0:06 Tunnel Rats 2:43 South Korean Military in Vietnam War 11:25 Vietcong Booby Traps 22:07 Death Card/Ace of Spade Pychological Warfare 23:05 The Tet Offensive 1968 27:50 Fragging. a Deliberate Frendly fire of Vietnam War 29:40 Operation Rolling Thunder 38:22 Thích Quảng Đức The Budisht monk who burn himself to death 42:35 Fall of Saigon 53:29 US Marine Corps 2nd Lieutenant John Paul Bobo(Medal of honor, 2 Purple heart, Combat action Ribbon(By US military), National order of Vietnam and RVN Gallantry Cross medal(By South Vietnames Goverment)
I recently visited Củ Chi tunnels, by far the best experience ive had in Vietnam that hasn't involved drinking and karaoke. Highly recommend it to anybody that has had a military backround for an Allied nation. It really highlights how resourceful the Vietnamese army was.
@@hsplayerguy00 Don't expect too many requirements, and do not feel unwelcome because of being American. I heard from many people the vietnamese hold no grudges towards Americans(I know some are worried)
As a history major I love to analyze war and political development around them and my favorite war to learn about is the Vietnam war, my campus is offering the first ever Vietnam course taught on campus both form China occupying Vietnam, to colonial French Vietnam and then finally the Vietnam war. Thanks Simple history for expanding the knowledge around the Vietnam war!
Is there an opportunity to study in Vietnam? While the war museum in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City is certainly biased, it contains some rare photographs from the war time, and can provide a different viewpoint in terms of the effects of the war. The stories of survivors of the chemical weapons campaigns are especially poignant! While veteran stories from Western and allied forces tell some of that story, the stories of natives were much more moving, IMO. When I was there last, there was a whole section devoted to the long-term issues that natives were experiencing. People born around when I was and after were still suffering with the damage the war caused, physically. And, of course, we can endlessly debate whether this was a war that needed to be fought, or not...
It's also important to recognize the fact that Many US soldiers also fathered Vietnamese women and went back to the US without recognizing their children. There were many half White or half Black Vietnamese people after the war who have never met their american fathers. This is why many (not all) but many Vietnam war veterans don't want to talk about their experiences during the wars because most of them just probably f*ked around with women and the local prostitutes, making as much children as they can and then went back to the US.
two recordings were taken of the viet cong officer's execution, one was a photograph by american photographer and the other was a film recording by my great-uncle when he was working as a cameraman. my great-uncle always mentioned how abrupt the whole event was, and intially they thought the captain was just trying to be intimidating. he spent seven more years covering the war and only made it out eight days before Saigon capitulated. the media was hesitant to release the footage because they thought it was too graphic, but to him it was just another gruesome scene he happened to record. there's probably countless more out there that didn't make it to the public eye, but in the end we'll never truly know.
Oh man it is a pleasure to know a relative of the camera man, yes i recall reading that day they thought they would film an interrogation and instead they witnessed an execution
the man shot apparently just murdered a bunch of innocent families belonging to the local gov't there, that's why they blew his head off as soon as he was captured.
apparently that vc was a civilian killer that assassinated the south vietnamese officers childhood friend and his family (including his 80 year old mother, wife and 6 children)
I took a class on the Vietnam war and my professor had us read some amazing books that completely changed my perspective. The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh and Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, the Diary of Damg Thuy Tram literally brought me to tears. Overall such a sad and horrible war that rely should’ve never happened in the first place that killed countless American soldiers and over 1 million Vietnamese.
American used Vietnam Cambodia and Laos as a dumpster to dumped their outdated weapons they mass produced for WW2 which is why a lot of the bombs didn’t work . America were in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism while dealing the Soviet . As soon as Soviet collapsed , they left the dumpster for Vietcong 🤣
My grandfather participated in fighting the French in the Dien Bien Phu campaign, my father marched to the South to maintain security after liberation and he stayed to continue participating in the campaign to destroy the Khmer Rouge regime after China. .My two uncles joined the fight against the Chinese invaders of the provincesnorthern border. You learn more about the war against Chinese invaders that lasted for 10 years from 1979 to 1989. This was a very fierce war, the number of Chinese soldiers killed was up to 60,000. equal to the number of American soldiers killed in the Vietnam War over the course of 20 years. Welcome world friends who love Vietnam and love Vietnamese history
As a southern chinses from Guangxi, im call your BS, 60000 dead? It was small scale clashes after 1979. I can agree with maybe 5000 dead over the span of 10 years, but 60000? Yeah right.
