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  • Documentary History War

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3x1
Dien Bien Phu - The Legacy
Episode overview
Covers the battle at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and the resulting expulsion of the French and the division of the country into a North and South Vietnam.
3x2
The Undeclared War
Episode overview
Covers the US's growing invovlement from military advisors to combat troops after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Also covered is Operation Starlight which was the US Marines first battle against the Vietcong in 1965.
3x3
Search and Destroy
Episode overview
Covers the US Army's first battle against the NVA at the Ia Drang Valley in 1965 and the strategy and tactics of the US and North Vietnamese in their efforts to win the war.
3x4
The Showdown in the Iron Triangle
Episode overview
Covers the US Operations which try to seek and destroy the Vietcong and induce them into set piece battles in various areas between Saigon and Cambodia in 1966-67.
3x5
Countdown to Tet
Episode overview
Covers the events in 1967 which lead the Vietcong to plan an all out attack on South Vietnam during the Tet New Year of 1968.
3x6
The Tet Offensive
Episode overview
Covers the Tet Offensive of 1968 in great detail, especially the street battles in Saigon and Hue and the resulting near annihilation of the Vietcong.
3x7
War on the DMZ
Episode overview
Covers the battles and US Operations that raged around the DMZ in the years before 1968.
3x8
Siege at the Khe Sahn
Episode overview
Covers in great detail the largest battle of the war around the US Marine base at Khe Sanh, including the surrounding hill battles and the many B-52 strikes.
3x9
Air War Vietnam
Episode overview
Covers the early years of the Air War with American and South Vietnamese pilots flying tandem to the beginning of the Rolling Thunder campaign.
3x10
Rolling Thunder
Episode overview
Covers the air attacks on North Vietnam by US forces during Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965-68.
3x11
Peace With Honour
Episode overview
Covers the struggle US forces have in turning the ground war over to the South Vietnamese and their effort to destroy NVA bases in Laos and Cambodia in 1970. This episode ends with the NVA's buildup before the Easter Offensive of 1972.
3x12
The Fall of Saigon
Episode overview
Covers the Easter Offensive of 1972 and the unrestricted Christmas Bombings which leads to the Paris Peace Accords of 1973 and the end of the War for the US. This episode finishes with .. show full overview

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