Seasons & Episodes
Indochina To U.S. Involvement
French colonies in Indochina fell to the Imperial Japanese after Nazi Germany occupied France during World War II. After
Boots on the Ground
As it became clear the South Vietnamese security forces would not provide adequate security for the US Air Force bases i
War is Hell
As troop morale declined, US generals began to advocate for a more aggressive strategy to take the war to the NLF, aband
Tet Offensive
A truce normally marked the Lunar New Year (Tet), but in 1968, the NLF broke the truce in order to launch the largest ba
Prisoners of War
During the course of the war, the NLF captured thousands of US soldiers, some of whom were never recovered. Their recove
Vietnamization
The Nixon Doctrine called for the bolstering of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in order for them to take over the d
The War Remembered
The political costs for the war began to add up for the Nixon Administration, and the South Vietnamese were now on their