Free World Military Assistance Forces | |
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Active | 1965–1973 |
Country | United States South Vietnam Australia New Zealand South Korea Thailand[1] Taiwan Spain Philippines |
Engagements | Vietnam War |
Free World Military Assistance Forces (FWMAF also known as Free World Military Forces or FWMF) was the group of allied nations who sent troops to fight in the Vietnam War under the FWMF banner, assisting South Vietnam against North Vietnam, China, Soviet Union, and North Korea. Together with South Vietnamese, the FWMF were often referred to as the Allies. It did not include anti-communist armies in Laos and Cambodia that also supported South Vietnam and fought native communists supported by North Vietnam.