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The US's fear of communism caused American troops to go into Vietnam under President Kennedy in 1961. A war fought nightly on TV, it engendered a huge anti-war movement. By 1973, Nixon had resigned and the US was forced to withdraw in 1975.
In this episode: In 1972 Nixon orders the majority of US troops back. In 1974, after Watergate, he resigns. The US embassy is evacuated on April 30th 1975. In Vietnam the South face a backlash from the North and US veterans face dishonour and neglect back home. Today Vietnam is the world's second largest coffee producer, still ruled by a communist government and moving at the pace of China.
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In this episode: In 1972 Nixon orders the majority of US troops back. In 1974, after Watergate, he resigns. The US embassy is evacuated on April 30th 1975. In Vietnam the South face a backlash from the North and US veterans face dishonour and neglect back home. Today Vietnam is the world's second largest coffee producer, still ruled by a communist government and moving at the pace of China.
@aydemirduman2848
2 жыл бұрын
Unnecessary war? I disagree with that. 8 years of murders must be stopped. Look at the 1974 war in Cyprus. 10 years of murders, yet USA forbid Turkey to stop. Then few days later war stopped and UN peacekeepers moved in. Where were the great povers? Peacekeepers? While inecent civilians killed last 8 years. As Turkey had to stop, Russia has every right to stop this killings. Nothing like Vietnam. There are wars well justified. Specially against fashist. You can see his photos, sculptures in Ukraine with a huge army of fallovers. You know whom l am talking about.
@daveyboy_
2 жыл бұрын
@@aydemirduman2848 how is Russia invading Ukraine nessicary ?
@gusyates1839
2 жыл бұрын
What a psychopath that guy must’ve been.
@thev5140
2 жыл бұрын
who stabbed the back of south vietnam ???
@sanjoyghosh6371
2 жыл бұрын
@@daveyboy_ yes it is 200% necessary, for peace of the world.
It is absolutely mind boggling to me that Henry Kissinger received the Nobel Peace Prize..
@johnsmithberg2798
10 ай бұрын
Not quite as rediculous, Obama bombed more nations than any other President, go one too.
@user-im5ee7yu5w
6 ай бұрын
I totally agree with you. He never resolved any war conflicts anywhere in the World. Everywhere he went, the wars would continue to rage. I've always thought Kissinger was an exercise in futility. Kissinger has been called a 'Warmonger' by people on the Hard Left of politics. That may be a bit extreme. Though Kissinger was by no means a 'Peacemaker' When I was 12 yrs old I asked my father "Why is Henry Kissinger getting the Peace Prize." When Hanoi was bombed at Christmas time on Kissinger's orders, Le Duc Tho agreed to an armistice. But when he received the Peace Prize together with Kissinger in the autumn of 1973, he refused to accept it, on the grounds that his opposite number had violated the truce. Kissinger sanctioned the murder of thousands of Vietnamese people when he authorised various acts of War. Kissinger was a Warmaker not a Peacemaker.
@stacymcmillen70
5 ай бұрын
What for? Lol
@longshotny
5 ай бұрын
@travel it's worse than your wildest belief: Kissinger intentionally abandoned pows, I'm terribly troubled, several books, videos documenting facts my disgraceful USA😡. 1) AN ENORMOUS CRIME by Bill Hendon, and 2) ABANDONED IN PLACE by Lynn O'shea. both are meticulous in their research and documenting sources governments abandoning their people unfortunately nothing new. Depressing & Surreal!
@ER-uy7ct
5 ай бұрын
I agree, it was like giving Yasir Araft one as well.
I know a lady in Vietnam. Her father was a soldier and he was sprayed with Agent Orange. It changed his genetics in such a way that his daughter has serious issues. I met a few other people in Vietnam who have birth defects because of Agent Orange. I really hope someone covers the war from the Vietnamese perspective. I mean to actually interview people who live in Vietnam and Vietnamese people who fought in the war, or who can talk about what happened to them and their family and friends during the war. We typically hear Americans talking about the war which is fine, but we still need the Vietnamese perspective.
@frederickbowdler8169
Жыл бұрын
Good point interview all parties involved and peace treaty discussion immediately .Thanks for the great view point.
@garyreilly2025
Жыл бұрын
Vietnamese people suffered all ways. American soldiers suffered phycological trauma for years. Things they did, things they saw. An Australian friend of mine still has nightmares from his deployment there. I can't begin to think how Vietnam has recovered from the horrors of war. Still we don't learn lessons from this.
