Roughly a million Vietnamese were killed in the war.
A group of drunk colonists were throwing rocks and snowballs at the troops, and one of them hit one of the troops with a club, so he shot him. Then, some of the other troops fired at the group of drunks and they killed five people.
Over 58,000 US servicemen were killed in the Vietnam War. Casualties as of November 7 2001:* 58,209 Killed in Action (KIA) and other dead* 303,635 Wounded in action (WIA) (including 153,303 who required hospitalization and 150,332 who didn't)* 1,948 Missing in Action (MIA) Source: Wikipedia== == == ==
It is somewhat like Korea. After the harsh colonial French Master had been soundly defeated by the Vietnamese, two groups of people had two different ideologies. One group was the Vietcong, Vietnamese Communists who were located in North Vietnam. The other group supported the idea of Democracy, and were located in South Vietnam. Note: North Vietnam had finally won the Vietnam War in 1970s with the aid of China and USSR (Soviet Union.). The Americans lost because the troops were not willing to fight the war as Vietnam was far from US and the troops couldn't see the point of winning the war.
Yes, fire ants were a problem for troops during the Vietnam War. Other dangers in the jungle areas of Vietnam included ticks, mosquitoes that carried malaria, and at least 30 different kinds of venomous snakes.
The only acting General killed in action against any foreign enermy was George Custer. No other Generals were ever killed figthing in action for the U.S. Other than in the Civil War.
About 38,209 US soldiers were killed in Vietnam. The other dead 20,000 men were Airmen, Marines, and Sailors.
A group of drunk colonists were throwing rocks and snowballs at the troops, and one of them hit one of the troops with a club, so he shot him. Then, some of the other troops fired at the group of drunks and they killed five people.
A peace agreement was reached with North Vietnam in which the U.S.and Australia would with draw there troops and North Vietnam would stop attacking South Vietnam. After the U.S. and Australia withdrew there troops North Vietnam broke it's agreement and attacked and over ran South Vietnam.
South Vietnam are the non-communist side of Vietnam, which supported by the US vastly on war supplies, troops, and other thing to fights against the North Vietnam (the communist side).
While he would have liked to have been remembered for his "great society" which brought us medicare, the civil rights act, and other such programs to help the poor, the unfortunate truth is he will probably always be remembered as the president that ramped up the Vietnam war. As long as there are Vietnam era people still alive he will be remembered as the president that fully commited American troops to the Vietnam conflict that resulted in over 50,000 American troops being killed. There were riots in the streets of America protesting the war. The country was pretty much on edge over the whole issue.
South Korea , Australia and New Zealand .
People are not killed by guns. People are killed by other people. Some use guns, some use other objects.
508 - 478 Army - 14 RAAF - 9 NAVY - 7 civillians - 6 servicemen were also declared missing in action. It is believed that they were killed but it has never been confirmed.
In the United States there was a draft. Other involved nations may have had other mechanisms for choosing their conscripts.
The North Vietnamese transported troops and supplies through Cambodia and Laos in order to supply their army in South Vietnam. Their primary transportation route was known as the Ho Chi Mien Trail.
over 16 million allied troops were killed over45 million allied civillians were killed over 8 Million axis troops were killed pver 4 million axid civilians were killed total of other 73 million deaths
Over 58,000 US servicemen were killed in the Vietnam War. Casualties as of November 7 2001:* 58,209 Killed in Action (KIA) and other dead* 303,635 Wounded in action (WIA) (including 153,303 who required hospitalization and 150,332 who didn't)* 1,948 Missing in Action (MIA) Source: Wikipedia== == == ==