Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side
by refenestrator on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:11PM
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Dienbienphu was in 1954, just for starters.
Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side
by peteretep on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:14PM
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> Dienbienphu was in 1954, just for starters.
Yes, that's the reason the French were out in 1954.
Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side
by refenestrator on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:17PM
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It was the same people on the north vietnamese side all throughout this entire multi-decade period, from the early 1940s till the mid-70s. They fought a rotating cast of western-backed fig leaf local rulers. I'm not sure what else I can tell you, here.
The Vietnam War is largely considered to be 1955-1975. The French were out by 1954, and American troops in any number were there from 1965 to 1973.
> 20 years of fighting primarily western troops with a fig leaf of local rule.
5x to 7x as many South Vietnamese troops died compared to Americans, who had combat troops there for less than half of those 20 years.