@kevinsmith9502
Жыл бұрын
The people of Vietnam still have another 25 years before the dioxin breaks down and becomes inert.Not to mention the generations that will still be affected by this horrible chemical.
@louisglen1653
Жыл бұрын
@@kevinsmith9502 I am Canadian and some of the Agent Orange Chemical was produced by Uniroyal Canada at their plant in Elmira, Ontario. I was shocked and saddened when I found out.
@VSS32542
Жыл бұрын
I knew a man when I was a child who was in Vietnam and got agent orange on him.. this was like in 1994 when I met him.. his skin was reptile like he looked like he had never showered cuz his skin was black and bumpy
Kissinger certainly did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.
@oopj1916
15 күн бұрын
ông ấy chính là phù thủy, ông ta chưa bao giờ xứng đáng với giải thưởng nobel. và ở phía đối diện, trưởng đoàn đàm phán vs kissinger đó là Lê Đức Thọ đã từ chối giải thưởng với lí do : không thể nhận giải khi đất nước chưa có hòa bình độc lập . đó chính là nhân cách vĩ đại , cái mà kissinger không bao giờ có . có một câu nói " Thông minh là thiên phú, tử tế là lựa chọn "
My mother taught high school English and Creative Writing in the 1970’s here in the States. She told me that the new arrival Vietnamese teens she taught did better at english tests than the Caucasian kids raised in the U.S. She was impressed with how hard refugee kids worked! 💛🙏🏼
@erichramone7812
2 жыл бұрын
The American kids were more interested in going to arcades, and smoking pot and listening to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd
@Glen.Danielsen
2 жыл бұрын
@@erichramone7812 Yah, Erich, that is partially true in my experience. I attended high school 1972-74. My waterpolo teammates and I smoked pot on weekends, and went to rock concerts-Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens, etc. But during the week, we were diligent students, some of us graduating with 4.0 straight-A’s. We worked hard and played hard. Yet before starting university work we stopped the pot. Cheers to you from the States! 💛🙏🏼
@keithbentley6081
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but anybody raised in the US speaks English proficiently unless they are impaired, that's a fact. They would never take an English placement test.
@Glen.Danielsen
2 жыл бұрын
@@keithbentley6081 Hold on there, Keith. In Middle School in the early 1970’s here in my state, USA, we _all_ took proficiency tests that included english grammar. That’s a fact. Your song is wrong, brother of bowel blockage. Regent of restive wrongness, agent of misstatement: check facts before your attacks. Cheers to you anyway, duke of dark illumination, minstrel of mutant mutter. Please reconsider your vinegar.
@erichramone7812
2 жыл бұрын
@@keithbentley6081 in her post she is talking specifically about a class called “English and CREATIVE WRITING. I was born here and speak perfect English yet I like million upon millions of kids (no matter what) take required courses like math and English. All she is saying is that the new arrival Vietnamese kids did better than their American peers. That doesn’t surprise me one bit. A big part of English class can be anything from vocabulary to essay writing. Basically in general I noticed the Asian kids tried harder as there was much more effort in wanting to learn and get better. That’s no doubt what she is referring to.
Watching this after the Fall of Kabul, I now farmly believe history repeats ifself.
@kingofthecatnap5780
2 жыл бұрын
I agree, Rokibul. The US seeks never ending war.
@alanburke1893
Жыл бұрын
"History repeats itself, first as tragedy then as farce" - Karl Marx
@edgarcruzsr9695
Жыл бұрын
Yes,the redundant looking for weapons of MDS in Iraq, and finding a man hiding in a hole in the ground.
@edgarcruzsr9695
Жыл бұрын
@@alanburke1893 May God keep blessing America, and guide this country's decisions in foreign policies.
@bissetttom1738
Жыл бұрын
yes the evil seem always manage to hold onto power.
I am Vietnamese. Today, my country is no longer at war. Vietnam is currently one of the most peaceful and developed countries in the world. Vietnam was severely damaged by the war, the Vietnamese people rose up with their own extraordinary energy, the US and its allies did not pay war compensation to Vietnam. VN is a great travel destination, VN welcomes all friends from all over the world.
@fmgmack
2 жыл бұрын
Truth
@Quanvietdung1
2 жыл бұрын
@@fmgmack yes
@amadeosilva6085
2 жыл бұрын
We love you Vietnam and our Vietnamese brothers and sisters … forgive US for the lies our govt fed to us When the French soldiers disembarked at home they were pelted with rocks by their countrymen and women Ours … well we sorta did the same thing May king Jesus blood cover EVRYONE and their families that was affected/shattered by this damn war!
