Canada And The Vietnam War
Canada did not fight in the Vietnam War and diplomatically it was "officially non-belligerent". The country's troop deployments to Vietnam were limited to a small number of national forces in 1973 to help enforce the Paris Peace Accords. Nevertheless, the war had considerable effects on Canada, while Canada and Canadians affected the war, in return.
Read more about Canada And The Vietnam War: Beginnings, Canadian Involvement in The War, American Draft Dodgers and War Resisters, Anti-war Activism, Canadians in The U.S. Military, Assistance To The Americans, After The War
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“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”
—Richard M. Nixon (b. 1913)
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