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The Vietnam War

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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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A soldier holds a cigarette in his mouth as he balances his gun on his shoulder.
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US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
Two politicians rest their heads on their fist and palm.
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With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.
An American soldier addresses a group of South Vietnamese soldiers who are all sitting down on the ground with their guns pointing up.
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As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.
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After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
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