The Vietnam War Explained In 25 Minutes | Vietnam War Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2024
- The Vietnam War began in good faith, by good people with good intentions. But a combination of American overconfidence, Cold War tensions and imperialist tendencies the Americans had previously fought so hard against, made the war in Vietnam one of America’s darkest pages in its short but dense history. By the end of the war, more than 58,000 Americans would die, as too would 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers. Over 1 million North Vietnamese soldiers and Viet Cong guerillas would also perish as well as over 2 million civilians’ from both the north and the south, and thousands more from Laos and Cambodia.
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The Vietnam War brought everything into question. The rationalization of destroying villages in order to save them. America’s morality in the face of My Lai. The meaning of free-fire zones, shooting anything that moved as soldiers placed a cheapness on the lives of civilians. The falsification of body counts to increase kill death ratios. The unimportance of battle as men charged up hills because their generals told them too and after losing one platoon or two platoons they marched away to leave the hill for the enemy. Pride allowed the most unimportant battles to be blown into extravaganzas because America couldn't lose, and she couldn't retreat and because it didn't matter how many lives were lost to prove that point.
Time Stamps 📽
Introduction 0:00
French Colonial Rule 1:32
Dien Bien Phu 5:30
A New Nation 6:42
JFK 7:55
Operation Rolling Thunder 10:35
Into The Jungle 13:45
The Tet Offensive 16:31
Trust is Broken 18:27
Richard Nixon 19:40
Vietnamization 21:38
Things Fall Apart 23:19
The Fall of Saigon 24:46
The Vietnam War 26:02
Epilogue 27:14
All the information in this video came from the 10-part television series "The Vietnam War" by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
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*Time Stamps* 📽
Introduction 0:35
French Colonial Rule
1:32
Dien Bien Phu
5:30
A New Nation
6:42
JFK 7:55
Operation Rolling Thunder 10:35
Into The Jungle
13:45
The Tet Offensive
16:31
Trust is Broken
18:27
Richard Nixon
19:40
Vietnamization
21:38
Things Fall Apart
23:19
The Fall of Saigon
24:46
The Vietnam War
26:02
Epilogue 27:14
How come Australia’s involvement is never mentioned?
1945 Japan: banzai !
Vietnam: Freedom !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Vietnam win)
1946 France: I will continue Colonial Rule.
Vietnam: Freedom x2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Vietnam win)
1954 American: What did you say, rice farmer ?
Vietnam: Freedom x4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Vietnam win)
1979 China: I like your lands and seas.
Vietnam: Freedom x16 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Vietnam win)
If farmers always win. Dont touch them.
@Young Tang So CIA have trained all enemy of Amercan.
Very succinct. Well done, I thought I detected Ken Burns.
@@petertrezise4545 Because the Americans think they have the only army that can fight. Other countries can do just as well if forced to defend their country.
Hi, I am a 73 year old Vietnam Combat Vet (1966 to 1969) USS Providence and In Country at "Monkey Mountain" by Danang. I am on VA Disability from exposure to Agent Orange. I enlisted in the US Navy when I was 17 years old. Three of my High school friends were killed in Vietnam, I was spared. Participated in the TET Offensive 1968.God bless all Vietnam Vets. You are not forgotten.
May their soul rip 🙏
Thank you sir 🙏🏽
godbless sir
I honor your service for the people of south VN with all my respect. Thank you sir
Thank you for your service. We are indebted
Only one thing in all wars is for sure： it's the ordinary people that suffer the most.
@@leogazebo5290 What how? Oh yes Frederick the random german chicken farmer invaded poland, Oh yes Phillipe the factory worker single handly started the Algerian French War.
@@hoosler6876 Oh yes and all of that is done with the backing of his fellow friend Hans German name. Oh yes they are the backbone Elizabeth something something.
@@leogazebo5290 but actually how are ordinary people responsible for wars? It's not like Hitler was elected or Ho Chi Minh?(
@@hoosler6876 Well they are indirectly at fault, sure they may not have declared war but they surely support it.
They became the backbone of both the state and it's elected leader. Yes elected.
In WAR and in Politics or in TERRORISM..Only common people suffer in the name of POWER...
I am proud of Vietnam and Vietnamese. You guys are the friendliest and bravest people in the whole world.
Love remaining
I think it's very important to mention that this video is from a very western perspective. The USA was so preoccupied with wanting to fight communism they didn't realize/want to realize that the Vietnamese only wanted independence from colonial power. Also when they left with the helicopters they only took "real Americans" with them, meaning they just left all the south Vietnamese people that had worked for them for decades, as well as the vietnamese wives and children of some American soldiers, there with the knowledge that they would be imprisoned or killed. The Americans just left which was, like the entirety of the war, a huge humiliation.
If only you notice that Vietnam is only at another corner around China, besides Korea and Taiwan, it suddenly makes total sense in the US way.
True, yet if that war had been won outright by the northern Vietnamese, Vietnam would hold a very different place in the world today. As with Korea. I guess three wars were being fought over those years.
The political war between the two ideologies of present power and the Vietnamese fighting for independance and the pride of the american military complex?
It always hurts seeing countries adopt the red flag with gold stars while they fight for their freedoms.
All I see here is a war against communism and Vietnam was just a collateral. This was a US invasion of Vietnam, not a war. Any country having its territory invaded by a foreign power has the right to defend itself. The US nuked Japan for Pearl Harbor, so Vietnam had the right to fight the invader.
@@ndiogouniang83 I lived in Southeast Asia for nine years, and over there, it's called the American war.
@@rogermichaelwillis6425 regardless of what you call it, it was an invasion, not a war. Same thing for Ukraine
“When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.”
The rich waged the vietnam war? Its geopolitics, conflict between Eurasia and the US/Western EU was inevitable. In the context of the great game between superpowers, wars like Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan etc are inevitable. Even if the most anti war person was elected as president before vietnam war, it would still likely of happened. The interests of countries are not in the control of politicians, but of geography, history and Cultures.
@@l01l01l01l01l01l You couldn't and American couldn't more violent because they were being putt to limited. If you curse Communist so do you know why communist be created ? No nation or regime are bad if they have good leader even dictatorial but we are human and that's impossible. More violent was just the key that could open a few doors and it only made the situation worse and maybe the war ended faster.
Probably. I would never let any of my relatives go to fight some dog sh1t war American politicians peddle. What a joke. 58,000 Americans died in Vietnam for absolutely nothing. And millions of Vietnamese. Thousands of Americans dead in Iraq again for nothing. Total joke. America can never institute a draft again no way anyone trusts the government for that garbage.
@@l01l01l01l01l01l Talking like soldiers’ life are worthless. Hope there will be one day you can be “violent” with them, or with us (Im a Vietnamese) yourself. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_against_the_Vietnam_War
@@l01l01l01l01l01l well ain't you a piece of shit.
The sad part about war is that the people that actually deserve to die are the same people who determine who does
This is very true...
Which people "deserve to die"? Who are you to make that call?
@@cacambo589 The people who are in Congress probably deserve to die, they sent thousands of troops into Vietnam after they reviewed it and knew it was a lost cause, and even then they were pretending that they were winning even though they weren't.
@@cacambo589 they typically wear suits, call themselves politicians when in reality they are mere mouthpieces for something far more sinister.
@@aplane9248 537. That's how many people are in congress. Do you really believe that many people should die? Do you really think that all those people were bad? Also Congress had nothing to do with sending soldiers to war, so your statement doesn't even make sense.
History is harsh. Watching it condensed like this, is almost painful to think that this actually happened. Wonderfully done, thank you.
Having this war condensed, opening my mind to all the memories that I have that I thought I had forgotten. Crazy brave men and friends did just went crazy. The draft and waiting. It was a waste of men and resources. It was wrong! Show many children show many women and so many innocent men butchered by one side or the other. But least we forget this it will happen again. Maybe this video came up because we're looking at the same thing in Ukraine. I wanted to drop a nuke on Hanoi, Hanoi and get it done.
@@edwardroche2480 I wonder if the south vietnamese thought it was a waste of men and resources while 1 million catholics left north vietnam to go to the south to escape religious persecution.
