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The Vietnam War
Déjà Vu (1858-1961)
Season 1
Episode 1
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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1:28:17
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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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.