@BalboaBaggins
2 жыл бұрын
One of the most developed countries in the world in what sense?
@scottranney5891
2 жыл бұрын
We should learn from the past war is helll
We did not fight for communist or capitalism. We fought for unification and independency !
I'm Vietnamese and I can say that: "If you come as an enemy, you will know how angry we are. If you come as a friend, you will know how friendly we are." Now Vietnam is friend of America, China, Russia, France, Japan, Korean(North and South) at a same time. Peace is what we fight for.
@stephendacey8761
Ай бұрын
Unfortunately, the same can't be said about The United States. I wish the United states wouldn't get involved in every little dispute between countries. Our Government likes to manipulate it's people into believing lies just like getting involved in Vietnam.
Vietnamese people are hard working , l salute them ✌️✌️
@vietbalotour8933
Жыл бұрын
Thank you !
This three part documentary is very well done. Having served in Viet Nam as a U.S. Marine in '69-'70, the music stirs some memories that are difficult to deal with, but a good job with presentation on the subject of the war.
@rebelwithoutaclue8164
2 жыл бұрын
You like the one and only Jefferson Hairpie, Gracie ?
@glitchnyrmatrix7296
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for serving!
@allenturner36
2 жыл бұрын
Decatur Presbyterian church
@allenturner36
2 жыл бұрын
@@rebelwithoutaclue8164 Decatur Presbyterian church
@williamarchibald1378
Жыл бұрын
Thank You
Kissinger getting the Noble Peace Prize is a tragedy on an epic scale. The man along with Nixon were horrendous murdering criminal..
@FreeDocumentaryHistory
Жыл бұрын
yep
@webleypug
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, like Obama winning his. But we all know why he won.
@joebot9309
3 ай бұрын
Obama got one too?
@dominickmilano4858
3 күн бұрын
Look at the Rotted Vegetable we have in office now
I was 17 years old when I got to Vietnam-1966 through 1969 (My mom had to sign a waiver for me), I grew up fast and learned a lot, good and bad. (I am now 73 and still learning). I was stationed on the USS Providence and also stationed in Country at a place called "Monkey Mountain" close to DaNang,. I spent 3 tours of duty in and around Vietnam. 3 of my high school friends were killed in Vietnam, I was spared. I participated in the TET Offensive in Feb 1968, that was bad. Somewhere along the way I was exposed to Agent Orange (Nasty Stuff) I am now on disability for the effects of agent orange. When I was discharged and came home to the States we arrived in San Francisco, and there were a lot of protesters spitting on us and throwing rocks and eggs and called us baby killers. That was our welcome home. I tell you this to say to you, that whatever your position is or was on the Vietnam war, it was not the veteran who got us into the war, most of us went because we were patriots and loved our country. Blame the politicians, yes, but not the veteran. To all Vietnam Vets out there, you are not forgotten. As a previous combat Vet myself, I salute you my friend.
@austinporter6701
Жыл бұрын
@Duffelbag Drag yeah but you didnt serve in the nam so how can you say that? You wernt even there im not tryna bash.
@Bass-n-Boom
Жыл бұрын
@Duffelbag Drag I'm glad you said that before I did...
@liad0x
Жыл бұрын
A mother has to sign a waiver for her son to go to war, because he wasnt old enough yet... That is so heart breaking.
@dickiesdocos
Жыл бұрын
@Duffelbag Drag Respect! Thank you
@basictipsCA
Жыл бұрын
He commented everywhere on Vietnam war ? What?
June 1975 I met a helicopter pilot in Barcelona, who evacuated Vietnamese on the last day. His jolly green giant, offloaded 113 being their final flight out. He couldn't get lift and managed to gain speed enough to make altitude. He was a brave man.
@jean-louislalonde6070
4 ай бұрын
I vaguely recall a story of young Vietnamese baby orphans being put on board a plane en route to the US and who crashed shortly after takeoff at the very end of the war.
@TomSwift-wy1gx
Ай бұрын
@@jean-louislalonde6070 My memory of that is not at all vague. VN mothers added their children to the many orphans that were placed in baskets and set on seats on the huge C-5 aircraft. Some were tied to the cargo floor. Nurses tended to them. Some children had notes attached to them, with their name. Shortly after takeoff, a door lock failed and the aircraft decompressed, blowing the giant cargo door off the back of the plane. The jet went down and the pilot managed to make a crash-landing in a rice paddy. The aircraft was split in two, and half the occupants died. It was the first flight of Operation Babylift. Eventually, two thousand children were evacuated and adopted.