@@Robert-hy3vv I was just graduating high school then I ate up all the propaganda that America put out
@@edwardroche2480 It's not propaganda it's historical facts. I know you don't know much about the subject obviously.
@@Robert-hy3vv I know more about it than I want to know and I new more people died and others who came back totally crazy, one who happened to be one of my best friends, only 50 years old. Used to watch it on the news every night while I was eating the body-count piles of bodies. There was a lot of propaganda.
I have travelled around the world and Vietnam has emerged as one of my favorite countries, and I liked Danang so much I decided to live there for a year, wonderful people,fascinating culture, great food, beautiful beaches and mountains with captivating scenery and a ton of things to see and do.
Practically zero violent crime, dependable and modern private healthcare system, dozens of new hotels and improving infrastructure with strong and reliable internet..all at a very low cost of living.
Yes, it is a beautiful country!
What do you do for a living, how do you manage travelling and work. I too want to do the same.
@@luffyy8194 I was the Marketing and Sales director at a large U.S. telecom.
Maxed out my 401K and saved 20% of every dime I made..invested it in the stock market and retired after twenty years.
Never got married and never had kids to worry about and have been traveling around the world for the last 15 years, 65 countries and counting…
There are no short cuts..work hard, save your money and don’t get married or have kids if you want to retire and start traveling while you are still young enough to enjoy it.
Good luck and all the best to you.
Good advice by mdluffy . I was In SVN 1970-71, it was marred and destroyed by political corruption and war. I was never able to enjoy the true exotic beauty of SVN. I'd like to return and spend a few weeks traveling from the delta to hanoi, minus a ruck sack,ammo, grenades, M16, claymore,C-4. I always thought it was exotic place,the jungles to. Peace
@@joe-qo3qi If you come to Vietnam as a friend, you will see a lively Vietnam with gentle, dynamic people. Vietnam is developing more and more and the wounds of war are gradually being healed. Welcome to Vietnam!
It's all fun and games until the bushes start speaking Vietnamese
As a north Vietnamese, i see this as a golden joke. We Vietnamese actually like it. Enjoy your first like
Or some might say: "Welcome to the rice field"
It's all hunky dory until the skies start singing fortunate son.
1945 Japan: banzai !
Vietnam: Freedom !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Vietnam win)
1946 France: I will continue Colonial Rule.
Vietnam: Freedom x2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Vietnam win)
1954 American: What did you say, rice farmer ?
Vietnam: Freedom x4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Vietnam win)
1979 China: I like your lands and seas.
Vietnam: Freedom x16 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Vietnam win)
If farmers always win. Dont touch them.
@Pop Cornel So racist
In to this doc for 6 minutes and already learned more that they ever tought me at school.....thank you so much !!!!
Thanks!
I work with 70% Vietnamese people. I need to know this. My father fought in this war and ive never felt more guilty. It's amazing what humans are capable of. I'm sorry they had to even fight for their own home, but I'm glad they they fought so hard.
Agreed ... an excellent and short overview of many of the key issues and events as well as the politics surrounding the Vietnam War. Thanks for posting it. As one who lived through and remembers many things about that era, you pointed out some important things that I was not aware of.
@@coreyham3753 Thanks!
The nuance in this one is strong. Subbed.
I work for the VA and I see Vietnam vets daily. The sad thing is that the vets have never really left Vietnam, their memories still are there, every day of their lives.
So terribly sad for them and their families.
Yes very true my grandpa talks about it daily 😢
Understandable when you napalm children it’s difficult to live with.
Soooo true 😢 This is not talked about enough!
Nancy, bless you. I'm a service-connected vet of the Gulf War era. My father died in his 40s from service-connected Agent Orange exposure. I don't want to get too political, but it has to be said because too many Vietnam vets are ashamed of their service because of the 1960s anti-war movement messaging. Speaking as a longtime Democrat/Liberal, what we did not know at the time, is that the entire 1960s anti-war movement was funded by the Soviet Union. Here is proof- "Russian GRU defector Stanislav Lunev said in his autobiography that "the GRU and the KGB helped to fund just about every antiwar movement and organization in America and abroad," and that during the Vietnam War the USSR gave $1 billion to American anti-war movements, more than it gave to the VietCong." -Wikipedia
Vietnam vets must never feel ashamed of their service. President Kennedy had a very good reason for putting our troops there (sadly Johnson screwed a lot of it up). The atrocities against the South Vietnamese by the North Vietnamese Communists were on an unimaginable scale. We were trying to keep the liberal world liberal, not authoritarian and genocidal, i.e. Communist. Take care, John
A century of pain poured into the land of Vietnam. Thank you to the generation who fell for the country's independence 🥺♥️
trading one regime for another is not independence. especially when you choose the regime preferred by china after being imperialized by china for all of history.
@@darkiepoo8949lame sh*t propaganda from the West, before the First Indochina War the Vietnamese have politely asked French to give them independence but it seems that French chose violent. Next is USA, then Khmer Rouge, China, nobody respect Vietnam's demands and the communist led Vietnam through all of this, and it not called independence?
@@darkiepoo8949America and France Pushed Vietnam into Comunist block. America and France is to Blame
@@darkiepoo8949 I don't know what you say. aybe you don't understand anything about Vietnam and its history. When Vietnam was weakened by French occupation, China seized the opportunity to admit it took over Vietnam as its subsidiary state. But in fact, Vietnam is more resilient and independent than you think. All Vietnamese emperors have been proclaimed the country is the same level as China since 544. Furthermore, modern Vietnam has been independent since 1945, while Communist China was in 1949. You need to learn more!
@@darkiepoo8949 spoken like a true colonist
My husband was in this war..after he came home..he was diagnosed with PTSD...but continued to served for 28 years ..it was a terrible time of his life being an 18 years old and was sent to war after his training...he would tell me stories and we cry together. ..he served his country with all his being and was a good soldier..RIP MASTER CHIEF PCM...RIP..FLY HIGH..TILL WE MEET AGAIN....
I am from Poland and don't admire what is really crime and genecid on behalf USA and stupid soldiers.
Always doing peaceful war in foreign country how does it sound!?
Nobady is coming fight to USA only doing it in foreign country.
And don't tell me you liberate Poland and Auschwitz because the war started with money to Hiller from Prescott Bus and Standard Oil and Pharmaceutical Cartel I. G. FARBEN.
American made pictures in AUSCHWITZ video and live us in the hands of USSR unit late 80s😳
@@osloreal7042
@@osloreal7042 You are an idiot. Its not the soldiers that decide to fight in other countries, they get deployed to go fight in other countries. And the reason foreign countries dont fight in the US is because theres no war in the US, the US deploys troops to other countries that already have a war raging.
@@osloreal7042 Can’t even understand what you’re saying, but the fact that you’re so willing to just disregard soldiers and their stories is just plain disrespectful.
“Serve the country” by which you mean murder innocent people?
I'm an Vietnamese. It was really emotional to watch these, what war had done to my home just 2 generations ago. But what sadden me even more is that, right now, in my generations, history has repeated itself, just not in my home, but in someone else's, some child's home in the dessert. I love American's songs and cinemas, it sometime reminds me that Love is more valuable than pride, that hatred is just an illusion while Death is real
That was beautiful Thatch, that
" ... love is more valuable than pride... "
Beautiful. Now if we can get it to also usurp other human failings.
american and Israel = Evil country
@@jamesboardman2721 What a bunch of IGNORANT B.S. If the u.s. was so interested in bringing peace and freedom to the Vietnamese people...Why didn't they allow the elections to take place in 1956???
@@jamesboardman2721 I'm a native Vietnamese myself and everything you said lines up for the most part. I mean, Ho Chi Minh's goal was to unite the WHOLE of Vietnam. He ain't gonna settle on just half being independent ( and we seen how that turns out with North and South Korean being mortal enemies despite they are the same people til this day ). Communism was just a means to an end for the most part to unite the country. What puts me off more is that the source you linked for some reason to me at least sounds like the guy saying that Vietnam doesn't deserve it's independence and write the whole thing to justify the reasoning behind the war that shouldn't have started in the first place.
