wikipedia: vietnam war
Strength
US 1,000,000
South Korea 300,000
Australia 48,000
New Zealand 3,900 North Vietnam and Viet Cong ~2,000,000
PRC 320,000
Soviet Union 6,000
North Korea unknown
Casualties
South Vietnamese dead: 230,000
South Vietnamese wounded: 300,000
US dead: 58,209
US wounded: 153,303
South Korean dead: 5,000
South Korean wounded: 11,000[4]
Australian dead: 520
Australian wounded: 3,131
New Zealand dead: 38
New Zealand wounded: 187
Philippines dead: 99
Thailand dead: 351 North Vietnamese and NLF dead: 1,100,000
North Vietnamese and NLF wounded: 600,000
Chinese dead: 1,100
Chinese wounded: 4,200
Soviet Union 16 killed
North Korea 36+ killed
Civilian dead (total Vietnamese): 2-4,000,000
Originally posted by slimjimThe US lost the Vietnam war. What I said was that the US wasn't and couldn't have been militarily defeated. But the fact that it couldn't militarily win caused the leadership to eventually realize that the US should cut its losses. Militarily the US could have stayed until doomsday.
I said it. We didn't lose the Vietnam war.
Originally posted by treetalkThe politicians "tied" the hands of American forces and didn't allow them to use maximum force, the only way to win a war, just as they(politicians) are doing again in Iraq. When you wage war, whether it's declared or a "'police action" as Korea, Vietnam, and now Iraq is, you go in, kick ass, take names, and go home...end of story. Start a draft of 2,000,000 fighting forces and simply use brute force. A sledge hammer gets more noticed than a ball-peen hammer...
American politicians lost the war? So my statement, 'The US lost the war' is wrong ... how?
Numb nuts!
Originally posted by chancremechanicSimple minded.
The politicians "tied" the hands of American forces and didn't allow them to use maximum force, the only way to win a war, just as they(politicians) are doing again in Iraq. When you wage war, whether it's declared or a "'police action" as Korea, Vietnam, and now Iraq is, you go in, kick ass, take names, and go home...end of story. Start a draft of ...[text shortened]... and simply use brute force. A sledge hammer gets more noticed than a ball-peen hammer...