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dalton99a

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3. Actually Vietnam had successfully repelled multiple Mongol invasions from China in previous centuries

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 03:05 PM

14 hrs ago

The Mongols basically gave up trying

China did try again in 1979 (they were pissed off that Vietnam had invaded Cambodia which was a Chinese client and removed the murderous Pol Pot from power)

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The U.S. dropped 7.5 million tons of bombs, 400,000 tons of napalm, and had 550,000 troops on the ground in Vietnam [View all] dalton99a 14 hrs ago OP

Viet Nam had already defeated the Japanese, French, Britsh, then the USA and later China. GreenWave 14 hrs ago #1

Actually Vietnam had successfully repelled multiple Mongol invasions from China in previous centuries dalton99a 14 hrs ago #3

54,000 US soldiers dead bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #2

"7.5 million tons of bombs" seemed impossible to me, but AI says "yeah." NT mahatmakanejeeves 13 hrs ago #4

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 13 hrs ago #5

A lot of people fled Vietnam because we were there, and are free now. pwb 13 hrs ago #6

All because of the Domino Theory. nt doc03 12 hrs ago #7