They were completely different kinds of wars.
All the WWII adversaries had regular armies, full artillery, competent and large air forces, extremely able navies. They fought very hard in regular warfare. There were twenty, or thirty or forty times as many of them as the there were Vietnamese fighting the US a generation later.
The Vietnam War was largely a guerrilla war. There were only a few instances during the entire US involvement in the war where US units were opposed by "NVA regulars". North Vietnamese Army regular troops. And the NVA were very, very light infantry, without adequate artillery, and no direct air support. They had no navy worth mentioning. The other main opponents were irregulars, the Viet Cong, un-uniformed, hiding out among the civilians, what's called "insurgents" today in Afghanistan and Iraq. Their main weapons were booby traps, and the occasional mortar round or rocket fired into US bases. One third of Americans lost were probably killed by friendly fire, as America used a howitzer to try to swat a fly. US forces were designed to fight those of the Soviet Bloc on the plains of Europe, and were ill-suited and poorly trained for a low-intensity conflict in southeast Asia.
Americans were more or less outraged about the Vietnam War due to the fact that it was the first televised war, allowing Americans to view what was going on at the front lines. American's were then able to view civilian's dieing. This was the Enemy's strategy, to get American's against the war so that they did not support it.
the aussies were alies and fought in the Vietnam war with the Americans. (and of course the South Vietnamese - the Americans were paticipants on their side).
The Americans wasted 330,000,000,000 dollars on the Vietnam War.It was a HUGE waste.
They went to fight it.
They never heard of Vietnam before.
The Vietnam War resulted more than 58,000 American deaths (including missing in action).More than 58,000 Americans lost their lives during the Vietname War.
Wrong part of the world for that activity.
probably the Vietnam war
The Americans lost the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
Americans were drafted into the Vietnam War in 1965.
Americans were more or less outraged about the Vietnam War due to the fact that it was the first televised war, allowing Americans to view what was going on at the front lines. American's were then able to view civilian's dieing. This was the Enemy's strategy, to get American's against the war so that they did not support it.
No americans were not happy
See website: Statistics About the Vietnam War.
the aussies were alies and fought in the Vietnam war with the Americans. (and of course the South Vietnamese - the Americans were paticipants on their side).
More than 58,000 Americans lost their lives during the Vietname War.
Vietnam was called Vietnam after World War 2.
Part of the cold war.