@@johndoe7270 . Mỹ tạo ra một cuộc chiến tranh ủy nhiệm mà người Ukraine ngây thơ đang là nạn nhân. Tổ chức khủng bố IS cũng do Mỹ tạo nên. Cần phải thay đổi lại trật tự thế giới đa cực
Our country should not have gotten involved in the internal affairs of Vietnam. It tore both of our countries apart and killed so many good people on both sides.
Tet is a traditional festive holiday in VN when people are meant to show peace and goodwill to each other . Viet Cong took advantage of the occasion and violated the ceasefire when firing at people of South VN. Their aim was to maximize the horror, the damage to people of South VN at that time. It's a dirty and low-life tactic if you ask me.
@@ongmat4439 yeah but remember who attacked innocent villagers and brutaly killed them for the reason of supporting VC even if there is no proof what a "clean" and "high level tactic"
@@ucdungn2859 Yeah, we do remember who mercilessly slaughtered thousands of innocent lives in the invasion - it was none other than VC. If you want to know the truth, go and ask the survivors who witnessed the horror themselves, or seek out the elders in Hue and listen to the tales of atrocity they will narrate with tears in their eyes. I'll just tell you a little bit of the unforgiven things the VC has done during the Tet 1968. - The innocent people were forced into holes in the ground, only to be killed by grenades thrown at them by the VC. - They used pickaxes and shovels to destroy the heads of those who did not support the VC. - They killed the whole family if the father was in the Republican Vietnam Army. And there are more :), the things I couldn't imagine how they could do that to their own people. The US army, in collaboration with the Republican Vietnam Army, were present on the ground to safeguard and evacuate the people from the clutches of you VC during the Tet 1968. The evidence of this can be seen in numerous footages and documents available to the public, so I wonder where are yours to prove your point? Believe me, I searched for that and there is none. The destruction in Kinh Thanh Hue, with the facing towards the North, is clear evidence that your VC forces were responsible for firing the cannons towards the gates of the city and still you people blame the US army for that.
US pride is gone. Good for you buy do not point out something that should exist but doesn't, because traitors vote traitors in and our country is quite literally being sold to China. Ha. US pride: made in China.
The big question is: What did Vietnam as a whole country achieve in this war? Obviously not much apart from suffering from heavy casualty, loss of life, destruction, division of people's heats and mind and worst of all is that the failed ideology of communism / socialism has been imposed on everyone since 1975.
While I do like some war movies, I can’t help but agree with Jimmy Stewart on why he didn’t like doing war movies: he was a war hero himself who believed that no movie (doesn’t matter if the film is good) can truly capture the horrors and fears during the times. Thank you to all who served, deceased and living.
The tunnel rats rarely used a flashlight. Instead they would let their eyes adjust to the darkness as not to give themselves away or lose their adjusted sight.
It's also important to recognize the fact that Many US soldiers also fathered Vietnamese women and went back to the US without recognizing their children. There were many half White or half Black Vietnamese people after the war who have never met their american fathers. This is why many (not all) but many Vietnam war veterans don't want to talk about their experiences during the wars because most of them just probably f*ked around with women and the local prostitutes, making as much children as they can and then went back to the US.
My advice for people is NOT go to those tunnels in Củ Chi. It's not safe. Firstly, there are likely grass snakes living in those dark tunnels. Secondly, it can collapse at any time considering there is nothing robust to uphold its structure apart from dust soil.
This is the document of the US government trying to justify their failure. in fact if they had won, they wouldn't have had to withdraw and drown in the sea or jostle in helicopters. they did not detail the number of American soldiers killed, the number of B52s shot down or the dropping of bombs and Agent Orange on Vietnam.
I Highly recommend researching about the picture in the thumbnail, it is called "Saigon execution" has a good story and happens that the guy shooting is actually the victim in the situation
Yep. He was a South Vietnamese officer by the name of General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the national police, and the guy he executed was a notorious Vietcong officer named Nguyen Van Lem. Lem was accused of murdering South Vietnamese Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Tuan, his wife, six children, and the officer’s 80-year-old mother and was summarily executed by Loan in the now famous photo. Sad thing is, the photo was used for propaganda purposes against the south Vietnamese as being seen as brutal, remorseless killers. Loan would live the rest of his life in shame over that photograph because so few people knew the actual truth behind it. Loan would pass away on July 14th, 1998 at the age of 67.