Người việt nam chúng tôi ghét chiến tranh ,nhưng không có nghĩa chúng tôi chịu nhượng bộ khi đất nước khác qua xâm chiếm ,chúng tôi yêu hòa bình nhưng nếu chiến tranh sảy ra ở trên đất nước chúng tôi chúng tôi cũng không ngại đương đầu ,người việt chúng tôi tuy nhỏ bé nhưng sức chiến đấu thì không một đất nước nào trên thế giới mà chúng tôi thua kém cả ,lịch sử đã chứng minh điều đó
the damages that the French, American, Australian, Canadian, South Korean, Thai Land, and Philippines caused to Vietnam was devastating. It took decades and Vietnam still trying to recover today...
@dickiesdocos
Жыл бұрын
They should pay reparations
@fifthbusiness1678
10 ай бұрын
Canadians? Best study your history - Canadians did not participate in the Vietnam War except as peacekeepers once it had ended.
@po350
10 ай бұрын
@@fifthbusiness1678 You don't come to Vietnam uninvited, killed the Vietnamese by the thousands, and say we're here as peace keeper. I know my history. you know yours?
@Angie.Globetrotter
6 ай бұрын
Not true! Vietnam has recovered completely and is now a very beautiful and very modern country!
@po350
6 ай бұрын
@@Angie.Globetrotter I suppose you don't know about agent orange sprayed by the American that affect the Vietnamese children. No reparation were pay and no apologies either. so spare me the "recovered completely". You people destroying the world where ever you go.
The same thing was replicated recently in Afghanistan. Indeed History repeats itself and America will never learn. !!
@ronaldrenearmstrong9872
Ай бұрын
Do not go to war with a country that's been fighting for over 10 years like the Vietnamese and Afghans
A couple of years ago at a company I was working at, I worked with a great Vietnamese guy a couple of years younger than me. He told me how he and his family escaped by boat. His father was a high ranking general for the South Vietnam army. When the war ended, his father was captured and sentenced to 5 years jail. After 7 months, he escaped jail, and he and his family got a boat to here in Australia. Said it was a scary journey on the boat. My mate was only 15 at the time.
The last comment of the video " Look at VN today", yes look at it through the eyes of the buyers and sellers, the eyes of the international communities. When you decide to look at VN through the eyes of those that fought with the Americans and still are forgotten in every documentaries, you will see how Vietnamese really live.
@jerrydonquixote5927
2 жыл бұрын
I know a family that fought with the Americans and their doing very well they live a hell of a lot richer than I do their house is worth several million in American dollars and they were starving to death at one point in their life so you're out of touch with reality
I am Vietnamese, my brother's father fought in France, Japan, and the United States, continuing to be the genocide of pol pot, China. this country seems to love war. We swear forever the flag of national independence 🇻🇳
The parallels between the US leaving Afghanistan cannot be understated.
@FreeDocumentaryHistory
Жыл бұрын
Invading in righteousness leaving in chaos. I know it’s more complicated but the essence is that
@jackstrawfromwichita6168
Жыл бұрын
@@FreeDocumentaryHistory The U.S involvement in Vietnam was anything but "righteous"
@rwdyeriii
8 ай бұрын
Yes and the US abandoned the Afghan National Government the same way it abandoned the South Vietnamese. The Afghan National Government was promised air support as the US troop numbers fell. Well Biden refused that air support in July when the Taliban was advancing but could be stopped. The US promised ammo and supplies to South Vietnam before the fall of Saigon, well the last couple of years in 73 and 74 and finally 75, the US didn't fulfill that promise. So both situations were promised support not delivered and as a result of the US not delivering support the Afghanis and the South Vietnamese lost.
@ronaldrenearmstrong9872
Ай бұрын
Afghan war = Vietnam war 2.0
@Tiglath-PileserXIX
Ай бұрын
@@rwdyeriii Simple Explanation: Americans get tired of war if they don't win quick. In Afghanistan, they expected Desert Storm 2, didn't happen.
Love and peace to vietnam from sabah borneo malaysia...❤❤
If one is going to tell the story of the horrors of the Vietnam War, then stop blurring the photos. People deserve to know what happened in that time.
I served on the USS Midway in the V-2 division toward the end of Nam . I remember operation “frequent wind “ and all the refugees we brought on the ship as Saigon fell . Remember it like yesterday . Amazing how the time flys .
