmoreland William Westmoreland US Army general who commanded American forces in South Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 and pursued a strategy of attrition measured by body count Military command · United States state institutions 1914–2005
Chae Byeong-deok 채병덕 A general whose colonial military career met failure at the war’s outbreak Military command · South Korea state institutions 1916–1950
Dương Văn Minh Dương Văn Minh South Vietnamese general who led the 1963 coup and ordered the 1975 surrender Military command · Vietnam state institutions 1916–2001
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu General who was president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975, opposed the Paris Peace Accords and resigned days before the fall of Saigon Military command · Vietnam state institutions 1923–2001
Vang Pao ວ່າງປາວ Royal Lao Army general who led the CIA-backed Hmong army Military command · Laos state institutions 1929–2011
Ahmad Shah Massoud Аҳмадшоҳи Масъуд Panjshir Valley guerrilla commander, the "Lion of Panjshir," who fought Soviet forces and the Taliban Military command c. 1953–2001