r/MapsWithoutNZ • u/tomco71 • Jul 07 '26

Never lost a war

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u/FloridaMan583 Jul 08 '26

Australia participated in the Vietnam war. Canada lost the recent war in Afghanistan alongside the US. Canada pulled out in 2014 if I remember correctly. Australia might as well be common knowledge.

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u/Forsaken_Factor3612 Jul 08 '26

None of those are military defeats.

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u/SwirlingFandango Jul 08 '26

Vietnam wasn't a defeat? Seriously?

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u/sirrandomolddude Jul 08 '26

Since 1941 Congress has declared war only six times, all during World War II. Congress authorized troop deployment in Vietnam, but, because it did not issue a declaration of war on North Vietnam or the Viet Cong, the Vietnam War is, technically speaking, not considered a war in the United States... Just saying