The Vietnam War

Sep 17, 2017 · 1h 24m

After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.

Sep 18, 2017 · 1h 25m

As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with American involvement in South Vietnam.

Sep 19, 2017 · 1h 56m

With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ begins bombing the North and sends US troops to the South.

Sep 20, 2017 · 1h 57m

US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, while the antiwar movement grows.

Sep 21, 2017 · 1h 26m

President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.

Sep 24, 2017 · 1h 26m

Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.

Sep 25, 2017 · 1h 49m

After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.

Sep 26, 2017 · 1h 50m

Nixon withdraws troops but when he sends forces into Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.

Sep 27, 2017 · 1h 51m

South Vietnam fights on its own as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. The POWs return.

Sep 28, 2017 · 1h 49m

Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for reconciliation.