CAPRICORN-88
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All is fair in LOVE and WAR. So the saying goes.To be fair to Vietnam, they actually defended well, especially considering they were the weaker side facing a stronger China. In fact, Vietnam was even fighting China while facing a two front war, since their major forces were also engaged in their invasion and occupation of Cambodia . Its actually a very good performance from them fighting a big country like China while still invading and occupying Cambodia. For a smaller poorer country their performance was actually commendable since China couldn't make them pull out of Cambodia and protect China's then ally Polpot whose regime was overthrown by the Vietnamese forces.
So I wouldn't say it was a defeat for Vietnam either. War can be unpredictable at times when it comes to victory , especially when you are the invading party , its not a given that you will always prevail even if you are the stronger Party, since the inheritance side fighting at home knows terrain better and can fight for longer, facing less logistics problems, moral etc. Russias invasion of Ukraine shows this yet again as well.
But war in Asia is always brutal and cruel.
100 million Asians lost their lives and many their heads as well during WW2.
Yes. The Vietnamese defenders have NO chance to even repell in the face of a mighty opponent.
Example.
If one only see artillery shells but not the enemies, the only one the Vietnamese will get to see is the almighty and without their shoes.
I was following the event of whole war from the day it started till it ended.
But I am pretty proud of the fact, even then I was able to filter the truth from make belief. A usual trick employed by Vietnamese during NAM.
The conclusion, the Vietnamese defenders were decimated by heavy and precision shelling by artilleries and rockets.
Not much of a war. Yes. And it was unfair and the Russian protector did not turned up.
One of the objective of the Chinese Military achieved.
Just like what I am doing now trying to pick up the piece of information and filtering the news about the war in Ukraine esp. the fighting around Mariupol and the non event at Kiev.
90% of what is currently reported are fake and not corroborated.
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