@@jamesboardman2721 fuck off usa your a peice of shits that forcefully try to take over others land and try to kick them out of their own country. Just fuck off
One thing I wish you would’ve addressed more was what happened to all the American Vietnam veterans when they got home. The public hated them, and the government turned a blind eye to them. Thousands were homeless, addicted to drugs, and eventually killed themselves. It was a very disgraceful time in our history.
You have a lot of 'disgraceful times in our history'! Killing the 'native Americans', Slavery, all the Wars you mixed in ...
it's very sad. what sucks is, even today's generation shows hatred to people who sacrificed their lives and fought for their nations with their lives at risk. if you look at some comments, there are people showing disrespect to the soldiers.
@@floof6896 yea because no one should have to respect anyone to the point of showing them special treatment like you fucking weird lot seem to expect. You were a victim of war if you were or are a soldier in combat full stop. I do not respect you for your victimhood or anything you think you did for the country. No war the US has had in the last 2 centuries has been for the sake of the country, there is nothing TO respect. I simply feel sorry for you, especially if you think you deserve respect for having your life ruined by war.
Be careful of the Vietnam Veteran myth. It was put out there for political reasons, and the media made money off of it.
It is truly sad that people who caused the death of millions of innocent people, raped and killed women, and destroyed civilian villages where there were no soldiers met such an end.
The commentary in the last two minutes gave me chills. Great Job!!
This war has affected me deeply because my father died there in 64. Changed my life completely. Casualties of war casts a wide net.
I’m sorry for your loss 😢
May he rest in paradise 🙏
My father died there as well, cancer from agent orange killed him.
@@somepeoplecanthandlethetruth Do you Know Now Many People In Serbia Were Affected By Nato's Bombings? They Dropped Fcking Uranium Man
@@DraskoCobra I didn't do it, why are you mad at me?
play stupid games...
Imagine fighting a war cause you wanna look strong then get absolutely stomped on by Rice farmers
Froddy
A rice farmer in a tunnel with an AK is pretty dangerous
S Goodman geez dont gotta be so negative
@Froddy never made it passed middle school history
@@Decius. yeah even supermodern guns designed months ago arent actually that much better than an ak,you are gonna die if a guy sprays you either way
They didnt get "stomped on". All major operations by the north was "stomped" and repelled by the americans. Usa withdrew because the american people opposed the war. Not because they were defeated militarily
What a quality documentary. Thanks for a balanced recount of the story, highlighting the futility of it all.
Thanks for making this film. Very informative.
Who else is watching this on the day the Taliban has taken back Afghanistan, including the Capital and Palace?
Me, the US and biden is fucking ridiculous, leaving all those people to die, going against the entire point of the 20 year war, all the money & lives & time spent on this mission and they just leave like that? And blame a miscalculation? If it were truly a miscalculation then US troops wouldn’t be evacuating any US allies or us troops out of there and would be evacuating as many people as possible.
I , got it by algorithm likely …
its crazy..
@@Pfuhler455 the Afghan war was lost long before Biden, he was just the first one brave enough to tell this fact to the US citizens.
@@Pfuhler455 now many US tax dollars are freed up, perhaps Biden can start reducing that famous national debt or start investing in its own citizens/environment/other military innovations.
Nobody:
American Schools: We retreated but we didn't lose
Nah. I grew up in the states and here they teach Vietnam as an ill-advised venture. It's held up as an object lesson of what it means to lose a military effort, and why. You'd be surprised: our education includes questions about whether we ever should have fought there in the first place. Finally, I think the US did learn from Vietnam; never again would the military and especially the men and women who fight in those wars be looked down up in such an ignorant way. Since then, our armed forces are mostly respected and honored for their sacrifice.
It depends on what the goals were and American goals were never reached. You lost.
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Between 1965 and 1975, the United States and its allies dropped more than 7.5 million tons of bombs on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia-double the amount dropped on Europe and Asia during World War II. Pound for pound, it remains the largest aerial bombardment in human history.
@@terrismith3636 So? The U.S. still lost
That's not how it's taught and America didn't retreat or lose
Thanks for this documentary...I got chills just hearing the number of people that perished from this war, just crazy.
Learned so much more about the war! Thank you! Either way you perceive wars it’s a travesty to mankind! History always repeats itself over & over again! 😔
''70% to avoid humiliation'' Their ego is more important then millions of lifes, makes you sick in the stomach.....
So is mine
@@jensjensen9035 hehe compensating for something
Jeffrey Bozko for what ?
jens jensen Traitor, rat. the confederacy literally only lasted 5 years... And the only reason for the civil war was because the south wanted to keep their slaves
To the Government soldiers are just a number
When you tell a joke in the jungle and the bushes start laughing
Lool🤣
@@YN-oy4ks I heard no laughing bushes and no joke's being told ,nothing was funny in Nam, their was only DEATH,guess you had to be there? USMC
@@americatolliver3294 Sorry, you didn't have to be there. America chose to be there.
@@billydurham4143 sorry your a coward,just like old bone spurs!
bro this joke is older than my gramma
Best documentation on Vietnam War!!!
My pops fought in huey city. Sgt. In u.s. Marine Corps. 1966-1969. N his 2 brothers. All 3 came back alive. R.i.p to all of em. Just lost my pops a year ago. Love u pops..
Did he listen to fortunate sun?
So what part of you is a proud American?
I teach with a Vietnam vet from New Zealand. He was clear - the war was a slaughter to stop the Vietnamese electing the leader they wanted. Why does the U.S. continue with the rhetoric of loving democracy?
@@georgevandenhoeven1060 probably the same reason as Australia and New Zealand
my pops was a WW2 vet. he passed away 13 years ago. he was a good guy, but he had so much ptsd from that war he couldn't put down the bottle. it's a miracle he lived to 85. tough SOB. love you dad
This Video brings back memory of my auntie's story.
My auntie has been telling us the following story hundreds of times. Each time she recounts it, she cries. It must have been liters of her tears over the years.
# The story is ....
# That was a Lunar New year in Vietnam. My aunt and her mother (my grand-aunt-mother; my mother calls her auntie) were travelling by ferry boat on a river in southern Vietnam. All of a sudden, American helicopters appeared, and shot at the boat. My aunt and her mother sat next to each other. Her mother was hit, and was dying in my aunt's arms (she was a small teenager at the time)
# My aunt recounts of her mother's last words: "Daughter, it's certain I die. Don't forget to look after your siblings and listen to your dad."
# Then she died in my aunt's arms. As said, each time my aunt recounts that story which happened 50 years ago, she cries.
May her soul rest in peace. I feel so sorry about her.
“FUK’U AmeriKKKa and France 🇫🇷: I will hate you forever!”
The brutality of American soldiers was the reason why many people support the VC
Không biết Tiếng Anh thì viết Tiếng Việt đi bạn.
@@voinhnghi6772 -- "Không biết Tiếng Anh thì ...." -- Có biết chút chút.
Awesome. Very informative learned a bunch
I don't know why, but I've always found the Vietnam war to be one of the most confusing wars there's ever been. I get the Cold War, as much as I can without being a historian, I get WWII etc, the Korean War I find more straightforward...But I just can't seem to get my head around this one. It's weird. This video has almost helped me to grasp it 🤣 In any case, I understand a lot more about it. Good work!
L Morningstar....the reason you don't understand is that the Vietnamese wanted to be free from, French colonizers who made Vietnamese a slave in their own land, the Vietnamese overthrew the French Government, then another white power said, we can't have that, so they started sending troops, that white power is the United States....every war that has happen has been for the division of the world and who controls it, which is the English, the French, the Germans, the United States, the European union, ....
very close to what I been telling friends for the last decade, they broke it down good , id have to say i know more now anyway and I got a 5 DVD set about this war that i learned a lot of peps died was about it, mostly kids any way ya look at it .I'm from eastern Ky , there's not a family up any holler that didn't lose kin folk in this, I remember a lot of guys that had been in the war and most of them was still there trapped in there minds, had a friend snap over someone blowing a bubble and popped it, he beat that man bad over a bubble , all he heard was a bombing, sad ,the country stopped the production of men after this era, I'm not half the man of any man in that war !! or women as far as that goes ! Thank you and I hope they all find peace someday !
Be glad that you win, America sow chaos all around the world, many country got taken down like Cuba, but some rises up like Afghanistan.
