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Free World Military Forces

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History
Composition of FWMF forces
Notes
References
External links

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Free World Military Forces (FWMF) was a military force composed of a collective group of six nations who sent troops to fight in the Vietnam War under the FWMF banner, assisting the United States and South Vietnam.{{#tag:ref|The FWMF consisted of countries that assisted South Vietnam and the United States during the Vietnam War. As a result, South Vietnam and the United States are not usually included as being part of the FWMF.|group=N}}

History

The Free World Military Forces supported U.S. and South Vietnamese forces against communist forces, such as the Việt Cộng. The number of troops sent varied greatly, with nearly 300,000 from South Korea,^[1] and only 10 from Spain. Many of these countries fought under their own banners in the Vietnam War, but were part of the FWMF organization, or had troops fighting under both their own banner in addition to sending FWMF forces.

Composition of FWMF forces

{{flag|South Korea}} – peaking at 50,000, 312,853 served overall.^[1]
{{flag|Thailand}} – 11,568^[2]
{{flag|Philippines}} – 2,064^[3]
{{flag|Australia}} – 7,626^[4]
{{flag|New Zealand}} – 552^[4]
{{flagdeco|Spain|1977}} Spain – 30 (10, 1966–1967; 20, 1967–1968) Medical and sanitary forces.

Notes

1. ^¹{{citation |url=http://www.hani.co.kr/h21/vietnam/Eng-vietnam273.html |title=The secret tragedy of Vietnam |last=Ku |first=Su-Jeong |date=1999-09-02 |accessdate=2007-03-27 |periodical=The Hankyoreh }}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Hobbes, Nicholas|title=Essential Militaria|publisher=McArthur and Company|year=2004}}
3. ^{{cite web|work=historynet.com|title=The Philippines: Allies During The Vietnam War|url=http://www.historynet.com/the-philippines-allies-during-the-vietnam-war.htm|accessdate=2008-07-04}}
4. ^¹{{cite web | url = http://www.defence.gov.au/army/ahu/HISTORY/vietnam_war.htm| title = Vietnam War 1962–1972 | work = Website | publisher = Army History Unit | accessdate = 2006-09-20| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060905054108/http://www.defence.gov.au/army/ahu/HISTORY/vietnam_war.htm| archivedate = 5 September 2006}}

References

External links

Allied Participation in Vietnam

3 : Multinational units and formations|Military units and formations of the Vietnam War|Vietnam War

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