The Vietnam War refers to a large-scale local war that broke out in Southeast Asia between 1955 and 1975 after World War II, and was a local hot war that occurred in the context of the Cold War.
In addition to the two main combatants of the United States and Vietnam, as well as the Soviet Union, Australia, Thailand, China, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, the Kingdom of Laos and other participating countries have also sent troops into the Vietnamese battlefield, South Vietnam participated in the war more than 1.2 million troops, North Vietnam participated in the war strength of more than 2 million, the United States participated in the war of 650,000 people, the Soviet Union began to send troops continuously from 1965, until 1976 a total of 11,000 troops were sent, China participated in the war strength of 170,000 people, Among them, Taiwan also participated in the war, the number of troops sent can not be counted now, south Korea participated in the war 53,000 people, Australia sent 15,542 conscripts, 26,395 volunteers, Thailand participated in the war 13,000 people, New Zealand participated in the war is relatively small, there are 552 people, the Philippines sent 2,300 engineering troops stationed in Vietnam, the scope of the countries participating in the war, the number of people participating in the war is not lost to other local wars.
The post-war impact of this war is also unprecedented, in terms of casualties, the Vietnam People's Army and the South Vietnamese National Liberation Front 1,176,000 people died, 600,000 people were wounded, South Vietnam 316,000 people died, 1,170,000 people were injured, China 1,146 people died, 4,200 people were wounded, the United States 58,202 died, 303616 people were injured, the Soviet Union 1,974 people died, South Korea 5,099 people died, 10,962 people were wounded, Australia 474 people died, 4307 wounded, Thailand 1351 dead, 5000 wounded, New Zealand 37 dead, 187 wounded, Laos 100,000 dead, this is just military casualties, civilian casualties are not a minority, the entire Vietnamese civilian deaths are expected to be between 200,000 and 250,000 people, Cambodian civilian deaths are estimated to be between 200,000 and 300,000 people, the total number of war deaths is estimated to reach 3992846
From the above figures, it can be seen that this war has suffered huge casualties for Vietnam and the United States on both sides of the main war, especially Vietnam, Vietnam is a relatively small country, whether it is in terms of land area or population, it is not suitable for such a big war, especially the social state of Vietnam at that time, Vietnam is in a period of division between the north and the south, the internal war plus the foreign war makes the whole country very tired, this war lasted for 20 years, and by 1975, although the war ended, everything seemed to be calm, However, it has caused more than 1.9 million deaths and countless refugees in Vietnam, reducing the number of vietnamese by about 4 million, and nearly half of the men died in this war, leaving Vietnam with 880,000 orphans, 1 million widows, 200,000 disabled, and 20,000 prostitutes, indirectly forming a serious imbalance in the proportion of Vietnam's population, which can be said to be only the old, weak, sick and disabled. At that time, Vietnam had just been reunified, and in the face of such a devastated national situation, Vietnam had quickly restored its troops.
Vietnam used only two methods.
First: rely on external assistance. China is the most important supporter and donor of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam
China gave Vietnam selfless help, aid Vietnam 80 billion yuan, in addition to money, in equipment and materials are also provided free of charge, all kinds of guns, artillery, shells, explosives, military uniforms, transportation equipment, communication materials, etc., without exception are given priority to vietnam, many new equipment has just been successfully developed and has not been used, it was provided to Vietnam, to Vietnam to alleviate most of the war pressure and worries, after the war, China still continues to help Vietnam rebuild its homeland, Giving a large amount of funds to support Vietnam's agricultural economic development has provided strong support for Vietnam's post-war socialist construction, and has also provided great help for Vietnam's rapid post-war economic recovery.
Second: use women
After twenty years of brutal war, countless deaths and injuries, nearly half of the men died in this war, the population fell sharply, men can go to the battlefield to fight, the remaining available men are very few, and then want to face the serious shortage of troops, in the face of this situation Vietnam began to use women, experienced this war, more than a million women became widows, Vietnam began to gather these women, for them to carry out strict military training, they have no home, entering the army seems to become their best home, In the training ground with men to practice bayonets, marksmanship, on the battlefield like men carry guns, anti-gun, these trained women are not worse than men, experienced the cruelty of war is more fearless, and at that time Vietnam in order to increase the strength of the troops, but also distributed weapons and ammunition to civilians, so that everyone involved in the war, it can be said that the whole people are soldiers.
Vietnam's method of rapid post-war replenishment worked quickly, but it was not a long-term solution, and it was disgraceful to take advantage of the help of well-wishers and civilians.