The Vietnam War — Season 1
3 Episodes · Premiered April 30, 2015 · Ended May 14, 2015
This series tells the story of the Vietnam War, from the country's dynastic history, the impact of Christian missionaries & French colonialism, Japan's invasion during WWII and the rise of Ho Chi Minh. How the US's fear of communism created a sequence of events that caused American troops to go in and the nation found itself entwined in a war.
Episodes
Vietnam's foundation and early history are burdened with blood and violence, and the hardened population was primed for experiencing another war.
In Vietnam, the TV war began, and U.S. antiwar demos, the My Lai massacre, and other horrors of war were shown on the nightly news for the first time.
In Vietnam, after the U.S. withdrawal, the South faces a backlash from the communist North, and U.S. veterans face dishonour and neglect back home.