Over 1 million people managed to reach foreign shores. The total number that fled cannot be determined, because many may not have survived.
After the Vietnam War, many Vietnamese sought to leave the country due to political repression and fear of persecution under the communist regime. Economic instability and hardship also drove people to seek better opportunities abroad. Additionally, the desire for reunification with family members who had fled or were separated during the war played a significant role in their decision to emigrate.
Had fled to Laos and Cambodia.
See: Statistics About the Vietnam War. Recommended by the History Channel.
Of the more than 58,000 American soldier killed during the Vietnam War, eight were women. Sixty American female civilians were also killed.
It is estimated that approximately 50,000 Americans went to Canada in order to avoid the draft. The Vietnam War lasted from 1959 to 1975.
Most Vietnamese are not refugees and most refugees are not Vietnamese. Those Vietnamese that became refugees in the 1940s-1980s fled the violence of the Indochina Wars, which destroyed Vietnam and made life difficult for many Vietnamese.
Historians estimate, that approximately 200,000 South Vietnamese servicemen of the Army Republic South Vietnam (ARVN), South Vietnamese Marines, Air Force & Navy were killed during the Vietnam War.
During the Vietnam War, there were many people who lived in South Vietnam who supported and fought for the North Vietnamese. They were known as the Viet Cong.
over 300,000
The Vietnam government claimed that about 400,000 Vietnamese were killed by America in Vietnam.
North or South Vietnamese? They used different equipment.
Historians estimate approximately one million Vietnamese refugees left Vietnam.
They were the Vietnamese "boat people". Many were rescued by US Navy and other ships and emigrated to the United States after the fall of South Vietnam.
1.1 million North Vietnemese people were killed during the Vietnam war
After the Vietnam War, many Vietnamese sought to leave the country due to political repression and fear of persecution under the communist regime. Economic instability and hardship also drove people to seek better opportunities abroad. Additionally, the desire for reunification with family members who had fled or were separated during the war played a significant role in their decision to emigrate.
Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served "in country" during the Vietnam War.
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