@@free_manipur_from_india Just because someone started a fight, doesn't mean you should keep it going. That's on you if you wanna lose millions over communism which ultimately failed after they won. Gotta love how you spend 4 million troops and a shit ton of money on a war just to starve them to death and ruin their economy. Maybe if the war was won, the Kennedys werent shot, and Nixon wasn't a fucking cuck it would've gone better.
I think the message of this video is that war is terrible no matter the reason, some are rational as resources are a necessity, some are pure evil and malice to push an ideology and take control, and this one was a confusing blend of good intention at the start, pride and corruption blinding the generals/ politicians at the cost of the lives of innocent men, women and children
I could not help but have tears creeping to my eyes, at the unbelievable sacrifice, suffering and hardship that our parents and grandparents had to endure to win back this land called Vietnam for us today.
@Prince Vegeta thank you for your goodness. My father fought this war when he was 20 years old. He was captured and held capture in Con Dao Prison. He told us some horrified stories about his time in the prison. They were placed in small cells and were tortured to insanity. Some of his cell mates survived but they were never recovered from it.
The US has not learned anything from this war as they still invade other countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, ... they have not brought prosperity and peace but suffering and hardship wherever they invade. It is so sad
I’m a proud republican and love America. However I’m very sorry we Invaded Vietnam we had no business doing so. I was a failed campaign.
Vietnam had huge support from china and Russia..still I admire their valour....it's unprecedented in history
What spoken like a true colonialist evader...y'all start with influence next is your ass...like the mafia
@@lientruong2500 Hello Lien
I lived in Vietnam for a while. The Vietnamese are incredible people.
They are street wise, intelligent, resourceful and hard working. These characteristics are great for fighting wars
Which is a good explanation for why the ARVN had all-but won that war prior to the U.S. Congress pulling the rug out from under them.
Iraq 🇮🇶 Afghanistan 🇦🇫
@@user-sd3qr7go1l ukraine, afghanistan and chechnya for russia buddy
@@tfire67 That is crazy talk. But, even if it were true, the government did not have support of the people and was corrupt to the bone. When the US went it in, it made the South less likely to fight as well as do the things needed to gain the support of the population. If there was an election, Saigon would have lost.
The irony is the viatnamese people now have more support for capitalism than any other country on the planet
Thank you so much for this video.
thanks for this comprehensive information
Navy 71 - 77. I lost high school friends in that war. This video saddened my heart
The Cold War was won. They didn't die in vain. Soviets and China had to see we would sacrifice thousands of lives and dig in.
outfctrl thank you
I have a lot of respect for the men and women that fought in the Vietnam war where the average age was 19 years old.Thank you for your service it is long overdue.
R.I.P to your friends
Im sorry! But we lost more than that.
-From vietnam.
Vietnam explained in 6 words,,,,,,, “ WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE.......
Johny Doe 💯
I’m an Iraq War veteran and we shouldn’t have gone to Iraq either.
littlerascle59 I agree.... thanks for serving our Country happy Veterans Day...🇺🇸❤️
Mike Vick good history lesson they should be teaching this in school. So your saying we had to fight Vietnam to stop Communism.......?
Mike Vick makes sense they are complete losers
@Mike Vick So why American left VN and let the commie took Southeast Asia?
I watched this because I wanted to know more about Vietnamese history, and especially the Vietnam war, this brought me to tears, I've met a few Vietnamese people (not irl, but soon I will) the Vietnamese people are awesome, I talk to one of them almost daily at the moment, I am thinking about meeting her in a few months, she deserves everything I said to her, she's by far one of the best people I've ever met, I also thought of buying a Vietnamese flag because of her, so every time I look at it, I can think of her, I think Vietnam is slowly becoming one of my favourite Asian countries because of all she did for me
No one deserves war, no matter where you live, no one deserves it
My dad is Vietnamese and fought for the south, he never talked too much about the war but was a devoted to his faith Buddhism. He was captured and put into jail for many years after the fall of the south where he got so ill it ultimately lead to his passing at 62. I had him for all those years and despite the horrors I know he saw and the friends he lost he always was a peaceful person and believed in an independent Vietnam. I miss him everyday, Saigon forever ❤
This was an unbelievably well made documentary. I almost cried during the closing sequence. Let us hope that mankind learns from the lessons from this appalling conflict and may all it's victims rest in peace
Humans are incapable of learning long-term.
We didn’t and probably will never learn.
@@sentinel151 I learned... NEVER to join the military or get drafted.
Aaanndd here we are again.
As long as the same people are in power, nothing will change. Their children will be the same, and their children’s children as well. Its a violent cycle where only the good, hardworking people are killed and lose everything.
Thanks for the video! We owe you a beer! I was there in 1969 as a helicopter pilot and immediately saw that we Americans had no idea what we were doing. I often flew "staff pukes" who were the underlings of the commanders. I would listen to the pukes on the intercom as they would brag about how they were going to distort the happenings of the day to make their bosses look good. They would laugh about moving body count numbers a couple of decimals and then brag about how they were going to be promoted because they lied for their bosses. LBJ, McNamara, Nixon & Kissinger were lying sacks of shit who deceived the American public for their own purpose. McNamara's family can love him all they want but if they respect him they are equally pitiful horrible people. I named my son after my flight school buddy who came back in a box. He would be 71 but died when he was 20! Best of luck to all of us!
Thanks for sharing.
Yes, thanks for sharing that. Appreciate your view based on experience.
I agree, thanks! Gives me even more insight to a war fought before I was even born.
Thank you sharing that
Cool so your like 80 years old
Some early parts left out. After the Japanese invaded Vietnam, both the Americans and the Brits asked Ho Chi Minh if he and his guerilla army would help them fight the Japanese in his country. He said he would only if the Brits and Americans promised to not let the French back into Vietnam after the war and that Vietnam be given the opportunity to gain their independence. Both Britain and the US promised that would happen if he assisted them. So under the OSS, the Americans sent a group called Merrill's Marauders and the Brits a group called the Chindits under General Orde Wingate to fight the Japanese with help from Ho Ch Minh's army. After the end of WWll, the French were allowed back in to continue their colonial rule and Ho Chi Minh's ambition for an independent Vietnam was dropped. In other words, he was betrayed by Britain and the US and the rest is history. The Vietnam War should never have happened. When you look back in 2023 and realize the hundreds of thousands of civilians and military personnel that were killed on both sides and the thousands of families that suffered on both sides, it boggles the mind.
so well presented thank you
One of the most well-crafted documentaries I ever watched.
The truth and missing important information are all not exposed in this video
@@nerolowell2320 Whatever was shown was indeed the truth and important. Not everything might have been shown.
it is not, it is western propaganda. presenting the war as a civil war b/w the south and the north. somehow forgot to tell that US first attacks were against south Vietnam, and that hundreds of thousands of south Vietnamese will be jailed in concentration camps by the US to keep the control on the south population. read noam chomsky on the war
@@ShubhamRaj-yi3pi like the peace treaty accord. The north vietnam surrendered, peace achieved,Soldiers can finally go home before Norh vietnam start breaking it and attack saigon.
If this is not important then idk what cuz this missing piece is the reason why people considered US left means lost miltatily,surrendered and retreat. Tbey dont know US left after the war ended and peace treaty was signed in.
Spent a month in Vietnam 3 years ago... Of the 40+ countries I've been to its def top 3!! Such an amazing place
Hello
the country is awesome - I loved it and cant wait to head bak. got a thing for the women also
What is the top 1?
What are the other 2 countries?
@@LauXstamp Namibia & Ethiopia!
Great job on this video
Freedom Isn't Free '' Thank You for this nice time to document an excellent precious piece of history. Thank You for this nice time document. Thank you for recording and sharing this. I really appreciate it and I am thankful. Thank you for protecting our freedom by serving our country. May God bless you and your family. - Semper Fi . !
Hearing the first few sentences of "The 'Viet Nam War' started in good faith, by good people, with good intentions" is like a slap in the face for me as a Vietnamese person :)
The Vietnam War was a continuation of the French invasion in 1946 to re-enslave the Vietnamese, it was a dirty war, a crime against the freedom and democracy of the Vietnamese people to choose their leaders in the 1956' elections under the Geneva Accords. This time the enemy of the Vietnamese was the US. The invaders had to pay the price with humiliating defeat in 1975.Shame on them.
