Nguyễn Sơn
Vietnamese general (1908-1956) · China · On the map · Died at 48
Nguyễn Sơn, also known by his Chinese name Hong Shui, was a Vietnamese military leader who participated in the Chinese Communist Revolution and the First Indochina War against the French.
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Sơn spent much of his early years in China, and was one of the few Vietnamese who had participated in and survived the Long March with the Chinese Communist Party. He was awarded the rank of Major General in both the Vietnam People's Army and the People's Liberation Army, and thereafter was referred to as "the General of Two Countries".