While the Chinese-supported communist regime firmly controls its 'liberated' population, Us president JFK and his staff consider how far they should engage, in the Cold War logic and fearing a domino effect, to support the corrupt, oppressive cheaters republic in the south, which plays them greedily. Its cleptocratic inner circle turns its own population -even the Buddhist monks- against them, hence against the US troops, who can't distinguish the communist insurgents from local farmers, hence each kill makes a dozen new enemies. Furthermore the Vietnamese are prepared to sacrifice far more. After Kennedy's Dallas murder, Lyndon B. Johnson inherits bleak prospects. Written by KGF Vissers
All Episodes - S01
EPS01
After centuries of domination by neighboring empires (Chinese, Khmer), Vietnam (Annam, Tonkin and Cochinchina) and its neighbors Laos and Cambodia) were for a century a F ...
EPS02
While the Chinese-supported communist regime firmly controls its 'liberated' population, Us president JFK and his staff consider how far they should engage, in the Cold W ...
EPS03
Fearing Saigon's collapse, President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the bombing of North Vietnam, and sends U.S. ground troops to the south. ...
EPS04
North Vietnamese troops make their way down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, defying American air power. While the anti-war movement escalates back home, American soldiers realize ...
EPS05
As casualties mount on both sides, American soldiers face deadly ambushes and artillery. President Lyndon B. Johnson assures the American public that victory is within re ...
EPS06
Shaken by the violence of the Tet Offensive, assassinations of leaders and domestic unrest, Americans begin to doubt President Lyndon B. Johnson's promise that victory in ...
EPS07
Draft-age Americans wrestle with their choices. Richard Nixon narrowly wins the presidential election. Soldiers on all sides of the conflict witness savagery and courage. ...
EPS08
President Richard Nixon begins withdrawing American troops from Vietnam, but his authorization of the invasion of Cambodia sparks large protests in America. ...
EPS09
The South Vietnamese fight on their own, succumbing to terrible losses in Laos. After he is reelected, President Richard Nixon strikes a peace deal with Hanoi that sees t ...
EPS10
Civil war continues in Vietnam as President Richard Nixon resigns. After North Vietnamese troops regain control of Saigon and the war ends, people from all sides search f ...