Thật là buồn và đau lòng khi coi lại những thước phim trên, là người vietnam hiện tại chúng tôi không quên được những gì chiến tranh đã tàn phá đau thương, mong hoà bình trên toàn thế giới, chúng tôi đã gác lại quá khứ hướng tới tương lai, chúng tôi muốn làm bạn với tất cả các dân tộc trên thế giới. Giờ vietnam đã bình yên và đang ngày hội nhập sâu rộng, mong các bạn tới thăm quê hương chúng tôi tươi đẹp. welcome to vietnam!
I have been suprised how the vietnamese people have put the evil perpatrated against the people of vietnam aside and moved on. I have not been to your country but i have known several vietnamese that came to my country. i have loved those people.
@@BMRiding yeah, but those were COOL something's intimidating about a bomb being called "little boy." Like, what's "Big Man?" there was a sense of dread for those
Yep 1.1 million north vietnamese without counting the kids infected by the toxic material left by the us bombing. The us lost on his side 60.000 soldiers. Litterally a near genocide
I’m a 39yr old American. I understand there are times for war but I have yet to really comprehend the reason this one went so far. I understand supporting allies yet this war still seems mostly senseless
It was literally the same situation as in Korea, the US helped the defenders not the attackers. If they succeeded they would be praised but winners write history
My advice to people is NOT go to those tunnels in Củ Chi. It's not safe. Firstly, there are likely grass snakes living in those dark tunnels. Secondly, it can collapse at any time considering there is nothing robust to uphold its structure apart from dust soil. The tour operators always want to promote this place for tourism dollars. Don't fall for it.
My heart would drop if I were assigned to do a tunnel rat job because I’m 5’5 and small enough to get into hard to reach places. Plus I hate the dark, snakes, creepy crawlies. I wouldn’t know how to cope with doing that. That’s why I respect the men who did and never came back from those dark places to ever see light or their family and friends again. Hats off 💯
@@waynescales7231 they asked to go to the tunnel as a polite way to make you feel easy to do it. However, you can’t refuse it in military, you have to do it if they asked you.
I was a young ignorant 18 year old Marine in 1971 , served. 17 months out of Danang and Phu Bai with 5th ANGLICO and the intervening years have told me , I had no business in those people country.
My dad served 3 tours in Vietnam as a US marine. Although he rarely spoke of the war, he did share with me pretty much everything you covered on here but let’s just say in more horrifying detail. Mad respect for him and all military that served in Vietnam and all other wars.
@@jozsefflaisz they weren’t beaten by technology and such. They were beaten by will power because it was Vietnam home. If Vietnam would attack America on America soil then the similar outcome would occur.
@@jozsefflaisz US lost 😂 more than 2 millions us troops, 600,000 Koreand Aus Thai …. 1300000 betral VNCH , 15 million tons of boom, 7.3 million liters dioxin … and US DID LOST 🤫
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
The most brutal part of the Vietnam war was the politicians trying to run the war from the desk of Washington on a daily basis while wearing their suits and ties
My uncle almost served in Vietnam. He immigrated to the States in the 60s and wanted to volunteer. Since he didn't speak much English, he couldn't join
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
We are the generation of Vietnamese students, if anyone asks me if I am ready to fight to defend the Fatherland, I will always and forever, even if I become a soul, I will always fight proudly.
What did Vietnamese people achieve in this war? Not much. The country is still divided in people's hearts and mind. A failed ideology of communism / socialism is imposed on the country until now.
@@ongmat4439 As a fellow Vietnamese, I can say that Communism isn't even applied to the core. If the doctrine Communism was applied to Vietnam, why aren't they developing and getting richer? Can't wait for the bộ đội to see how useless Hoe Chi Minh's government was.
@@realdragao6367 vietnam is worse than singapore, indonesia, india, china, japan, south korea, malaysia, and still a lot more from middle east. I don't think vietnam is better than most of asia🤷♂️
Not even the slightest exaggeration but I can listen to Vietnam war history nonstop . Anything and everything about the Vietnam war captures my entire interest . I can literally get off work and read , watch or listen to anything to do with the Vietnam war . Not sure when I became obsess with it, but I've always found it strange and incredibly interesting. I know not to question Almighty God but I would have sure liked yo have been born earlier so I could have experienced the Vietnam war. Maybe I'm dumb but I would have volunteered before being drafted. God bless each and every Vietnam veteran. You mean will always have a special place in my heart for the honor and courage that you displayed throughout that bazaar war and foreign environment . Such harsh jungle environment , on top of a fierce enemy that had home town advantage .. big advantage and used everything to their use . Every Marine , Green Beret , Army grunt , seal, MACVSOG member still deserve a welcome home celebration that our guys never got . Such a shame out warriors returned home to an ungrateful , pathetic nation that treated our returning GI'S so unfairly.
@@markburton8653 I find the anti war movement itself as disgraceful, not to mention the sheer disrespect towards veterans was by far the most unwarranted type of attitude when those veterans never deserved it.
I was active in the Vietnam antiwar movement. We knew we were on the right side of history after reading the history of Vietnam and its long struggle against foreign invaders. The Tet Offensive was truly the turning point. I was a high school student but I remember how shocked everyone was. Before Tet most Americans were for the war. Tet changed that. By the fall of '69 most Americans were against the war. The antiwar actions across the country were massive.
@@stevelee6283 Its pretty controversial ideas. I born in 2003, most of the time I hear that boat people they want to left Ho Chi Minh because they do not want to live in a crucial environment and they think communist come and take everything from them. In case after 80 yrs of independent. VN has been developing and citizen leave in property now. Also some people don’t like the current political system so they leave
I used to work with a former officer in the South Vietnamese army in a US factory. He was bitter towards the US. He knew I was an organizer against the war. We rarely talked politics. He used to always say that he could not understand this country. He said the day that Saigon fell (4/30/75) North Vietnamese military cadre were going door to door asking if anyone knew where he was. Apparently, he was well known to them. And very much wanted. I heard about 10 years ago that he had a stroke.
Thank you @jaysonbiggs8979 We are always grateful to the peace-loving American people who always took to the streets to protest the Vietnam War. We were also taught by the government about what the American people did in those years. We really love you very much and need peace, welcome you from Vietnam
i'm a Navy Vet who was stationed aboard the USS Iwo Jima, named ater the famous Mt Sirabachi and the amphibious assault on that island and the iconic flag raising during WWII, i've learned about the a lot about the 5 flag-raisers and know of the sacrifices that were pasid to have a command named after them. so, i am at a total losss about why I have not heard abut this 2nd Lt John Paul Bobo until this video, why there hasn't been a movie made about him, or why there isn't a Marine Base named after him, when there are bases that have been named after honored members who have done far less. just my 2¢, throwin' it out there..
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
I’m a Vietnamese female and in middle school kids used to bully me by telling me to dig holes under our school. It was funny so we all laughed as I pretended to dig tunnels.
In 2019 I went down into those tunnels at Củ Chi and I thought I was going to pass out. My greatest fear was that someone would get claustrophobic just in front of me and panic. It was hot and confining in the tunnels and it's something that I will never do again, but I do have video. I also have nothing but respect for the men they called Tunnel Rats.
why you respect them, you cannot respect the pp who beat you from behind. they disturb the south vn pp live, killed pp who work for south vn goverment, pp who not follow them also got killed.... communist is the most evil...
@@TakanNick why have to respect them?? they disturb the south vn pp life, they keep killing and take food frim neibourg... they was blind from communist regime... there was 200k pp gave up on communist and back to the Vn republic side.
My friend’s grandpa was General Nguyen Ngoc Loan. He died after living a quiet life in Northern VA/DC Metro area. Apparently he was often harassed and called a murderer during his initial arrival to the states
Though it looks undisciplined when he as a high-rank security official shot the Viet cong guerrilla in that manner. Publicly, it did more damage than good to himself and his reputation. However, I can be totally sympathetic with him when knowing that the same Viet cong guerrilla killed 4 members of his family. The high tension and extreme pain can make people have knee-jerk and irrational responses. It would have been better if responsible people at that time were aware of the possible consequence and took action to separate him from seeing the Viet cong guerrilla.
My grandfather and grandmother participated in the war against the US invasion of Vietnam, it is an honor to both receive medals, I am very honored for that. America had a senseless war in Vietnam and that's when I saw their machinations, but that's all in the past, today America and Vietnam are almost total partners. Put aside the past and look towards a beautiful future for friendship and cooperation relationships for mutual development.
It's also important to recognize the fact that Many US soldiers also fathered Vietnamese women and went back to the US without recognizing their children. There were many half White or half Black Vietnamese people after the war who have never met their american fathers. This is why many (not all) but many Vietnam war veterans don't want to talk about their experiences during the wars because most of them just probably f*ked around with women and the local prostitutes, making as much children as they can and then went back to the US.
The Vietnam war was instigated by the North VN. emboldened by the international communism led by Russia and China. As part of the grand scheme, Russia and China wanted to spread the communism/socialism across Viet Nam. The leader of North VN at the time was Ho Chi Minh being a member of the international communism. The deal was that Russia and China supported HCM politically (kept him in power), supplied North VN with weapons/logistics and HCM would need to do his part, which is to spread communism in VN. To do it, HCM and the Northern aggressors started a destructive war against the South. At that time, the Southerners were living in peace and they were generally thriving in a young democracy and developing economy. Facing the attack from the Northern aggressors, the South only defends themselves with the help of the US. Regrettably, the US messed up their war efforts and cut off the supplies in 1973. As a result, the South run of ammo and the war ended. What did the Viet Nam as a country achieve in this destructive war? Obviously not much apart from loss of life (estimated 4 millions), destruction and chaos, division of people's heart and mind and the worse of all is that the failed ideology of communism / socialism has been imposed on the whole country ever since.
@@HereGoesKevinso why are you living in the USA? Go back to your own country then, cuz apparently you definitely don't have an American father, do you?
My father fought in Vietnam. Did what his country told him to do and was treated horribly when he came home on leave and eventually came home for good.
I am sorry to hear that. A large number of the Americans misunderstood the nature of the VN war, they even got on the side of Northern Vietnamese communists like Jane Fonda. The anti-war movements initiated by the hippies and deserters really did damage to American society.
@@ongmat4439 i like how this american hypocryite youtuber simply avoided the mai lai massacre where US troops murdered an entire village of 500 women and children. and what do you mean by mad respect. you americans intervened in the vietnam war with zero justification, destroyed the country and murdered millions of innocent people. When russians invade ukraine, their called war criminals, but when you americans invade vietnam, you expect people to respect you. explain this hypocrisy please.
That Communist terrorist in the photo is deserved for Battlefield Execution without a trial because he killed a lot of innocent people including the best friend's family members of ARVN General Loan Nguyen. I really hate American Press took this act wrongly to support Anti-War movement and support North Vietnamese Communist propaganda 🤔😢😠😡
The VN war was initiated by North VN and urged by the Russia and China when they provided the logistics to North VN. South VN only tried to defend themselves, people in the South only wanted to live in peace and they were thriving at that time. If you look at the traffic and movements of troops, there is only one way - from North to South.
@@ChauBue2211 , It might be true that the South VN people couldn't be satisfied with the leadership at that time, that's just normal anywhere. However, South VN had a multi-party system and democracy, which means the people could have voted for the other person next election. Most of Southern people were contend with their life in the South and only a small number of commie apologists wanted to join Viet Cong. Even the ordinary Northern people wished to move to the South to avoid Viet Cong as they did in 1954 with more than 2 millions moving from North to South.
@@XoMrNoNameoX , The North totally relied on the weapons and logistics provided on credit by Soviet bloc, mainly Russia and China. The South defended themselves with the supplies of the US. In 1973, they cut off the supplies, the South VN run out of ammo and the war ended in 1975. I got to say the US really messed up their war efforts in this war.
Lính Hàn Quốc tới Việt Nam không phải để chiến đấu với quân đội Việt Nam, họ tàn sát làng mạc và dân thường và người dân Hàn quốc tung hô họ là anh hùng vì chiến tích của họ. Bạn nghĩ người Mỹ vs người Hàn Quốc sẽ làm phim về nó sao?
My dad and mom's cousins went to vietnam while serving in the ROKA. Almost all of my dad's brothers went to vietnam during the war and I don't think any of them died there, thankfully.
It's weird to me how "point blank" became a synonym of "contact distance" when it's really not. Point Blank is really just the max distance you can fire & still be on target without having to account for bullet drop. When you zero a rifle, one method is "MPBR" (Maximum Point Blank Range). So if you have say an 8" circle for a vital zone, you zero to be able to hold dead center & never be more than 4 inches high or 4 inches low. This range can be 400+ yards with some rifles. So "Point Blank" can be 4 or 5 football fields (well over in some cases) but in common usage, people usually mean contact distance or near contact distance.
they where pretty well equipped ask the french at dien bin phu who were on the receiving end of soviet heavy artillery. the nva was much better equipped than the viet cong.
@@Jay-jb2vr iam not so sure about that either the us had pleanty of problems but equipment was generally not one of them if anything they where to well equipped for the sort of jungle fighting they where doing.
Vietnamese went through thousands of years from the invasion on old Chinese kingdom. Many people today just see one side of the story. If you can see another side for example: A young guy who is at 18 years old go harvesting foods. When he is returning he saw that many innocence people were killed and is blamed they are enemy. Many girls in the village got raped and then killed by the soldiers including his lover.
My advice to people is NOT go to those tunnels in Củ Chi. It's not safe. Firstly, there are likely grass snakes living in those dark tunnels. Secondly, it can collapse at any time considering there is nothing robust to uphold its structure apart from dust soil. The tour operators always want to promote this place due its historical value and for the dollars. Don't fall for it until too late.
