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The Vietnam War is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):
Events of May 1970 to March 1973. South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat, while a re-elected President Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal
Events of May 1970 to March 1973. South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat, while a re-elected President Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal
Events of March 1973 onward as the Watergate scandal forces President Nixon to resign, while North Vietnamese troops pour into the south and Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses
Events of March 1973 onward as the Watergate scandal forces President Nixon to resign, while North Vietnamese troops pour into the south and Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses
Ten years in the making, this series tells the epic story of the Vietnam War, bringing the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life. In this opening part, covering 1858 to 1961, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation and, with the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva
The events of 1961 to 1963. President Kennedy inspires idealistic young Americans to serve their country, and wrestles with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a growing Communist insurgency and widespread Buddhist protests, a grave political crisis unfolds
The events of 1964 and 1965. 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, authorising sustained bombing of the North and deploying ground troops in the South
The events of 1966 until mid-1967. Defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops and materiel stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the south, while Saigon struggles to pacify the countryside. As an antiwar movement builds in the US, American soldiers discover that this conflict is nothing like the one their fathers fought
Hanoi lays plans for a massive surprise offensive, while the Johnson administration attempts to reassure the American public that victory is in sight
On the eve of the Tet holiday, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch surprise attacks throughout the south, while Lyndon Johnson decides not to stand for re-election
Richard Nixon wins the presidency, promising law and order at home and peace overseas, while soldiers on both sides witness terrible savagery and unflinching courage in Vietnam
President Nixon begins withdrawing American troops, news breaks of a massacre carried out by US soldiers and an incursion into Cambodia reignites anti-war protests
Events of May 1970 to March 1973. South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat, while a re-elected President Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal
Events of March 1973 onward as the Watergate scandal forces President Nixon to resign, while North Vietnamese troops pour into the south and Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses