Vietnam: 50 Years Remembered - Season 1

Vietnam: 50 Years Remembered - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes7
DatesMar 3, 2015 - Mar 3, 2015

Episodes

Indochina to U.S. Involvement
Season 1Episode 152 min

Indochina to U.S. Involvement

French colonies in Indochina fell to the Imperial Japanese after Nazi Germany occupied France during World War II. After the Japanese were defeated, the power vacuum left in the Indochina region set the stage for a major conflict.
Mar 3, 2015
Boots on the Ground
Season 1Episode 254 min

Boots on the Ground

As it became clear the South Vietnamese security forces would not provide adequate security for the US Air Force bases in Southeast Asia, President Lyndon Johnson authorized the beginning of the ground war.
Mar 3, 2015
War is Hell
Season 1Episode 348 min

War is Hell

As troop morale declined, US generals began to advocate for a more aggressive strategy to take the war to the NLF, abandoning the idea that South Vietnam could take back the North without US assistance.
Mar 3, 2015
The Tet Offensive
Season 1Episode 451 min

The Tet Offensive

A truce normally marked the Lunar New Year (Tet), but in 1968, the NLF broke the truce in order to launch the largest battle of the war: The Tet Offensive.
Mar 3, 2015
Prisoners of War
Season 1Episode 551 min

Prisoners of War

During the course of the war, the NLF captured thousands of US soldiers, some of whom were never recovered. Their recovery was used as part of Nixon's justification for continuing the war.
Mar 3, 2015
Vietnamization
Season 1Episode 653 min

Vietnamization

The Nixon Doctrine called for the bolstering of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in order for them to take over the defense of South Vietnam. However, their efforts eventually prove to be in vain, leading to the evacuation of the US and South Vietnamese forces in the Fall of Saigon.
Mar 3, 2015
The War Remembered
Season 1Episode 751 min

The War Remembered

The political costs for the war began to add up for the Nixon Administration, and the South Vietnamese were now on their own. The American troops were home, but there was little celebration. The scars of the war would linger in American culture for decades to come.
Mar 3, 2015

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