Season 1

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  Indochina To U.S. Involvement

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/2015

  French colonies in Indochina fell to the Imperial Japanese after Nazi Germany occupied France during World War II. After the Japanese were defeated, the power vacuum left in the Indochina region set the stage for a major conflict.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Boots on the Ground

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2015

  As it became clear the South Vietnamese security forces would not provide adequate security for the US Air Force bases in Southeast Asia, President Lyndon Johnson authorized the beginning of the ground war.

  Director: Unknown

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  War is Hell

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/2015

  As troop morale declined, US generals began to advocate for a more aggressive strategy to take the war to the NLF, abandoning the idea that South Vietnam could take back the North without US assistance.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Tet Offensive

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/3/2015

  A truce normally marked the Lunar New Year (Tet), but in 1968, the NLF broke the truce in order to launch the largest battle of the war: The Tet Offensive.

  Director: Unknown

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  Prisoners of War

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/3/2015

  During the course of the war, the NLF captured thousands of US soldiers, some of whom were never recovered. Their recovery was used as part of Nixon's justification for continuing the war.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Vietnamization

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2015

  The Nixon Doctrine called for the bolstering of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in order for them to take over the defense of South Vietnam. However, their efforts eventually prove to be in vain, leading to the evacuation of the US and South Vietnamese forces in the Fall of Saigon.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The War Remembered

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2015

  The political costs for the war began to add up for the Nixon Administration, and the South Vietnamese were now on their own. The American troops were home, but there was little celebration. The scars of the war would linger in American culture for decades to come.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown