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No. The French were just leaving. Totally wrong answer. Advisors entered in 1953 and by June of 1955 a total of 740 Advisors were deployed with Vietnamese units. MAAG (Indochina) had a presence in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The CIA operatives and Air America surrogates were in place supporting France and South Vietnam.
The troops had to wear condoms in sexual congress.
Over 900,000 coalition military members were deployed to Desert Storm.
The Global War on Terrorism began on 9/11/2001. US troops deployed to Southwest Asia October 2001.
Here is a breakdown for the Vietnam War: Vietnam War (1964–1975) Total servicemembers 8,744,000 Serving in-theater 3,403,000 Battle deaths 47,410 Other deaths in service (theater) 10,789 Other deaths in service (nontheater) 32,000 Nonmortal woundings 153,303
A total of 58,168 American soldiers died in Vietnam during the Vietnam War!!
lots ANSWER French Army deployed 48,950 infantry, 15,765 cavalry and 7.232 artillery for a total of 71.947 troops. Wellington Army deployed 49,608 infantry, 12,408 cavalry and 5,645 artillery for a total of 67,661 troops. Bluecher's Prussian Army of about 89,000 troops joined in groups Wellington's between 3.00 and 7.00 PM.
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Total American deaths in Vietnam from 1959 through the end of 1963 were 195. Therefore the total by Nov. 1963 would not be more than that and possibly somewhat fewer. Reference: http://www.militaryfactory.com/vietnam/casualties.asp#13
One US Army publication states that US Military Units were emplaced in Vietnam in 1951; however that places them there when the French are fighting heavily. However, it is known that the Eisenhower administration had US troops in South Vietnam to assist the transitioning process of the French departure & creation of the North & South Vietnams in 1954. It's also known that his administration deployed US troops to the newly created South Vietnam to help build it up, to defend itself against it's new communist neighbor, in 1955. Under Ford's administration in 1975, the last US civilians and military personnel were evacuated from Saigon (South Vietnam).
Total war in the south implied destroying everything...scorched earth policy...digging up the farms, bending railroad ties around trees, leveling brick buildings, killing livestock, etc. Total war in Vietnam would've implied the use of atomic weapons...consequently, total war was NOT deployed during the Vietnam War...Vietnam was a limited war...fought limited to conventional NON-ATOMIC weapons.
1,200,000 North Vietnamese (Including South Vietnamese Viet Cong) 350,000 South Vietnamese 60,000 Americans 5,000 South Koreans 500 Australians 37 new Zealanders 1,400 Thailanders 1,500 Chinese 16 Russians