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The Vietnam War

The History of the World (Explicit Language Version)

Season 1 Episode 28

With morale plummeting in Vietnam, President Nixon begins withdrawing American troops. As news breaks of an unthinkable massacre committed by American soldiers, the public debates the rectitude of the war, while an incursion into Cambodia reignites antiwar protests with tragic consequences.

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A soldier holds a cigarette in his mouth as he balances his gun on his shoulder.
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1:57:25
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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1:57:55
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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1:26:27
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.
Two Vietnam War soldiers crouch as they run away from smoke at a distance.
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1:25:20
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
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