The saying that the heart of the burned monk remained intact are from ignorant people. The heart is the toughest muscle in the human body and can't burn up without the heat being turned really high up. Ask anyone working at a crematorium.
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
My grandpa knew the guy in the infamous Vietnam War photo in the thumbnail. Not the guy being shot. We’re not friends with that guy grandpa knew anymore.
I was young when I played Black ops for the first time and maybe that has something to do with it, but in The mission Victor Charlie you actually experience what “tunnel rats” were like and I always felt the fear as soon as you drop down in there.
It's impressive how a small country can beat the world's No. 1 power. The Vietnamese are always ready to fight the invasions of other countries, but when you come with goodwill and desire to cooperate, the Vietnamese are very friendly.🇺🇲🤝🇻🇳
@@lazytoreplynonsencewords yeah I learnt Vietnam won thanks to their unity, commitment of the leaders and patriotism. I have no idea who I should believe in. Sometimes history sounds fucked up.
Yeah, the guy just killed a South Vietnamese colonel along with his wife, 80-year old mother and six children, before being arrested. One boy survived after getting shot twice by him, became an officer in the US Navy, the photographer who took the shot later regretted doing so, because he "killed" the general with that picture, while also not getting photos of Bay Lop's crimes.
My friends dad said he and a couple guys from another platoon that was mostly wiped out banded together and were trying to find a way back to a camp but both platoons had taken heavy losses and they had to go another way vs heading back thru where alot of their buddies were slaughtered. After a few days they came upon a small village that seemed friendly and the men were all gone. After being given food they planned to sleep in the rice field nearby. The commanding officer went back. Raped some of the young girls and women. Killed a few I think. Set huts on fire. Went back.bragged about what he did and had a young girl about 12 with. Naked. The guys got this huge c.o. and tied him up next to the trail leading back to the v.c. mayhem and hid claymores all around.tied him with wire and dug up a couple Mines that were near the trail. Set trip wires with some grenades. Showed him that if he struggled too much that the whole mess would blow. Then they left. Not sure if they took the girl back but remember him saying she was ok (mostly). Anybody else hear this story? Was about 15-20 guys that made it back safe. Any links to info about this? My friends dad just passed last year. I remember being at their house and he freaked out once waking up with the power out. Had to have light on always because he would wake up and start thrashing around attacking his wife even. He was ambushed his first nite of deployment. The entire base was empty when he came in. They lobbed mortars and heavy m. Gun fire all nite. The next day the soldiers returned and said "yeah we don't stay here at nite they just unload their shi t on us till the sun comes up. But h.q. won't let us retreat" Fubar... fubar indeed..
There were limited amounts of Canadian troops in Vietnam as well. This is often left out because they weren't Technically a part of it but significant amounts of Canadian soldiers did fight in Vietnam
@@User-sb6er Unless they became us citizens before being soldiers, I don’t think they would fall as under U.S. military. It was probably a joint operation
My grandfather was the U.S. medic helicopter pilot. He told me that help with the evacuation and declined escaping the country and staying back to defend his church. He was captured for 12 year until he was released and move to the U.S.
Mai-Lai massacre? Pretty sure that's should be #1. Including the brave help pilots that intervened when they saw what was happening. Saving many more vietnamese and almost ready to fire on their fellow Americans. I won't pretend to even know what was going through all their heads and how war can cause people to do such acts but it was still a disgusting act in an already unnecessary war. I'm glad the Vietnamese are so forgiving after what our govt. Did to that entire country. Edit: I'm sure they've covered it somewhere, probably the savage war crimes episode. Unfortunately my memory is crap so I can't recall every war crime they went over.
Thank you! Glad I’m not the only person to call out the Mai ly massacre! In reality the USA government and school system still fails to mention the USA war crimes when it comes to education and world awareness of history. It is definitely #1 Vietnam-USA war crime since the victims were defenseless people and the USA raped and slaughtered them with little regard for their humanity. Thank God that Hughe Thomas and his helicopter crew for defying the USA murders
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
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0:06 Tunnel Rats
2:43 South Korean Military in Vietnam War
11:25 Vietcong Booby Traps
22:07 Death Card/Ace of Spade Pychological Warfare
23:05 The Tet Offensive 1968
27:50 Fragging. a Deliberate Frendly fire of Vietnam War
29:40 Operation Rolling Thunder
38:22 Thích Quảng Đức The Budisht monk who burn himself to death
42:35 Fall of Saigon
53:29 US Marine Corps 2nd Lieutenant John Paul Bobo(Medal of honor, 2 Purple heart, Combat action Ribbon(By US military), National order of Vietnam and RVN Gallantry Cross medal(By South Vietnames Goverment)
Thank you!