@@thuankhong True, and as an Aussie, I'm glad they did.
Who were"they" ?
Which side should we apply the good intentions to? Back in 1945, the Americans liked Uncle Ho and the Viet Minh, and gave them the heavy artillery they later needed to beat the French at Dien Bien Phu.
@@xenuburger7924 .Since 1950, the US has provided 80% of the war expenses for France against the Viet Minh. In Dien Bien Phu, the US flew supplies to France. The US became the enemy of Vietnam since helping the French fight the Viet Minh.
Its ironic watching this today as the same story plays out in Afghanistan, even when I was there in 2010, we knew we were fighting another Vietnam, took the politicians another 10 years to figure it out.
Politicians are backed by corporations who fund their campaigns and many more activities.
So basically the USA army is fighting for corporations.
Heck the war is even privatised with many private armies and contractors like Blackwater etc profiting from the war.
Its a lost cause, people should wake up to reality.
History is repeating itself in the US military. The difference is that freedom in Vietnam has room for women. Afghanistan has no place for women
@@mainguyen-jr6ee Don't think US cared about that when they started their invasion nor do they do now.
Nixon = Trump
With all that happened in the past, I said VN has learnt its lesson now that it has open to the world and leaning toward a more socialist society than a totalitarian regime. Can't said the same for USA though, with what has transpired in Afghanistan.
Calmed my curiosity, great video.
Well done and factually spot on thanks
hello my vietnamese friends. I'm from Turkey and I am 14 years old. i love vietnam and sometimes i learn vietnamese. There are few people who love vietnam in Turkey. this is a message of friendship. Be glad in Turkey and Turks. let's be friends.
xin chào những người bạn Việt Nam của tôi. Tôi đến từ Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ và tôi 14 tuổi. Tôi yêu tiếng Việt và đôi khi tôi học tiếng Việt. Có rất ít người yêu thích Việt Nam ở Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ. đây là một thông điệp của tình bạn. Hãy vui mừng ở Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ và Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ. làm bạn nhé 🇹🇷🇦🇿❤️🇻🇳
ok bạn tui thay mặt những người viet nam
oke tớ chào bạn nhé ^^
27:29 - A photo of a US Soldier looking at Vietnamese kids while they burn their houses... "Sorry we have to burn your village..to save it from communism" Isn't it ironic?!?!
@@GeneralPublic0000
You mean like the Abu Ghraib pictures?
Oh no wait you mean like the Auschwitz pictures?
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🤔
or: a photo of a us solider taking care of family that lived in a war zone while their house was burning down
@@cfvgd Not a single Vietnamese house will burn down if the US did not intervene and "leave alone" the UNITED Vietnamese forces that DROVE out the French after many years of colonial slavery finally WON THEIR FREEDOM. US intervened and installed a fake President (Diem) who was oppresive to the Buddhists and other non-catholics. In the end, the South "freedom and democracy" loving" Puppet government was more cruel and terrorist-like than the Communist North the US portrayed to be evil. The Buddhist monk who self-immolated and burned himself was the start of the downfall of the cruel and puppet South Vietnam President!!! FREE AND UNITED VIETNAM KICKED out both the FRENCH AND THE AMERICANS out of their motherland. :) What a brave race. Even the Chinese and Cambodia's devilish Pol Pot all know, you never mess with the Vietnamese! :) These are the bravest race of modern history. 42 to 1 casualty and still did not surrender to the US and now their new generation is enjoying a PEACEFUL and UNITED nation, unlike the Korea which the US imperialists successfully divided forever.
@@silentassassin1399 Thank you so much, as a Vietnamese person :)
@Jake Stockton oh really? U was wrong my friend!
I really watched this to rip on it thinking it impossible. I was wrong!
You've done a fine job using a broad stroke but a fine job indeed. So nice job.
This is an amazing video!!
My grandpa, fought in the Vietnam War and got shot straight in the head. He was sent to the hospital for surgery, and he managed to pull through and survive. Doctors were not able to remove bullet pieces at were deep in his brain so it left him weaker than ever in his arms. It was a miracle that he survived while fighting in the war.
do u ever think about who ever was that yellow man that shot your grandpa .
@@rockinrobin You should think about the politician who sent him there, not the "yellow man" that defended their country.
How many innocent families did he slaughter and their hut burned down?
@@omegapointil5741 it wasn’t his fault he went. He was drafted, if he didn’t go he would go to prison
@@bumpa_bb7162 that’s true but I see where’s omegas coming from, murder for survival can’t be justified 100%
Poor men die in rich man's wars.
Charles Ritter you got that from Modern Warfare at least say who said the quote
@@maximusmawle2904 I don't know who said it but yeah I know that it's a famous quote.
Very true quote for this war and most of the other wars around the world.
It was the poor men who started the fight. The North were murdering tons of civilians.
True, but I have never met stronger men in my entire life.
Thanks! I don’t know who it went to before, but it is worth $2 an encapsulated episode. It prepped me for watching the full documentary the second time.
this was a beautifully made video. i shed a tear. shame to see how somethings never change and area just repeating over and over again regardless of time. i guess that is human nature.
I'm so happy this taught our country a much needed lesson on staying out of other countries affairs... Oh wait a minute.
Let’s just cry about it...
Iraq baby ... maybe Iran next wow
i'll be honest i don't really study too much politics but what i will say is places like north korea and china looks concerningly close to creating another hitler
@@Prince-pd2uf No they are not making another Hitler but they are making another world I could say
@@Prince-pd2uf no they're not, you should study what the United state has done to them..
are the stuff
Introduction 0:35
French Colonial Rule
1:32
Dien Bien Phu
5:30
A New Nation
6:42
JFK 7:55
Operation Rolling Thunder 10:35
Into The Jungle
13:45
The Tet Offensive
16:31
Trust is Broken
18:27
Richard Nixon
19:40
Vietnamization
21:38
Things Fall Apart
23:19
The Fall of Saigon
24:46
The Vietnam War
26:02
Epilogue 27:14
All that work for three likes lol
@@JohnDoe-sn9ic poor him
@@JohnDoe-sn9ic they are in the description
Thank you for this video. I'm a USMC veteran who served during the 1980s, when memories of this war were still fresh in many senior Marines' minds. As new Marines, Viet Nam was still perceived as the enemy, though many veterans of the war extolled the beauty of the country and their desire to visit the country again.
I wondered how and why men could be afraid for their lives, watch their brothers get killed and maimed, yet want to return. I was given the opportunity to visit and work in Viet Nam, which I hastily grabbed. After being here for a few months, I understand. Five years later, I have a Vietnamese wife and a home in this beautiful country. I'd never relinquish my American citizenship, but I'm currently enjoying a different lifestyle in North Viet Nam away from identity politics, SJWs and the like.
Good for you. I applaud your open-mindedness and can only hope that you are spending your time in Vietnam educating people that not all Americans are egregious, self-involved jingoists. My wife is also Vietnamese, I love my in-laws more than my own bigoted American family members who don't read, and I have just finished our retirement home in Cam Ranh. Can't wait to get the hell out of here before the whole house of cards comes tumbling down.
@@mad_cat_1st Most Americans would be surprised to know that the American war was only a blip on the radar to them. They're over it, harbor no resentment (why should they, they won) and most have positive opinions of America.
@@paulgianni Absolutely. In my experience, I find that it's Americans who still associate Vietnam with our interference in their business and hold the Vietnamese at fault for our failures. Kind of like a certain ex-president that can't except that he lost an election. As I said above, my wife is Vietnamese, and people who think they're interested in that story ask me if I was "in the military", even though I was only 9 years old in 1975. I've spent a lot of time in Vietnam, and prefer it to living here. I try to sell that idea to everyone I meet. A lot of them start grousing about "commies" and other Anglo-paranoid nonsense. I just try to tell them that "rice is life", the mango is the "King of Fruits", and Nha Trang is like Miami Beach on a 95% off sale. Also, my father worked for Dow Chemical for 35 years, and I feel a need to "pay it forward" - so to speak.