@MrOctober44
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service.
@jerrydonquixote5927
2 жыл бұрын
I met one of those refugees he was rescued I'm not yet but not what I was on there I was on there during the Persian Gulf War this guy lives real close to me over here in Dallas-Fort Worth area he's a truck driver he's an owner operator and doing very well friends with some of the crew that rescued him! Do you s s David R Ray dd971 rescued those boat people, and this guy Joe has the ship on his semi truck...
@sampasingha8835
2 жыл бұрын
Afghanistan? .... yep didn't age well
@jerrydonquixote5927
2 жыл бұрын
@@sampasingha8835 and what has Indian done?
@wesbittick5468
2 жыл бұрын
@@sampasingha8835 It all has to do with the leadership in Washington . The leader in ‘ 75 was more a patriot than the “ leader “ in ‘21 .
I have been to both Hanoi and Saigon. When I was in Hanoi I stayed in the old quarter and in Saigon I was walking distance from the CIA Building, replica of Notre Dame and the old rail station. I enjoyed both cities very much. When I walked out of Tan Son Nhut airport, the heat the GIs described, I understood.
@CarlWithACamera
Жыл бұрын
I lived for six months in Vietnam, from January 30, 2019 to March 2019 in Saigon (I like that name better than Ho Chi Minh City) and then from end of March 2019 to end of July 2019 in Da Nang. I made a few videos in Da Nang, which you can see here on my channel, but I left because the summer heat became so oppressive I could hardly leave my apartment. I recorded 47C, which is 117F. I’d experienced temps nearly that high in New Mexico in my Air Force days, back in the early 1980s, but not with the humidity you get in the tropics. I cannot imagine being in central Vietnam, in uniform, carrying a pack and trying to stay alive in the middle of a war.
@vietbalotour8933
Жыл бұрын
Welcome to Sai Gon city.
Kissinger getting nobel peace prize, him & nixon make me sick. all of those leaders, terrible
@Eclipse503
Ай бұрын
Agreed! Kissinger should be stripped off the Nobel Prize and charged with war crimes
@lanang2940
Ай бұрын
Kissinger thật dũng cảm khi dám nhận giải thưởng Nobel hòa bình. Tôi nhìn thấy tội lỗi và cả sự xấu hổ trong đó...
@dominickmilano4858
3 күн бұрын
Obama got one also, what a pile of maggot 💩 he turned out to be!
@dominickmilano4858
3 күн бұрын
They gave one also to Obama, what a pile of maggot 💩 he turned out to be
Vietnamese are certainly one of the most resilient people on earth.
We never learned our lesson that started in Korea. Vietnam, Iraq. Afghanistan. War never changes
Actually, the US was in Vietnam since at least 1945. At one point, Ho Chi Min went to the US for support but he was ignored.
To the Americans who served in the Vietnam War: Thank you so much for your selfless, courageous service. You are loved, respected, cherished, and deeply appreciated. I'm so sorry for the friends/fellow soldiers you have lost. May God bless and be with you and your loved ones. Take care.
@mossadagent9582
Жыл бұрын
Amen.
@augustusc1226
Жыл бұрын
Baby killers
@yrh002b8
Жыл бұрын
I mean it depend. The one who served and do their duty yes but there was alot of war crimes in this war.
@dickiesdocos
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps you should show some respect for the million + Vietnamese who also died thanks to your fallen friends?
@WilliamMcNicol
4 ай бұрын
/Every/ American? Even the likes of William Calley? Really?
One of my good friends died a few years back from adominal cancer from Agent Orange he did quite a few tours in Vietnam also with the hundred and first airborne and will be one of my heroes always.
The divisions that this War created here in the US and around the world were extraordinary. The Vietnamese suffered mightily and now to see them thriving here and in their country finally can bring some peace to the survivors.
I have a problem with the soundtrack for these docs being so rad.
I wasn’t born yet. I believe the Vietnam war is one of greatest examples standing up to fight for your motherland. Even though today Vietnam is a communist country, but its people are slowly changing to be like westerners and adopting democracy ideology. Vietnamese people are kind, harder worker, and peaceful. Vietnam is changing so fast and she will be beautiful coming years. Thanks for the video.
@thompsonnguyen1870
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the day you still see dictator communist in Vietnam then you aren't going to see democracy.
@BlackBite_
Жыл бұрын
@@thompsonnguyen1870 I have visited Vietnam many times, I just fall in love with the people. I strongly believe Vietnam will be become developed country and the people will have better life similar to Japan.