You're indonesian?
Me too
@@harnawatisabrie6747 yes.👍🇮🇩
Nothing on the Mai Lia massacre
Non-Vietnamese always envy Vietnam and the Vietnamese people and wish to exterminate our race
I recently visited Củ Chi tunnels, by far the best experience ive had in Vietnam that hasn't involved drinking and karaoke. Highly recommend it to anybody that has had a military backround for an Allied nation. It really highlights how resourceful the Vietnamese army was.
Are you American? What are the entry requirements( Visa) to enter
@@hsplayerguy00 Don't expect too many requirements, and do not feel unwelcome because of being American. I heard from many people the vietnamese hold no grudges towards Americans(I know some are worried)
@@hsplayerguy00 nah we cool with Americans, we all know that its their 0,01% in the US gov that fcked us, not common Americans
As a history major I love to analyze war and political development around them and my favorite war to learn about is the Vietnam war, my campus is offering the first ever Vietnam course taught on campus both form China occupying Vietnam, to colonial French Vietnam and then finally the Vietnam war. Thanks Simple history for expanding the knowledge around the Vietnam war!
Which college do you go to?
Which aren't they covering the Sino - Vietnamese War that followed the the conflict with the US? 😯
Is there an opportunity to study in Vietnam? While the war museum in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City is certainly biased, it contains some rare photographs from the war time, and can provide a different viewpoint in terms of the effects of the war. The stories of survivors of the chemical weapons campaigns are especially poignant! While veteran stories from Western and allied forces tell some of that story, the stories of natives were much more moving, IMO. When I was there last, there was a whole section devoted to the long-term issues that natives were experiencing. People born around when I was and after were still suffering with the damage the war caused, physically. And, of course, we can endlessly debate whether this was a war that needed to be fought, or not...
It's also important to recognize the fact that Many US soldiers also fathered Vietnamese women and went back to the US without recognizing their children. There were many half White or half Black Vietnamese people after the war who have never met their american fathers.
This is why many (not all) but many Vietnam war veterans don't want to talk about their experiences during the wars because most of them just probably f*ked around with women and the local prostitutes, making as much children as they can and then went back to the US.
@@HereGoesKevin như ca sĩ phi nhung và mạnh quỳnh nghe nói là con lai việt mỹ
two recordings were taken of the viet cong officer's execution, one was a photograph by american photographer and the other was a film recording by my great-uncle when he was working as a cameraman.
my great-uncle always mentioned how abrupt the whole event was, and intially they thought the captain was just trying to be intimidating. he spent seven more years covering the war and only made it out eight days before Saigon capitulated.
the media was hesitant to release the footage because they thought it was too graphic, but to him it was just another gruesome scene he happened to record. there's probably countless more out there that didn't make it to the public eye, but in the end we'll never truly know.
Oh man it is a pleasure to know a relative of the camera man, yes i recall reading that day they thought they would film an interrogation and instead they witnessed an execution
the man shot apparently just murdered a bunch of innocent families belonging to the local gov't there, that's why they blew his head off as soon as he was captured.
apparently that vc was a civilian killer that assassinated the south vietnamese officers childhood friend and his family (including his 80 year old mother, wife and 6 children)
@@aceous99 The family of enemies, not civilians.
@@lecraig_ The family of enemies, not civilians. Civilians is like the My Lai
“Mom send me a gun”
“Why”
“Mines too loud”
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empires that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
@@lordsussyindustries2021 lmao even he doesnt know what he means
Even though it wasn't a world war, it is still really iconic and brutal.
Russia has already started ww3 just wait a little longer when nato gets in it's going to go full blown out probably
My dad was viet vet told me they never should been there
The world war’s were necessary, Vietnam conflict could have been avoided entirely. That’s the biggest difference honestly
@@believeinmatter I mean you would say the same thing if the US lost the Korean war
I mean what about Afghanistan and Iraq?
I took a class on the Vietnam war and my professor had us read some amazing books that completely changed my perspective. The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh and Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, the Diary of Damg Thuy Tram literally brought me to tears. Overall such a sad and horrible war that rely should’ve never happened in the first place that killed countless American soldiers and over 1 million Vietnamese.
America only had 50,000 casualties
@@irisgaming2011some 58,220 dead and over 150,000 total casualties.
