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The Vietnam War
Déjà Vu (Vietnamese Subtitles)
Season 1
Episode 11
After a long and brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva. Communists in the north aim to reunify the country, while America supports Ngo Dinh Diem’s untested regime in the south.
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1:57:25
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.

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1:57:55
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.

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1:26:27
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.

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1:25:20
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.