Body Count by renecyberdoc
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
been watching some hd-videos about wwII/vietnam war etc.............
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_count#Vietnam_War
Since the goal of the United States in the Vietnam War was not to conquer North Vietnam but rather to ensure the survival of the South Vietnamese government, measuring progress was difficult. All the contested territory was theoretically "held" already. Instead, the US Army used body counts to show that the US was winning the war. The Army's theory was that eventually, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army would lose after the attrition warfare.
According to historian Christian Appy, "search and destroy was the principal tactic; and the enemy body count was the primary measure of progress" in General Westmoreland’s war of attrition. Search and destroy was coined as a phrase in 1965 to describe missions aimed at flushing the Viet Cong out of hiding, while the body count was the measuring stick for the success of any operation. Competitions were held between units for the highest number of Vietnamese killed in action, or KIAs. Army and marine officers knew that promotions were largely based on confirmed kills. The pressure to produce confirmed kills resulted in massive fraud. One study revealed that 61 % of American commanders considered that body counts were grossly exaggerated.[2]
welcome to cybertenko's gruesome world -lol-well done Robert!!!!
conquerors/dead collector/gibbet of montfaucon/catacombs,
jefferson-master terrain/clouds/addon,
Comments (17)
So Pretty !!!!!
interessant
Very good work on this scene, Rene!
Chilling scene, Rene. I know so many guys who served over there. This is before my time, but I got to know them later. One guy especially. We always partied with him at his house. I think he went back there about ten years ago or something. But anyway, excellent work, my friend.
well done but oh, so sad...
Wicked scene!... That guy pushing that cart is something else... all these bodies and its like nothing!... great work on this!
Excellent work!
Not much has really changed has it! War will always be war and even 1 death is more than should be! It is monstrous to inflate numbers like that for personal gain, it's all horrific!
WOW !! wonderful image and POV !!
Great work my friend.
Wasn't there a precedent in the Bible concerning collecting the foreskins of the enemy killed? Wouldn't take up as much room as bodies ... Great image!
Cool work, Doc
That whole episode was one of the biggest cluster-####s and wastes of lives. And in the end it accomplished nothing. I was stationed in Thailand during this time - our aircraft participated in recon and interdiction missions.
Well done scene, Rene!
Looks amazing hon - love it a lot!
Powerful work, Rene. Very well done ! ! !
fine work
It is what americans typically do :-(. Great art!