@jdg7327
Жыл бұрын
People will actually develop to have a better life and fight tyranny. What people simply don't like is foreign interference. It even boggles my mind why America or any country for that matter wants to interfer with other countries in the world. Let the people decide their own fate.
@lanang2940
Ай бұрын
Cảm ơn bạn ❤ đến từ Việt Nam
I like Vietnam and Vietnamese. God is with them.
This is the best documentary on Vietnam war including awesome music
The rooftop at 30:03 is not the US embassy. It was a CIA building nearby, and it's still standing today next to the VinCom center and the post office. I live in Saigon and it's still a beautiful city with historical sites everywhere. Edited: The building was the home of the deputy CIA station chief, just to be more precise. CIA also inhabited the top 3 floors of the embassy building nearby.
@DuyTran-zb5un
2 жыл бұрын
22 LY Tu Trong street
@kingofthecatnap5780
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Pasi.
@osmoahma7561
Жыл бұрын
Kiitos👍🏻
@kingofthecatnap5780
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Pasi. These clarifications are important.
@VNExperience
Жыл бұрын
@@kingofthecatnap5780 Thank you. It's nice to know that there are people who find value in the information.
Vietnam has self-determination now so yes that is absolutely what they were fighting for
@eddieoi9444
2 жыл бұрын
Untrue...south vietnam was a corrupt government propped up by the US. The war is over no need to continue with the lies...
@thethaovatoquoc312
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, just like North Korea would have had "self-determination" had it successfully invaded South Korea like North Vietnamese terrorists with South Vietnam, right?
This has been an awesome potted history as to the events leading up to and including the American War in Vietnam. Hats off to the producers of this fine trilogy. Well worth the time investment.
Honestly, one of the best documentaries on the vietnam war/2nd indo china war
Pretty much the best documentary series I ever watched about the Vietnam war! Thank you!
@Angie.Globetrotter
6 ай бұрын
Watch The Vietnam War | A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick is much better. Shows both sides.
This three part documentary is very well done. (from a helicopter pilot, 1st Aviation Brigade, Central Highlands, 1968-1971)
Now looking back, I am glad that Vietnam won the war.
One things for sure- the era of the Vietnam War had the best music ever
Xin chào Vietnam 🇻🇳
@amadeosilva6085
2 жыл бұрын
Yes Xin Chao vN
Although Vietnam is still a poor country, Vietnamese students are very good, check out the Pisa scores and the number of Olympic gold medals in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry of Vietnamese students. A bright future will come to Vietnam
@calhun4481
2 жыл бұрын
It's not about poor $$$, it's about communist.
@melbourne-heat.69-71
2 жыл бұрын
Vietnam got so much money from the United States at the Paris peace talks plus billions of dollars to clean up Agent Orange, billions of dollars to defuse all the bombs that never blow-up all over Vietnam by ex combat engineer if I told you how much money was sent to Vietnam nodody should be poor in that country..We left all our equipment over there & walked away fighter jets, tanks, helicopter's you name it the people are still driving around in US army jeeps today when Nixon was president he made a deal and he sent millions and millions of dollars of brand-new M-60 machine guns M-16's fully automatic machine guns and ammunition most of that got Sold on the black market the rest went into that museum.. with all the money that the United States sent Vietnam everybody should be living in brand new condos..If somebody is poor in Vietnam today makes you wonder where all that money disappeared too..💰💰🤷♂️🤷♂️💰
This was a very well done three part documentary. Thanks for putting this together. As another poster had said, I too love love to see the Vietnamese perspective.
@Angie.Globetrotter
6 ай бұрын
Watch The Vietnam War | A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick. It shows both sides
Well Done! Truly enjoyed this series. Thanks.
Vietnam, the unconquerable people, love you
In addition to the fantastic content, I must say the score is outstanding.
I absolutely love how easy-to-pickup these documentaries are, but the editing coupled with the personal stories sprinkled in from peoples of all different sorts of cultures/walks of life thrown in really make these wonderful! Especially if you lack context/experience digging into the particular topic(s) presented. Even as someone who enjoys studying US history (especially the Cold War!), even now I feel like I am learning plenty of cool little bits of info. on and off... and no amount of textbook study compares to personal accounts and interview based discussion... The photos/footage from the era is so awesome! The OST is surprisingly lit too! Thank you!
