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For the period of the Vietnam War the totals are 1,310,000 between 1955 and 1964, 1,700,000 between 1965–74 and 810,000 between 1975 and 1984. (The estimates for 1955–64 are much higher than other estimates). The sum of those totals is 3,091,000 war deaths between 1955 and 1975. [ 5]
The estimated death toll was between 2,800 and 6,000 civilians and prisoners of war, [1] [2] or 5–10% of the total population of Huế. [3] The Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) released a list of 4,062 victims identified as having been either murdered or abducted. [4] [5] Victims were found bound, tortured, and sometimes buried alive. Many ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Vietnam for a variety of crimes. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative [ 1] gives Vietnam a score of 4.4 out of 10 on the right to freedom from the death penalty, based on responses from human rights experts in the country. [ 2] These experts have also identified that certain groups, such as migrants ...
The Vietnam War body count controversy centers on the counting of enemy dead by the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War (1955–1975). There are issues around killing and counting unarmed civilians ( non-combatants) as enemy combatants, as well as inflating the number of actual enemy who were killed in action (KIA).
Phan Thị Kim Phúc. OOnt. June 8, 1972: Kim Phúc, center, running down a road naked near Trảng Bàng after a South Vietnam Air Force napalm attack ( Nick Ut / The Associated Press) Born. Phan Thị Kim Phúc. ( 1963-04-06) April 6, 1963 (age 61) Trảng Bàng, South Vietnam. Nationality.
The year was the most expensive in the Vietnam War with America spending US$77.4 billion (US$ 678 billion in 2024) on the war. The year also became the deadliest of the Vietnam War for America and its allies with 27,915 ARVN soldiers killed and the Americans suffering 16,592 killed compared to around two hundred thousand PAVN/VC killed.
Battlefield Vietnam employs similar point-by-point objectives to its prequel, Battlefield 1942, as well as a form of asymmetrical warfare gameplay. The two teams, the U.S. and North Vietnam, are provided different equipment and vehicles. The U.S. relies on heavy vehicles, employing heavy tanks, helicopters, and bombers. The Vietnamese rely on ...
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