Siege

Summary Episode Fourteen covers the January-March '68 battle for Khe Sanh during the Tet Offensive. Located in the northwest corner of South Vietnam. Khe Sanh is a forward patrol base used to mount search and destroy missions. The Viet Minh forces surround the base and establish artillery positions to shell the base and airfield. For every shell the Viet Minh send into the base the Marines send several back. The North equates Khe Sanh with Dien Bien Phu except that the Americans have complete air superiority and four times the artillery than the Viet Minh have. Westmoreland decides that they will hold Khe Sanh. The airfield is the main target of the north and needs constant repair. LBJ refuses to open the highway to the base so it can only be supplied by air. The Marines are under direct orders from LBJ to dig in and hold. At the height of the battle Tactical air strikes number 400 per day. Operation Niagara delivers 18 tons of bombs from B-52's per day on the north Vietnamese positions. After 77 days, the Vietminh give up the siege. American public opinion starts turning against the war. In the end, the Americans abandon the base as too costly to maintain.

S1.E14 ∙ Siege

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Joseph B. Anderson Anthony Astuccio George R. Christmas Peter Braestrup

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Genres : History War Documentary

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Production companies : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Cinequity TDW Copyright Holding

Summary Episode Fourteen covers the January-March '68 battle for Khe Sanh during the Tet Offensive. Located in the northwest corner of South Vietnam. Khe Sanh is a forward patrol base used to mount search and destroy missions. The Viet Minh forces surround the base and establish artillery positions to shell the base and airfield. For every shell the Viet Minh send into the base the Marines send several back. The North equates Khe Sanh with Dien Bien Phu except that the Americans have complete air superiority and four times the artillery than the Viet Minh have. Westmoreland decides that they will hold Khe Sanh. The airfield is the main target of the north and needs constant repair. LBJ refuses to open the highway to the base so it can only be supplied by air. The Marines are under direct orders from LBJ to dig in and hold. At the height of the battle Tactical air strikes number 400 per day. Operation Niagara delivers 18 tons of bombs from B-52's per day on the north Vietnamese positions. After 77 days, the Vietminh give up the siege. American public opinion starts turning against the war. In the end, the Americans abandon the base as too costly to maintain.

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Genres : History War Documentary

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Production companies : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Cinequity TDW Copyright Holding

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