The American-Led Military Coalition in Vietnam: Interests, Incentives, and Interpretations
The American war in Vietnam was fought by a military coalition of seven countries: the United States, the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), the Republic of Korea (ROK), Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and the Philippines. At the peak of U.S. deployment in South Vietnam in 1969, the troop strengths were 5...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The American war in Vietnam was fought by a military coalition of seven countries: the United States, the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), the Republic of Korea (ROK), Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and the Philippines. At the peak of U.S. deployment in South Vietnam in 1969, the troop strengths were 543,400 United States, 897,000 RVN, 48,869 ROK, 11,586 Thailand, 7,672 Australia, 552 New Zealand, and 189 Philippines. Joining the American and RVN troops battling the Vietcong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were 68,889 soldiers from five Asia-Pacific nations. These free world military assistance forces, or third-country forces, were under the |
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