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Shillary4000 17 points ago +17 / -0

This is kinda ironic considering we won Vietnam on the ground. The war was lost to weariness, not the actual fighting.

The Tet offensive was a disaster for the north, the Viet Cong was wiped out (only 10% were left according to even the most generous estimates) and the Northern Vietnamese Army suffered around a 50% loss in manpower from what I recall - they even started sending their troops south to pose as Viet Cong to keep the Viet Cong spirit going.

It only became a win for the NVA because public sentiment in the US turned against the war and the US pulled out.