Where do you live? http://fittor.fun/anne-ogul-alt-yazi/ citnap Known as the "Red Napoleon," Giap commanded guerrillas who wore sandals made of car tires and lugged artillery piece by piece over mountains to encircle and crush the French army at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The unlikely victory â still studied at military schools â led to Vietnam's independence and hastened the collapse of colonialism across Indochina and beyond.