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The Vietnam War
A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)
Season 1
Episode 9
South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat. Massive U.S. airpower makes the difference in halting an unprecedented North Vietnamese offensive. After being re-elected in a landslide, Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal. American prisoners of war will finally come home – to a bitterly divided country.
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1:52:11
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
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1:50:56
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
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1:27:48
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
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1:57:27
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
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1:57:57
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.
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1:26:29
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.
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1:25:22
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
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1:50:56
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
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1:52:09
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
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1:50:54
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
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1:27:46
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
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1:28:17
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.