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The Vietnam War

The River Styx (Vietnamese Subtitles)

Season 1 Episode 13

With South Vietnam in chaos, hardliners in Hanoi seize the initiative and send combat troops to the south, accelerating the insurgency. Fearing Saigon’s collapse, President Johnson escalates America’s military commitment, authorizing sustained bombing of the north and deploying ground troops in the south.

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US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
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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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1:52:32
South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
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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.
Two Vietnam War soldiers in the trenches.
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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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