• 1983
  • 11h
Vietnam: A Television History

Summary An in-depth look at the Vietnam War. View more details

  • 1983
  • 11h

Vietnam: A Television History

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Will Lyman Henry Kissinger William C. Westmoreland Dean Rusk

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Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Oct 3, 1983

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom France

Language : English French Vietnamese Central Khmer

Production companies : France 2 (FR2) Central Independent Television WGBH

Summary An in-depth look at the Vietnam War. View more details

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Oct 3, 1983

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom France

Language : English French Vietnamese Central Khmer

Production companies : France 2 (FR2) Central Independent Television WGBH

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 03, 1983
Roots of a War
The end of World War II opened the way for the return of French rule to Indochina. But after eight years of fighting and $2.5 billion in U.S. aid, the French lost a crucial battle at Dienbienphu -- and with it, their Asian empire.
Episode 2 • Oct 04, 1983
The First Vietnam War, 1946-1954
The eight-year battle between the French and Vietminh is examined.
Episode 3 • Oct 10, 1983
America's Mandarin: 1954-1963
With a goal of stopping the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in South Vietnam.
Episode 4 • Oct 17, 1983
LBJ Goes to War: 1964-1965
With Ho Chi Minh determined to reunite Vietnam, President Lyndon Baines Johnson determined to prevent it, and South Vietnam on the verge of collapse, the stage was set for massive escalation of the undeclared Vietnam War.
Episode 5 • Oct 24, 1983
America Takes Charge: 1965-1967
In two years, the Johnson administration's troop build-up dispatched 1.5 million Americans to Vietnam to fight a war they found baffling, tedious, exciting, deadly and unforgettable.
Episode 6 • Oct 31, 1983
America's Enemy: 1954-1967
The Vietnam War as seen from different perspectives by Vietcong guerrillas and sympathizers, by North Vietnamese leaders and rank and file, and by Americans held prisoner in Hanoi.
Episode 7 • Nov 07, 1983
Tet 1968
The massive enemy offensive at the lunar New Year decimated the Vietcong and failed to topple the Saigon government -- but led to the beginning of America's military withdrawal from Vietnam.
Episode 8 • Nov 14, 1983
Vietnamizing the War: 1969-1973
President Richard Nixon's program of troop pull-outs, stepped-up bombing and huge arms shipments to Saigon changed the war and left GIs wondering which of them would be the last to die in Vietnam.
Episode 9 • Nov 21, 1983
Cambodia and Laos
Despite technical neutrality, both of Vietnam's smaller neighbors were drawn into the war, suffered massive bombings, and, in the case of Cambodia, endured a post-war holocaust of nightmarish proportions.
Episode 10 • Nov 28, 1983
'Peace is at Hand': 1968-1973
While American and Vietnamese soldiers continued to clash in battle, diplomats in Paris argued about making peace. After more than four years, they reached an accord that proved to be a preface to further bloodshed.
Episode 11 • Dec 05, 1983
Homefront USA
Through troubled years of controversy and violence, U.S .casualties mounted, victory remained elusive, and American opinion moved from general approval to general dissatisfaction with the Vietnam War.
Episode 12 • Dec 12, 1983
The End of the Tunnel: 1973-1975
South Vietnamese leaders believed that America would never let them go down to defeat -- a belief that died as North Vietnamese tanks smashed into Saigon on April 30, 1975, and the long war ended with South Vietnam's surrender.
Episode 13 • Dec 19, 1983
Legacies
The legacy of the Vietnam War is examined.
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