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- Comparing Vietnam & The Revolutionary War
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- Both heavily favored-best military.
- Distance: thousands of miles away.
- Defenders Advantage:
- Guerilla Warfare/unconventional
- British: forests / U.S.: jungle
- Motivated to fight!
- Underestimated the enemy
- Little support at home
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- Inferior forces facing a much superior force.
- Avoided head-on battles.
- Hit-and-Run tactics
- Using the terrain
- Strike quickly & withdraw quickly
- Hit important supply positions
- Never predictable
- Wear the larger force down!
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Notes