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Peace with Honor | Battlefield S3/E11
"Peace with Honor" was a phrase U.S. President Richard Nixon used in a speech on January 23, 1973 to describe the Paris Peace Accords to end the Vietnam War. The phrase is a variation on a campaign promise Nixon made in 1968...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Nx...
February 12, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Rolling Thunder | Battlefield S3/E10
Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States (U.S.) 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF)...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQF_...
February 11, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Air War Vietnam | Battlefield S3/E9
The U.S. military's bombing of North Vietnam between 1965-73 is recalled. Included: the impact of the bombings on the Communist war effort in the North; comments from veterans and politicians.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWKw...
February 11, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Siege at Khe Sanh | Battlefield S3/E8
The Battle of Khe Sanh (21 January – 9 July 1968) was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), during the Vietnam War.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dHo...
February 11, 2024 at 9:22 AM
War on the DMZ | Battlefield S3/E7
The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOU_...
February 10, 2024 at 8:20 PM
The Tet Offensive | Battlefield S3/E6
The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a sneak attack on January 30, 1968...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7brn...
February 10, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Countdown to Tet | Battlefield S3/E5
The lead up to the pivotal point in the Vietnam War was the Tet offensive of 1967. When launched in January, this massive assault changed the course of the war, changed American public opinion, and caused the fall of Saigon...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtm...
February 9, 2024 at 10:52 PM
The Showdown in the Iron Triangle | Battlefield S3/E4
The Iron Triangle was an important strategic location, bounded on the north by the jungle and overgrown rubber plantations of the Long Nguyen Secret Zone, on the west by the Saigon River and on the east by...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=suVq...
February 9, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Search and Destroy | Battlefield S3/E3
The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3vh...
February 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM
The Undeclared War | Battlefield S3/E2
The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVIj...
February 8, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Dien Bien Phu – The Legacy
In 1953 the French and Viet Minh forces had been at war for seven years. The climactic encounter of the war occurred at Dien Bien Phu, a small hamlet in northwestern Vietnam, in a battle that neither side could afford to lose.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWiP...
February 8, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Legend of Magdalene
We explore the maritime mysteries of the Magdalene Islands, an archipelago in the rough inland salt sea of North America. Leonard Clarke and his family, spanning three generations of village residents, have carefully documented more than 1,000...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6WO...
February 8, 2024 at 8:52 AM