Great documentary thank you
My great uncle was in the Ohio National Guard at this time and has told me about how the night before they were called up and their CO started listing off names as he walked down the line and stopped 3 guys before him. All the guys whose names were called all got in the transport trucks and were shipped off to Kent State, he was appalled by the following days events.
@ohioguy215
Жыл бұрын
Troop G of the ONG did the shooting. 28 guardsmen fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds. I live close by. The news spread quickly.
interesting series, thank you !
Vietnam, my neighboring country, probably the only colonized nation that defeated its oppressors, the Frenchs in 1954, the Americans in 1975. Respect !!!!!
Seeing Billy Graham sing God Bless America with Nixon clearly illustrates how he (Graham) was complicit in the escalation of the war.
@SuperGreatSphinx
6 ай бұрын
Christ Shall Conquer
Parts One through Three were my entire growing up years. Man do I remember this. What times.
At 30min 40 sec, Nixon audio with Kissinger. Nixon excoriates Kissinger for not agreeing to his idea of using the nuclear bomb in Vietnam War- “ I just want you to think big Henry for Christ’s sake”. That says it all
"Who won the War ?" The trees start speaking Vietnamese ...
Hell of a documentary series.
Vietnam War (also known as the American War) has a lot of similarities to the Afghanistan War.
@yomommaahotoo264
2 жыл бұрын
Both started under false flags.
@heinekenczech
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah don’t fight dickheads wearing sandals
@aydemirduman2848
2 жыл бұрын
@@heinekenczech yeahhh, they send you home tail between your legs.
@patricklinebaugh7792
2 жыл бұрын
The only similarity is that they are tremendous money makers for those who start them and those who supply them. It's all about the money... nothing more, nothing less.
@AnastasiaSaenz
2 жыл бұрын
as it does to the Iraqi conflict(Operation Iraqi Freedom - 2003)...my mom likened the war in Vietnam to that of Iraq back then.
The rise of vietnam from the ashes and that of japan after the nuclear incident of world war 2 where remarkable ones in history.
@xenhacmusic
Ай бұрын
Bạn thấy trận chiến khe sanh và điện biên phủ. Mỹ đã dồn hết sức chưa
Of course this is exactly what my father grandfather , uncles fought 5-6 decades of brutal wars for , a free, independent ,self determined, and prosperous Vietnam. our wars were for mutual respects with our enemies, a small weak nation can be independent and equal as France US China , and then forgiveness friendships peace , humanity, compassions. All sacrifices are in vain if wars are for more hatred suffering and more wars.
This was a great documentary
First admire the tenacity of the Vietnamese. Long LIVE Vietnam. My recollection is of Vietnamese refugees in Msia in the early 80s .
Great documentary. Love from Vietnam
@CherryCokeNixon
2 жыл бұрын
Vietnamese people have been a great addition to the United States. It is good that we get along now after the terrible war.
@amadeosilva6085
2 жыл бұрын
Thats awesome …!!! What part of Vietnam 🇻🇳 are you from ?
One of the better docos on the Vietnam war.
Thank you for this great three part doc. Follow the money.
Thank. Y’all. From Pvt. Tj. 1966. -69. Peace 🌿🇺🇸✌🏼
Vietnamese are the toughest warriors on their own tuff. Fighting for their freedom, from colonization.
Great documentary
My tour was supposed to end in 1973, but still runs every night in the small hours.
“You gotta do something here in Vietnam in your spare time, like kill ‘Cong’ from your Bell helicopter with a hunting rifle, or else a man will go CRAZY .”
@FreeDocumentaryHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Just unbelievable. I thought this only happened in the movies.
@aydemirduman2848
2 жыл бұрын
Every war has similar stories. At the moment a court case going on about an Australian officer killing Afghani civilians.
@BalboaBaggins
2 жыл бұрын
So killing someone for fun isn't crazy?
@SongJLikes
2 жыл бұрын
@@BalboaBaggins - Point being that killing someone from a helicopter is ALREADY CRAZY.
@SongJLikes
Жыл бұрын
@David Wang - Ukraine is Russia’s ‘Vietnam’
Fought for nothing but blood and pain
@SuperGreatSphinx
6 ай бұрын
Blood and Honour
Anybody else see the similarity between the complete clusterf**k that was the evacuation of Saigon and the complete clusterf**k that was the last days of Afghanistan.
It’s stunning to see the utter incompetence and ignorance from the leadership of this country during that period. I guess things don’t change that much.
