"ARVN Troops (Early War) Review" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Sep 2020 9:48 p.m. PST |
"After a rigged referendum, on 26 October 1955 the Republic of Vietnam, generally referred to then and now as just ‘South Vietnam', was proclaimed, and on 30th December of that year the new country formally established the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Of course this was largely a continuation of the previous colonial force, but it faced enormous issues from its earliest days, including a developing guerrilla war with some of its own people (supported by the new North Vietnam), internal private warlord armies and invasion from the North, not to mention several coup attempts over the 19 years of its existence. It also had many handicaps to cope with, and it would be fair to say that its performance was very patchy. Its story is often overshadowed by the presence of increasing numbers of US troops, but at its peak it was the world's fourth largest army, and suffered far more casualties than the US forces during the years before South Vietnam, and the ARVN, disappeared in April 1975…"
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 Legion 4  | 12 Sep 2020 6:26 a.m. PST |
TMP link No need to repost what I already said …  |
| Tango01 | 12 Sep 2020 12:03 p.m. PST |
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