Top general hand-in-hand with a military genius.(News) From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: March 17, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE head of Britain's army said he was honoured to meet Vietnam's legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap yesterday as the two chatted about their campaigns.

General Sir Mike Jackson expressed his pleasure in meeting Giap, the mastermind behind North Vietnam's defeat of the French in 1954 and the Americans in the 1960s and 70s.

In one of Giap's greatest achievements,Vietnamese troops surrounded the French at the battle of Dien Bien Phu,ending French colonial rule a ...