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> It was always a war of independence, first from France and then from the US. The Vietnam War is largely considered to be 1955-1975. The French were out by 1
by peteretep 5y ago
> It was always a war of independence, first from France and then from the US.
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.
- refenestrator 5y agoDienbienphu was in 1954, just for starters.
- peteretep 5y ago> Dienbienphu was in 1954, just for starters. Yes, that's the reason the French were out in 1954.
- refenestrator 5y agoIt 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.
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