DBWI: No UK involvement in Vietnam War?
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We did lose. Invading North Vietnam was the second Gallipoli that cost us countless men, incurring China's wrath, and killed any hope of the public support of the war.
South Vietnam never stood a chance once we and the UK bail.
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well, considering that north vietnam bankrupted itself trying to reunite Vietnam, and collapsed in 1982, I consider that a tie at the very least
Vietnam is still communist however after it got its act together. We lost, it was not tie.
Not really. There already started to stop protesting and those are just the hold outs. Vietnam is not a Asian Tiger for no reason. Ans they have reform since the 80s.
Maybe the UK would have been spared the days and horrors of Lord Mountbatten dictatorship and it much more lively and no where near depressed. Also stop the massacre and war crimes carry out in Northen Ireland.
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what? avoid Lord Mountbatten? if he didn't start his junta after Vietnam, he would have started at the Malvinas war. or in 1989, when he exploited Chinese unrest to try and nuke it. good thing he was thrown out
What are you talking about? His Junta was started in the 60s,and was kick out of power just after we lost in Vietnam.
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you don't remember when he tried another coup? and besides, he would have used every opportunity to get back in power
OOC: This is the worst example of an DBWI in play. Everyone is contradicting each other with their own AU. I suggest this be closed down and started anew.
That was not a another coup, that was a him, and a handful of die-hardes trying yo get themselves all kill. It was over for him.
Personally I credit the Vietnam experience as the key to Britain remaining a semi-expeditionary power, rather than withdrawing into Europe and having the same military as everyone else. While CVA01 and TSR2 remained firmly cancelled the war reversed the earlier decision to cease carrier aviation so the Eagle was retained until 1984 and the Ark Royal until 1987. The F111K did Stirling work as did the multi-role Lightning, neither of which might have seen the light of day without the commitment to the high intensity war.
While Vietnam itself might be pretty shit it can be argued that the more powerful British expeditionary capabilities lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1987.
While Vietnam itself might be pretty shit it can be argued that the more powerful British expeditionary capabilities lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1987.
Hugh Oswald Short who did not die until 1969 was very proud. The other Short Brothers and Arthur Gouge would have been proud too had they lived long enough.
It's sterling work not Stirling work. However, I once wrote in the minutes of a meeting that one of the estimators said that his job was sole destroying instead of soul destroying. That is it destroyed his shoes instead of making him feel depressed.
Autocorrect on the phone when I was on the train, but you can't argue with the sentiment.
That said, the Short Brothers could well receive a further order for Belfasts to undertake the heavy lift task in Vietnam.