@@paulgianni They won militarily, but they lost in that their population was decimated and their country left in ruins. They had every right to resentment, even if it doesn't show.
Liberals bring Trump into everything it amazes me LOL
Great documentary.
i think this is probably the best Vietnam War documentary ive ever watched. Thank You
There is also another very good documentary too, it's in PBS called 'The Vietnam War'
@@seantylerfermin4927 ill check it out thanks
Ken Burns’ doc is worth the watch
@@packofredapples8 is the best documentary of all time
I am a Vietnam Veteran, my heart goes out to those ... sorry I wish my heart can be at peace.
Thank you for your service and I hope your heart can be a peace
give it all to Jesus.
China uses the communist party of Vietnam to indirectly control of Vietnam . Ho dog Minh ( the leader of Vietnam communist party is Chinese can speak Vietnamese language fluently , Vietnam does not has the last name Ho , the last name Ho is Chinese. ) .
Now compare , MAO ZEDONG - BIGGEST MASS MURDER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD ruclips.net/video/EJf-I1RNa9A/видео.html = The Land Reform in the North of Vietnam , Ho chi Minh or the communist party of Vietnam murdered 200, 000 Vietnamese in the North of Vietnam #đấutố #cảicáchruộngđất Cải cách ruộng đất 1953_1954 ở miền bắc #đấutốđịachủ #đấttốruộngđấtruclips.net/video/tiD-u9IEk2A/видео.html . China has millions of China 50 cents army commentators , Vietnam has the red bulls commentators. Now China took the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa islands of Vietnam , Ban Doc Falls , Nam Quang lands in the North of Vietnam . The leaders of Vietnam are Chinese , they can speak fluently Vietnamese . China and Vietnam communist parties are brainwashing young people.
Good job, good work.
I am a grandson of a Southern Vietnamese Soldier that fought alongside the Americans in the Vietnam War. His duty during the war was to command soldiers where to fire their cannons. After the South had lost, my grandpa was immediately taken into captivity by the Northerners. There he was punished in a holding camp where they kept all the Southerners. After 2 years of doing prison time, his wife (my grandma) had connections with some government officials that was part of the North (but were good people), they were able to free my grandpa earlier than expected. Later my grandparents were able to establish a peaceful household in Saigon which is now known as Ho Chi Minh City. Years and years later we've all immigrated to America and are now living peaceful and good lives. Both of my grandparents are now deceased but my grandpa did tell me one thing that did stuck to me before he passed, "Before the war I was not afraid of anything. Now I am afraid of everything."
p.s. As a kid back in Vietnam after the war, I remember calling our city "Saigon" in public around other people and my mom would cover my mouth and tell me to keep quiet because if the Policemen hears you calling Ho Chi Minh "Saigon" you would get beat.
Bro that was great story to hear, but the last part of calling Saigon may be just during after the war (i dont know). For the last couple decades, you can call it watever u like, it is fine.
I'm an American and I refuse to call it Ho Chi Minh city and still call it Saigon.
@@markbrisko8720 good for u man, we call it interchangable too. Not that much of a deal
Congratulations, your grandfather was a traitor to his own people, a collaborator of the foreign American invaders who killed and raped millions of Vietnamese.
Well you're looking at the start of another situation like that here. When in this country you're not allowed to say whats on your mind such as "Don't Take The Jab" and it can litterly cause you to lose your job, be assaulted, have problems with government agencies and your main law enforcement is so corrupt you can't even count on them to take a report much less to do a damn thing about it. Now if the complaint comes from someone on the Ho Chi Minh side of things the fbi will have your door kicked in with in hours and your infant baby in a head lock with 20 rifle barrels pointed at its head along with the wife and kids screaming "get on the ground or we'll blow f-ing head off"
This is the best explanation of the Vietnam war that I have seen. Really helps me to understand
pokenei right
Mash Ed why? Is it because he make it sound like the western invaders were the good heroes?
@@nelothebluefrog5953. Quite the opposite mate
Mash Ed nah watch again and pay attention to what he said. The korean war, the planning of invading Vietnam etc he make it sound like the only villains were the communists and if you still don't get it then you must be a lover of Hollywood spin off war movies😂😂
@@nelothebluefrog5953 please send me some suggestions of where to learn more about the Vietnam war, mate. Cheers
I'll explain it in one phrase: " One Big Mistake"
I'll explain in one word: Betrayal.
Ill explain in one letter: 🅱️
One big TRAGIC mistake.
And started on a lie
Mistakes are accidents. Vietnam war was a deliberate decision that killed millions of people. Criminal acts by governments of the time.
Good video. Mixed on how well the facts/history were correct.
Excellent video !!
I'm currently living in Vietnam (I'm American). For anyone who's never been here, the Vietnamese are so friendly and definitely hold no grudge. The first time I came here I traveled the entire country and was expecting hostility (I didn't know what to expect honestly). There are so many beautiful places here. I definitely recommend visiting! Edit: I don't know if the HCM trail can be '12000 miles' of jungle roadways....not sure if that figure is accurate.
Yeah. We are taught in schools and from our forefathers who joined the wars. We are taught to hate the nonsense wars not hate people. South Korea massacred all innocent people in our village. My forefathers said that South Korean was the worst and evil army ever. The way they killed old people, kids, woman, and pregnant ladies,... However, it was in the past, we don't hate South Korean or American or French or Japanese. Simply, Vietnamese loves freedom and peace!
As long as Vietnam is still ruled by the oppressive and exploitive Communist regime, her potential remains greatly diminished. For any 1% that wants to stay, 99% of the population wants to get out, and many have risked their lives doing just that (for example, 39 doomed lives found in UK container truck recently on the news, and that's only what's been reported), unfortunately. Yet another shocking and also recent example is that during the Covid pandemic when almost all countries assisted their citizens with financial aids in one form or another, the corrupt and murderous Vietnamese Commie regime saw it just as another opportunity not to help but to exploit its ruled citizens even more, essentially making money over the corpses of its citizens by presumably killing at least 30-50K of them, due to grossly misdiagnoses and being thrown into barbwired unhygenic living quarters for isolation, so that they had to sleep on concrete floor, even next to filled trashcans, with inadequate toilet, food, water, or medicine, like animals (searching hard enough, one is able to see shocking video clips on Facebook though the regime tried hard to crack down the leaks by Vietnamese citizen journalists), with the fake nostril Covid test kits, mislabeled as approved by World Health Organization (WHO) in Việt Á scandal, colluded by at least 4 different government agencies (Y Tế , Khoa Học, Công Nghệ, Quân y) and the top Politburo members, including Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Phạm Minh Chính, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. Murderous Vietnamese Commie regime even had a thug murdered Christian pastor Giuse Trần Ngọc Thanh, like it has done with many other pastors across the nation. There is a reason why the current Commie Vietnam ranks at the bottom of the world in freedom of speech, (true) freedom of religion, and freedom of the press, barely above Commie China and Commie North Korea. There is no true freedom of religion in Commie Vietnam, as this corrupt Vietnamese Commie regime only authorized the fake organizations headed by Commie monks, many of whom were Commie Party officials, and those religious organizations not approved to be infiltrated by them or headed by their Commie agents are accused of malicious and nonexistent crimes and banned, with innocent religious leaders arrested and jailed, as in the recent case with Thiền Am Bên Bờ Vũ Trụ, a harmless Buddhist meditation monastery, for simply having many followers (hence, more influences that the regime fears it can't control) than the Commie Party's officially approved ones. Similarly, its passport ranks at the bottom, 89th out of 111 countries for a reason, barely above North Korea 104th rank. even below many African nations. For comparison, South Korea is at 2nd rank. That's what Republic of South Vietnam would have likely been ranked among at least the top 10 had it not been invaded and occupied by the North Vietnamese Commie terrorists, aided by Commie Soviet and Commie China. Search "cuop dat dan" (meaning "land-robbing of citizens") to see millions of footages across the country from North to South, spanning for decades, dated back to Ho Chi Minh's bloody land reform 1953-1956 that killed nearly 1 million North Vietnamese in only 4 years, or 250K people brutally slaughtered in torturous painful deaths (like being shot, stabbed, mutilated while being alive, or heads being plowed over by water buffaloes while bodies being buried underground) each year on average to rob their lands and homes. Even today, if the rightful owners refuse to have their homes or lands robbed, the ruthless Vietnamese Commie terrorist regime simply jail or massacre them, have tractors run over their bodies or openly assassinate them in their own homes. When it comes to robbing, these barbarian Vietnamese Commie bandits even prey on each other, just as the recent case with then 84-year-old Mr. Lê Đình Kình, a 55-year-Commie Party veteran from Dong Tam, near Hanoi, that got shot dead at 3am in his own home by the Vietnamese Commie terrorist regime. When his wife Mrs. Dư Thị Thành refused to lie about the incident as ordered, the Vietnamese Commie terrorist police brutally tortured her (see more details from "dandongtam" on Facebook). The corrupt Vietnamese Commie government officials routinely dine on lavish gold-plated Salt Bae steak $100K per meal with blood money not just from taxpayers but also from robbed-lands and robbed homes recently drew international condemnations, while many Vietnamese citizens, including elderlies in their 60's and 70's as well as kids as young as 6's to 16's selling lottery tickets on the streets to survive on $2-3 per day. Even Phạm Nhật Vượng the richest man in Vietnam (via his VinGroup) made the bulk of his wealth mainly by colluding with the barbarian Vietnamese Commie regime in selling their robbed-lands from Vietnamese citizens.
