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The Vietnam War was one of the longest, bloodiest and most controversial conflicts of the 20th century, a brutal struggle for reunification that drew the world’s greatest superpowers into a war America could not win.
This feature-length documentary explores the complete history of the conflict, from French colonial rule and the rise of Ho Chi Minh to Dien Bien Phu, America’s escalating intervention, the Tet Offensive and the devastating fall of Saigon in 1975.
Discover how Vietnam became a battlefield between communism and the democratic West, why overwhelming American firepower failed to deliver victory, and how nearly two decades of warfare transformed Vietnam, divided the United States and claimed millions of lives.
This is the complete story of the Vietnam War.
00:00 The Vietnam War
02:53 French Indochina
05:30 The Rise of Ho Chi Minh
11:55 The August Revolution
15:50 The First Indochina War
18:34 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
20:47 A Divided Vietnam
25:53 JFK and the American Advisers
28:13 Search and Destroy
32:41 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
35:22 Operation Rolling Thunder
42:20 Tour of Duty
51:56 The Anti-War Movement
55:31 The Tet Offensive
61:56 The Fallout of Tet
64:16 Nixon and Vietnamisation
70:46 Operations Linebacker I & II
78:40 The Fall of South Vietnam
82:44 The Human Cost and Legacy
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Narrated by: William Earl
Edited by: Jamit Productions
Written & Researched by Tony Wilkins
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