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The Vietnam war one of the biggest wars in American history, let’s see how it stacks up against real facts.

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The Vietnam war was the longest war in American history 

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The Vietnam war was the longest war in American history 

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It went on from 1955 - 1975, 20 years long.

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The Vietnam war is America’s 4th deadliest war

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The Vietnam war is America’s 4th deadliest war

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With 58k U.S Causalities, 1,100,000 North Vietnamese Causalities, and 200k-250k South Vietnam Causalities.

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China, the USSR, and North Korea fought on North Vietnam’s side
while the US, South Korea, Philippines, New Zealand, and the Republic of China fought on South Vietnam’s side. (This isn’t a full list)

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The majority of the U.S soldiers weren’t drafted 

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The majority of the U.S soldiers weren’t drafted 

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Only 25% of American soldiers were drafted.

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The U.S. didn’t face nearly as much damage as NVA

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The U.S. didn’t face nearly as much damage as NVA

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The North Vietnamese didn’t have nearly as strong of a military.

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The Vietnam war isn’t an official war (kinda)

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The Vietnam war isn’t an official war (kinda)

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The congress sent out troops but never made an official declaration of war. We should know by now that a declaration of war isn’t needed for a war to occur (surprise attacks happen an awful lot throughout history).

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It actually lead to nearby civil wars making more countries communist.

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It actually lead to nearby civil wars making more countries communist.

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For example, Cambodia had a civil war after the Vietnam war and became communist.

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The Vietnam war costed 168 billion dollars (for the U.S)

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The Vietnam war costed 168 billion dollars (for the U.S)

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That’s over 1 trillion

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Millions of people Immigrated to the south (due to U.S propaganda)

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Millions of people Immigrated to the south (due to U.S propaganda)

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This included rumors that the U.S would drop a nuke on North Vietnam.

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The U.S won nearly all major battles & won key points again and again

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The U.S won nearly all major battles & won key points again and again

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Some historians say that the U.S won all major battles while some say they only lost a dozen. The U.S even captured key areas multiple times & lose less people.

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The U.S lead a coup to takeover the ineffective South Vietnam leader

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The U.S lead a coup to takeover the ineffective South Vietnam leader

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And they won! The only problem was that military governments kept rising then being abolished again and again. It lead to massive political chaos.

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The U.S claims that NVA started the war but many say it’s false

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The U.S claims that NVA started the war but many say it’s false

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In fact many believe that the U.S fabricated the whole thing just to declare war on an ever growing communist power.

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The Ho Chi Minh trail used to avoid the U.S caused a civil war in Laos

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The Ho Chi Minh trail used to avoid the U.S caused a civil war in Laos

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The Ho Chi Minh trail was a trail that went through neighboring countries to avoid U.S bombs

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In an effort to stop Laos from being communist the U.S dropped 2 millions tons of bombs on it (in ww2 they dropped 2.1mil)

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In an effort to stop Laos from being communist the U.S dropped 2 millions tons of bombs on it (in ww2 they dropped 2.1mil)

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That’s a lot of bombing, infact Laos is the most heavily bombed country in the world!

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I want to show how devastating the Vietnam war was while also correcting some myths that make it seem worse than it is.