Travelers to Vietnam in her current form (not at all like this before the Communists took over) should keep this in mind. Behind the beauty of the land and smiling faces at popular tourist destinations, there are a lot of darkness and tears, bloods, sweats, sorrow, horror, and sufferings all over the country.
Westerner in a 3rd world south east asian country.... Sus.....
@@mitonaarea5856 Vietnam isn't third world....
Yea it's a very nice place and nice people
Aust is full of them they r so easy going hard very hard workers a Terrible war re.ember it clear as .
Nobody:
Forrest Gump: "Something jumped up and bit meeeeee"
I had been to Vietnam in 2007, what a charming country that was (and is) riding high on an economic boom as the newest Dragon Economy of Asia, and the people were very, very friendly and confident in moving on their country as one of Asia's emerging markets. Yet somehow, while on a city tour which included the Cu Chi Tunnels, I wasn't surprised when our tour guide, without any trace of bitterness, mentioned how they referred to the War as 'the American War' of which the Vietnamese, with the aid of their leader Ho Chi Minh, were fighting 'the enemy,' which were the Americans. Seen in today's context, this holds very, very true! American intervention has paid its price, and the fall of Saigon to the pro-Ho Chi Minh forces was that ultimate defeat that still haunts Americans. So painful yet so very true! Yet I cannot help but weep over the millions of innocent Vietnamese who lost their lives because of this war. Let this war be a lesson to the American penchant to meddling in conflict-prone areas, like what was done in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia Afghanistan and now the Ukraine, that War is morally wrong--and to quote Boy George, 'WAR IS STUPID' 😢
You just know feel bad for people who died in this war. How will civilian’s life change if they lose in a war? Southern Việt Nam is rich country but Northern Việt Nam is poor country when the war ended everything reversed. Which country was invading?😄😄 you may be a stupid guy
Vietnam's victory was a victory for the global south and for every other oppressed ex-colonial lands.
The Vietnamese people are always like that when he comes to Vietnam as a friend. The truth was that the US since the 1950s helped France with 80% of the war costs to hope to enslave the Vietnamese again, but failed miserably in Dien Bien Phu (1954). The Geneva Agreement was signed. US's establishment of a puppet government as a henchman in South Vietnam to sabotage the 1956 general election in Vietnam under the Geneva Agreement, for fear of Mr. Ho Chi Minh's election victory, led to the directly brought US troops to cause the Vietnam War (1960-1975).
Unfortunately, the cooperation between and Vietnam in WW2 quickly turned into hostility, due to the US government. That is a historical fact.
Let that be a lesson to Isreal but I guess not
Gửi lời cám ơn bạn bằng tiếng Việt
Short but comprehensive. Remarkable work. Goosebumps.
You must appreciate the heart that the Vietnamese put into defending their country.
Yes. In light of your comment, recently an American pollster asked Americans whether they would stand and fight or run if America (God forbid) were ever invaded. Amazingly the poll exposed a demographic that between 55-60% of Americans identified as Democrats would not stand and would leave. Not good. How is it that Americans have a greater taste for fighting foreign wars (Korean, Vietnam, Afghan, and now Ukraine) than defending their own land? Unless Americans believe destroying someone else's country is in defense of America.
@@niss2142 "Unless Americans believe destroying someone else's country is in defense of America" is named "for national security" in the news!
@@niss2142 democrats don’t consider themselves as Americans
They were once confederate
I pretty sure if we get invaded democrats will help the invaders
@@niss2142 ah yes americans famously fighting in Ukraine! Stfu
The South Vietnamese were also defending their country. One might think that someone who in their profile defends a free Taiwan against an authoritarian CCP and repressive communist state might understand that.
AWESOME video! Appricate what you do. Education is priceless! 🫡
Thanks for summarizing one of the darkest but bravest history of my country. I am Vietnamese who was born in the family had so many generations fighting to preserve peace and freedom (my grandpa, grandma, uncles, my dad and my mom...). Later on after Doi Moi, so Vietnam has a chance to develop the country in term of free trade economic peacefully. Therefore, I had a chance to study oversea in the United Kingdom. As a result, I am a hybrid of Communism and Capitalism. When I was back home I did ask my grand dad “why Vietnam had to fight against France and America? Why not let them come and go?”. My grandpa said to me that “because in my time, we fought for the liberation of the country to be independent and enslaved the young generation. So today, your generation has time at peace to be proud as Vietnamese”. And that touched me a lot, later on he had inspired me to learn a lot about our godfather history. This short video and Ken Burn documentary is so true and very objective for both side American and Vietnamese. Actually, we could be very good allies since beginning and could be prevented all bloodshed later on during thirty years. If you learn about Vietnam history, you may find out we are a loving peace people. Our godfather had defended the country for 3000 years from the Chinese, Mongolia, Japanese, French and America. We do not want war, but in order to preserve peace we have to fight. Today, all those sadness may be gone in the Vietnamese mind, all may be forgotten and may be forgiven. So, let come to Vietnam and explore yourself about history, culture, sightseeing places, delicious cuisine and most of all a friendly people always welcome you.
I am from mexico and i hope one day to visit vietnam, friend.
Vietnamese people fight for the independence and unification of Vietnam, not for capitalism or socialism.
Vietnam definitely had to fight France for independence, but not America. Ho Chi Minh actually prefered peaceful unification with the South rather than fighting them, but Le Duan was in power in 1960
@@danghoangluong2942 You are wrong to blame North Vietnam for not wanting to reunify Vietnam peacefully. It was the US and Ngo Dinh Diem who refused the general election in 1956 to unify Vietnam under the terms of the 1954 Geneva accords knowing they would lose if the general election was to be held. If the general election, Presedent Ho Chi Minh is expected to receive more than 90% of the vote because the Viet Minh defeated Japan and France to gain independence for Vietnam. America and Ngo Dinh Diem betrayed the Vietnamese people's desire for independence and unification. Great Powers wanted to divide Vietnam as Korea.
The Vietnamese do not accept dividing the country. Therefore, this war is mandatory for the Vietnamese who want the country to be unified. As a result, 3 million Vietnamese lives were lost but Vietnam gained independence. Meanwhile, 3 million Koreans have died, but Korea is still divided into two regions. Now, the Korean peninsula is a place of instability, at risk of nuclear war, not peaceful as Vietnam and ASEAN.
The US created the Gulf of Tonkin incident to intervene in Vietnam, this event has been declassified. American politicians underestimated Vietnam (you can read Mc Namara's books) and lost a lot of money, lives, and reputation during the Vietnam War. In the end, the US was forced to withdraw with many losses. Vietnam gained its independence even at the cost of the blood of many Vietnamese.
The loss of the war was too great for the Vietnamese and the Americans. However, Vietnamese people can be proud of the fight for a unified and independent country, and Americans can't.
you never had to fight against America, America defended you.
