TELEVISION

Vietnam in HD - Season 1

Series: Vietnam in HD
4.8
(41)
Episodes
6
Rating
TV14
Year
2011
Language
English

About

Two years after the release of its landmark Emmy-winning series WWII in HD, HISTORY shifts its focus to a new generation and one of the most controversial chapters in American history, the Vietnam War.

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1. The Beginning (1964-1965)

44m

In 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder roars across the skies over North Vietnam and the first U.S. ground troops land in the South. American soldiers are outnumbered in the Ia Drang Valley, the first major battle of the war.

2. Search & Destroy (1966-1967)

44m

American troops launch widespread "search and destroy" operations; body count, not territory, becomes the measure of success in Vietnam. Charles Brown fights for survival on the bloody slopes.

3. The Tet Offensive (1968)

44m

The enemy gains ground when the massive Tet Offensive catches the Americans by surprise. At Khe Sanh and Pleiku, U.S. troops are under siege. Americans mount a counteroffensive but the shock of the assault ignites anti-war fervor at home.

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