Nguyễn Bình
Nguyễn Bình | |
|---|---|
| Vice Chairman of the Southern Resistance Committee | |
| In office 1945–1951 | |
| Chairman | Trần Văn Giàu |
| General commander of Southern Resistance Armed Forces | |
| In office 20 January 1948 – 29 September 1951 | |
| Commander of the Southern Command | |
| In office 1948–1951 | |
| Military Commissioner of the Southern Military Department | |
| In office Jun 1948 – October 1948 | |
| Commander of the Dong Trieu military zone | |
| In office Jun 1945 – August 1945 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nguyễn Phương Thảo 30 July 1908 Hải Hưng, French Indochina |
| Died | September 29, 1951 (aged 43) Stung Treng, Cambodia |
| Nickname(s) | Ba Thảo, Ba Bình, One-eyed general |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Viet Minh |
| Years of service | 1926–1951 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | General Commander of armed forces in South Vietnam |
| Battles/wars | World War II First Indochina War |
Nguyễn Bình, born Nguyễn Phương Thảo (30 July 1908 - 29 September 1951), was a Lieutenant-general in the Viet Minh. He was imprisoned by the French on the island of Poulo Condor in the early 1920s. He was sent by Ho Chi Minh in 1945 to establish a resistance to French rule in Cochinchina where he established his base of operations in the Plain of Reeds near Saigon. A former member of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng, he joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1946.