Quote:
Originally Posted by Multicolor
In the Vietnam war, there were 58,000 US troops KIA and 184,000 South Vietnamese troops KIA, against 1.1 million North Vietnamese or FNL soldiers or guerillas KIA. The ratio was nearly 1:5.
|
The NVA was an uniformed army, fighting a conventional war. They attacked in waves to take advantage of their larger numbers, which is why they sustained massive casualties.
The lesson that should have been learned from Vietnam was that you don't win a war by maximizing body count.