Vietnam: 50 Years Remembered

S01E01 Indochina To U.S. Involvement

March 3, 2015 50 min

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...

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S01E02 Boots on the Ground

March 3, 2015 50 min

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.

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S01E03 War is Hell

March 3, 2015 50 min

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.

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S01E04 Tet Offensive

March 3, 2015 50 min

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.

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S01E05 Prisoners of War

March 3, 2015 50 min

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.

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S01E06 Vietnamization

March 3, 2015 50 min

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...

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S01E07 The War Remembered

March 3, 2015 50 min

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...

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