Here's the challenge, have the Americans take over the French war effort in Indochina as soon as the French give up or while the French are still in the process of giving up. The lowest amount of either French or American ground troops at any given time is 100,000. The contrast from OTL is that there is never a partition or a period where the Viet Minh get to take a breather or reins in its cadres in the south.
If the Indochina war were continues from 1946 until Vietnam is effectively united under a Communist administration or anticommunist administration, when could the war end and which side is more likely to win and why?
If the Indochina war were continues from 1946 until Vietnam is effectively united under a Communist administration or anticommunist administration, when could the war end and which side is more likely to win and why?