Great outro!!
Thanks!
That was the best documentary about the Vietnam war I’ve ever seen. Made me really feel the struggles in country and the gradual increasing tension at home. Bravo.
6:26 ..."The French Surrendered"... now where have I heard that again? :-)
you're an idiot
Ha, Nice
shut up
Haiti
France surrendered because they had no choice. Fighting the Germans meant most of the French army would die. So they surrendered to reduce casualties.
My father was in Vietnam....he came back a different man...he was diagnosed with PTSD and he was sick...(mentally)....I still love him because he is my father but inside my mind ill never forget...never
A war started by good people with good intentions? That’s one hell of a take.
its hilarious. I think he is referring to the fact that it was going to be an ally to the soviet's and a communist state...which it still became, after the war and mass loss of life. A war started by imperialists sounds about right
Pretty hilarious that that was his take considering he did the "research" to make the video. Seeing US as anything other than a hostile imperial occupying force is wild. I mean using chemical weapons on civilians is straight up evil.
i just took the most amount of notes on this and i have never been more interested in history in my life
Do your own research. This video is FILLED with Anti-American Bull Sh-t!
@@badguy1481 not really, its mostly accurate, it didnt really even say much against america, just nixon. i love america too, but we cant pretend it doesnt have flaws here and there.
@@badguy1481 just because people call America out on its bs doesnt mean it's anti-American
Nixon WON an overwhelming re-election in 1972. WHY? The American people backed his peace plan with the North. In other words, "peace with honor". They also backed his bombing of Hanoi in December 1972 resulting in the peace treaty in early 1973. The American military, without a DOUBT, won the Vietnam War. It DESTROYED the Vietcong in 1968 and the North Vietnamese Army in early 1972. That's WHY the North knew the "jig was up" for them in early 1973. The South ONLY fell to the North because of the betrayal of the Democrat controlled congress...in 1975 (two years after the American military was pulled out of South Vietnam). Inferring America's military was defeated in South Vietnam, resulting in the fall of the South, is, as I said, pure BS!
@@badguy1481 america lost viatnam. get over it you boomer fuck
I was drafted in Germany 76/77 almost 18 months in Bavaria and spoke to valiant US soldiers who suffered at a very young age in Vietnam. It changed my whole idea about the military. Whenever a new war breaks out, those lowlife politicians voting in favour should go first with their kids as grunts taking those bullets, horror and starvation. Never again will I serve one single second unless the children of senators, presidents, civil servants and lobbyists go first.
Right those politicians love to lie to us and keep us in the dark to gaslight us into thinking other countries are the “bad guy” for us to act in their favor I will never trust them.
Fair point honestly
Can't argue with that.
That's right. If that soup is so good, they need to eat some.
The people that start wars should be made to do mortal combat with their opponent and leave everyone else out of it. But that is far too simple for humans to be interested in.
Outstanding 👍🏽🔥
Nice presentation. Peace
If a leader of a country wanted war let them fight against eachother no soldiers involved.
Imagine thats how election goes
Trump vs Hillary in a yugioh match
alot of pride and tensions was involded at this time
This was very well done. I appreciate the emphasis on the confusion of diplomacy, and the fog of war, rather then simply calling people good or bad. You told a story well.
Well done.
I was a child when the war was going on. My father told me about people like Walter Cronkite and the things done to captured soldiers. He once told me it got so bad over there no one back home here knew what was going on. My father's cousin was a pilot off the USS Ariskony and turned his plane around to save a downed pilot, his wing man. I had so much passion for the soldiers who came home and cried and screamed.
ya i was one of them
My Dad may he rest in Paradise Was A United States Veteran That Went To Vietnam I never knew what he had been through or have seen during that time he never talked about it but now I Know why this documentary answered all the questions that were in my mind for so many years thank you life guide
Well if there's paradise he probably isn't there. He's probably feeling really hot at the moment. He was probably a rapist too considering how many women and children(as young as 10) were gang raped right before they were slaughtered. Your father probably served the great U.S.A. to the best of his abilities by killing rice farmers and raping their kids.
I'm watching this after having spoken to a vet who saw action in Vietnam. The things he saw are unimaginable. I have a hell of a lot of respect for him and all those who served. Can't be anything but humbled in the face of someone who has been through combat.
@@richardpluim4426 yes, and what of it?
They go to war because they choose to... I have no respect for US soldiers, they had a choice and chose war.
@@mikey3666 that’s not true . People that join the military are often from poor families...
I remeber in high school it was being said that the US went into viet nam to stop the spread of communism.
The communists won. That was about 50 years ago.
Since then a couple of monumental changes happened in the world. The Soviet Union disbanded, the Berlin wall came down, Germany was reunited and the Soviet Union abandoned communism as an ideology.
I guess the communists taking over Viet Nam wasn't all that crucial to communism taking over the world.
@@garyluciani370 so are you saying that’s how it’s gonna be with Afghanistan hopefully? (I may of misread but what u said is a good thing right? lol)
so much loss broke my heart......
Thanks for the documentry. History always has lessons for us to learn.
Finally, a documentary that makes sense out of the kayos. Thank you sir for answering some of the most perplexing questions that I have held for most of my life. I grew up in San Diego. This is where the US Government was finally pressured into excepting the VN refugees. San Diego was the first location for them to start migrating too. Today I teach English in Vietnam. I am not a communist, but I came to the North to learn what I could about what really happened. I've also been to the South and still had no idea about the Vietnam war. What did I learn? The Vietnamese people are awesome, kind, loving, forgiving, and open minded. You would think they would hate Americans, but they don't. Even the Communist, try real hard to show that they are just people. They know that mistakes were made. They know that people died but they are very open to western ideals and society as it stands today. However, they are also still communist. They don't hate democracy but they have learned to consider it as a successful method of ruling over society. What I admire most, is that as an American, I have never been disrespected here. They are very much interested in my opinions and thoughts. They cling to their communist ideals but they also seriously consider my conservative views. The idea of freedom appeals to most of the people here in North Vietnam but, they also consider the ideals of communism and the millions who fought in the war. As an American, I answer their questions about democracy, but honor and respect their views on communism. I am a foreigner in a foreign land. I will never be a communist but one of my goals in coming here was to find out for myself why the Vietnam war took place at all. This documentary video is pretty good. It reflects some truths that are often left out. Thank you Sir. I may not agree with all that you say, but I would say that you were fair in your statements. I morn for the thousands who lost their lives in a war that should have never happened. It is a lesson to all that it is the politician who bears the responsibility of this tragic war and a testament to those who rose up to stop it. Let us hope that these wars end. Let us hope that the lines of communications stay open. In my opinion, people are the same everywhere you go in this world and when we allow the powers that be to separate us, then the terrible atrocities begin to happen again and again. Let us all study history so we do not repeat the horrors of the past. Amen!
.Anti-communism is just a guise of the US government to justify the intention to enslave the Vietnamese. They supported the French invasion of Vietnam (1946-1954), supported Diem's division of Vietnam (1955-1975), abetted for the Khmer Rouge to massacre Vietnamese and Cambodian people to avenge Vietnam (1979-1990), support China to attack Vietnam. Those are crimes against Vietnam.
Thank you for telling exactly what is happening in Vietnam with objective comments. The Vietnamese do not hold grudges against their former enemies, that is a fact. Even Vietnam is a country with a high rate of people having possitive attitude to America in the world.
Vietnamese people know that Vietnamese history is a series of wars, but Vietnam is also a nation with a very unique culture and history. The war is over, all wounds will also heal and Vietnam is one of the nations with the ability to recover quickly. Vietnam is getting better and better and has become a peace-loving country.
I am glad that open-minded Americans like you have come to Vietnam to live and work for a long time. Good people like you are always welcomed and respected by Vietnamese people. Hope you have a nice experience in Vietnam!
it's spelled chaos!
Some trues in the documents but Not All OK
I only flew one mission in VIet Nam as I was normally stationed in Spain but TDY'd to Thailand briefly. The USA was totally wrong in starting and pursuing that illegal invasion; and the fact that the Vietnamese do not hate Americans is a tribute to their humanity.
Thank you.
Makes me appreciate life