Mohmar Deathstrike said:Or is it the third?
True. Nobody expected Germany to own France that quickly. What about the Afrika Corps victories against numerically superior allies?LeEnfield said:I think that Hitlers conquest of western Europe in 1940 should be up there amongst the all time great achievements
Turkish Victory against British,Anzac and Greek Forces in the 1st WW... For Turkey this war is called Turkish Independence War...
I think i'd vote for Vietnams effort in fighting, and eventually defeating, France, and the U.S.A. [the most advanced industrial nation in world,] over thirty years of almost non stop fighting, and finally freeing their country from colonial rule and outside interference.
They could certainly go the distance.
The victory had been at a terrible cost, with casualites running into millions, [civilian and military] and the country largely destroyed by over three times the amount of bombs dropped throughout the whole of the Second World War, [which worked out at approximately 1000 lbs. for every man, woman and child living in Vietnam].
Not many great battles, or famous victories [Dien Bien Phu was small compared to other battles, but it Broke the French] but their will to win, staying power, and the guerilla tactics employed by General Vo Nguyen Giap, in the end, won the war against advanced military powers.
It must be one of the most impressive military achievements in the 20th Century.
A FEW VIETNAM WAR STATISTICS
Longest war in US history (11 years)
"War" was never officially declared by the United States
A Cornell University study placed the over-all total U.S. cost
of the Vietnam war at $200 Billion
Total U.S. bomb tonnage dropped during:
World War II = 2,057,244 tons
Vietnam War = 7,078,032 tons (3-1/2 times WWII
tonnage)
Bomb tonnage dropped during the Vietnam War amounted to
1,000 lbs. for every man, woman and child in Vietnam.
An estimated 3 million people were killed by the war,
and over 1 million were wounded.
2,594,000 U.S. personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam (Jan.1, 1965 - March 28, 1973).
U.S. Casualties were 361,887. Missing in Action 2,338.
USMC had more casualties in Vietnam than in WWII! 101,000 vs. 91,000.
Just a note about Vietnam, the War lasted from 1959 to 1975, 15 years, not 11 years.
And well fought it was too!
Funny the link it's created between Turks and Aussies ever since.
If you wanna go from the first Viet Minh/French firefights to the fall of Saigon then it is 1945 to 1975 meaning that it when on for 30 years.
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