Vietnam:Uncle Sam to Uncle Scrooge

World War Two had left the world in shambles. Europe was devastated; all major cities had been destroyed, the flower of European youth was gone, lying in unmarked graves. Asia had fared little better; China and South-East Asia had borne the brunt of Japanese aggression which itself had two nuclear bombs dropped on it. Africa had been devastated by the battling armies of Montgomery and Rommel. The Japanese had come to India's doorstep and the Great Bengal Famine had inflicted horrendous causalities on poor and defenceless people.