Lê Quảng Ba

Major General
Lê Quảng Ba
Personal details
Born
Đàm Văn Mông

1915 (1915)
Hà Quảng, Cao Bằng, French Indochina
Died1988 (aged 7273)
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam
Military service
Allegiance Democratic Republic of Vietnam and later Vietnam
Branch/servicePeople's Army of Vietnam
RankMajor General
Battles/wars

Lê Quảng Ba (born Đàm Văn Mông) (1915–1988) was a major-general in the People's Army of Vietnam active during the First Indochina War. He commanded Việt Minh forces in Battle of Thập Vạn Đại Sơn.

In 1941, Lê Quảng Ba together with Lê Thiết Hùng formed Pác Bó guerrilla team - the second armed group of Việt Minh.

During the First Indochina War, Lê Quảng Ba was assigned to commander of War Zone I [vii] in 1945, commander of newly formed 316th Brigade in 1951, then commander of Việt Bắc Military Region in 1957.

In the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, Colonel Ba commanded 316th Brigade besieging, attacking Eliane positions of French Central positions (Vietnamese: phân khu Trung tâm - Mường Thanh).