Share this Story: Canada rejected U.S. requests to join war in Vietnam, so how did so many Canadians die there? Canada rejected U.S. requests to join war in Vietnam, so how did so many Canadians die there? Try refreshing your browser, or Canada rejected U.S. requests to join war in Vietnam, so how did so many Canadians die there? Article content Canada also wasn’t too friendly to the other cohort of newcomers driven here by the Vietnam War: Refugees who fled the country after the 1975 communist conquest of South Vietnam. As many Canadian soldiers died in Vietnam as in Afghanistan U.S. president Lyndon Johnson only made one serious attempt to entice Canada into joining the Vietnam War.

Source: National Post May 25, 2021 09:56 UTC