Vietnam repaired Cambodia and Laos, along with itself ... these things take time, but look at these countries now, and communism is only a word there now ... if they'd been free from 1919, so much would have been achieved, including a far better chance of stopping the Japanese in their tracks, but we'll never know?
@bookreaderson
2 жыл бұрын
Well said. If the French preists n seminary’s didn’t force ther religion on the viets n let them join as ther ready , non of the violence would have never been from the 1800s
@battleriteroyalevietnam8447
2 жыл бұрын
1919 is not an option. Hanoi may have a chance to recognize themself in 1945. But its hurt french dignity and us turn the favor to french. Really unfornately when usa and vietnam was working together against japan. Usa people was there at Ba Dinh side by side with Ho, but thing didnt turn out to be good. I understand that usa’s allies is more important than a nobody country, but still.
@teebwakimauri8376
Жыл бұрын
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Still remember the “ Napalm Girl ” photo concerning the War in Vietnam ? This photo was taken in June 8 , 1972 . In case you will visit Vietnam in the near future , please try to arrange a visit to the Handicapped Handicraft Factory and buy some souvenirs there . Many workers there are the victims of Agent Orange and their offsprings , who were born handicapped as well . It is sad that US is still waging Wars around the World after 50 years 😥 😯 !
@linthipham8959
Жыл бұрын
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@lanang2940
Ай бұрын
Đó là 1 bức ảnh nổi tiếng, và cô bé ấy đã được cứu sống.
Both 3 sides were lost in this war. Pray for the soldiers who died in war and look forward to future cooperations.
Oh thank you
I was in the Navy off the coast of Vietnam most of 73 and we were shooting all the time into the interior blockading harbor in North Vietnam showing north Vietnam so we didn’t know anything about soldiers coming home we were still active and engaged
@NamNguyen-df7hk
8 ай бұрын
I was born under your rockets to coastan !
Charlie don’t surf!
Very nice
I enjoyed this overall but think more attention should have been given to American GIs and the struggles they faced when they returned home. that was really glossed over in the final portion of this.
@dickiesdocos
Жыл бұрын
What about the Vietnamese POV? Would that interest you?
'They threw rocks at the National Guard" "These are nice middle class kids'
@battleriteroyalevietnam8447
2 жыл бұрын
I heard that those people still pushed out of society long after the war. Family disown. Never have a chance to develope themself again. Didnt know if its true or is there any group to help them or their offspring out of hardship. I feel like i owe them. :(
The U.S. rational of ARVN build up sounds so much like the excuses for Afghanistan. The Saigon evacuation, Kabul 2021, which I was part off, were exactly the same……so much for learning from history!
I feel intense love for humanity's history. Makes one feel like a learned bull worth every single pound of his beef.
@videoorgy
9 ай бұрын
Lol. Conversely, history only makes me feel more disgust for humans and how horrible we are to each other.
It is interesting if America was tried for war crimes, my wife is from Hanoi, I saw the effect of agent orange, there are still children with malformations😢
Great soundtrack
Extraordinary, really well-produced documentary. In Iraq, your hair would turn grey! We did logistics.........Butch from Texas being a Vietnam Vet, never lost a beat ever! standing in the queue when everyone scurried to hit the deck. Butch is sadly missed, Lost to cancer a decade ago.
It was patriotism, not communism that inspired me. Ho Chi Minh
"The nuclear bomb does that bother you"
Then Iraq & Afganistan, America`s thirst for killing is pure evil.
Nice amazing
7,8 million tons, I can't imagine this amount of bombs. Thankfully i forgot the amount of agent orange...
This is how Americans destroyed a country and then left their helpers to fend themselves . History just repeated again and again .
@MrOctober44
2 жыл бұрын
Should America have kept fighting so Americans, South and North Vietnamese keep killing each other?
@danny24042002
Жыл бұрын
humans can learn about technology, biology and so on. but we are stuck in our attributes and emotions like hate, greed, enviously, jealousy. thats why education isnt the solution if you cant control those
Nice
The Best,
I was a kid in school. I remember friends who would get word of their fathers who died in Vietnam, and then I'd never see them again. I always assumed that when I was old enough I'd be sent to war. At 18 I signed up for the draft but at 19 I got into legal truoble so that ended any hopes for a military career. I must add that I did well in Jr ROTC and was on my way to an Air Force college when I got in trouble. So when I watch these documentary movies, I have a sense of regrets. How ever, when my brother we to the desert in the Army...he killed himself. W t f?
that girls picture was on time magazine. there is no need for censorship google.
@cardinalRG
2 жыл бұрын
Good point.