@@irisgaming2011 its wild to say ONLY 50,000 american casualties
@@Professorlicme8 kind of
American used Vietnam Cambodia and Laos as a dumpster to dumped their outdated weapons they mass produced for WW2 which is why a lot of the bombs didn’t work .
America were in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism while dealing the Soviet . As soon as Soviet collapsed , they left the dumpster for Vietcong 🤣
My grandfather participated in fighting the French in the Dien Bien Phu campaign, my father marched to the South to maintain security after liberation and he stayed to continue participating in the campaign to destroy the Khmer Rouge regime after China. .My two uncles joined the fight against the Chinese invaders of the provincesnorthern border. You learn more about the war against Chinese invaders that lasted for 10 years from 1979 to 1989. This was a very fierce war, the number of Chinese soldiers killed was up to 60,000. equal to the number of American soldiers killed in the Vietnam War over the course of 20 years. Welcome world friends who love Vietnam and love Vietnamese history
As a southern chinses from Guangxi, im call your BS, 60000 dead? It was small scale clashes after 1979. I can agree with maybe 5000 dead over the span of 10 years, but 60000? Yeah right.
Interesting. It's a shame our countries had to fight one another.
@@johndoe7270 . Mỹ tạo ra một cuộc chiến tranh ủy nhiệm mà người Ukraine ngây thơ đang là nạn nhân. Tổ chức khủng bố IS cũng do Mỹ tạo nên. Cần phải thay đổi lại trật tự thế giới đa cực
Our country should not have gotten involved in the internal affairs of Vietnam. It tore both of our countries apart and killed so many good people on both sides.
“Liberation” 😂
My great Grandma lived for 10 years after the tet offensive, she was near a mortor explosion and shrapnel stayed in her body until she died
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Thật hả
Tet is a traditional festive holiday in VN when people are meant to show peace and goodwill to each other .
Viet Cong took advantage of the occasion and violated the ceasefire when firing at people of South VN.
Their aim was to maximize the horror, the damage to people of South VN at that time.
It's a dirty and low-life tactic if you ask me.
@@ongmat4439 yeah but remember who attacked innocent villagers and brutaly killed them for the reason of supporting VC even if there is no proof
what a "clean" and "high level tactic"
@@ucdungn2859 Yeah, we do remember who mercilessly slaughtered thousands of innocent lives in the invasion - it was none other than VC. If you want to know the truth, go and ask the survivors who witnessed the horror themselves, or seek out the elders in Hue and listen to the tales of atrocity they will narrate with tears in their eyes.
I'll just tell you a little bit of the unforgiven things the VC has done during the Tet 1968.
- The innocent people were forced into holes in the ground, only to be killed by grenades thrown at them by the VC.
- They used pickaxes and shovels to destroy the heads of those who did not support the VC.
- They killed the whole family if the father was in the Republican Vietnam Army.
And there are more :), the things I couldn't imagine how they could do that to their own people.
The US army, in collaboration with the Republican Vietnam Army, were present on the ground to safeguard and evacuate the people from the clutches of you VC during the Tet 1968. The evidence of this can be seen in numerous footages and documents available to the public, so I wonder where are yours to prove your point? Believe me, I searched for that and there is none.
The destruction in Kinh Thanh Hue, with the facing towards the North, is clear evidence that your VC forces were responsible for firing the cannons towards the gates of the city and still you people blame the US army for that.
I love the allusion to Full Metal Jacket shown while discussing the battle for Hue! I noticed "Joker" with his notebook!🤣 My compliments!
I am Vietnamese and I am very proud of my country the same way you are proud of your country
US pride is gone. Good for you buy do not point out something that should exist but doesn't, because traitors vote traitors in and our country is quite literally being sold to China.
Ha. US pride: made in China.
And Vietnam should be proud of you because you are gorgeous. 😍
I'm also very proud that Vietnamese people often steal😏
Việt cộng is different from Việt Nam.
Việt cộng is a political form.
Việt Nam is a country, a nation.
The big question is: What did Vietnam as a whole country achieve in this war?
Obviously not much apart from suffering from heavy casualty, loss of life, destruction, division of people's heats and mind and worst of all is that the failed ideology of communism / socialism has been imposed on everyone since 1975.
“I cut my teeth in the trenches of the Somme, you larped your Santa Claus butt to Vietnam!” JRR Tolkien
Solid reference from 6 years ago
Solid comment from 6 hours ago
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empire that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
@@relaxingmusic3130 how long were you losers under french rule. L Country
@@relaxingmusic3130 no one cares
While I do like some war movies, I can’t help but agree with Jimmy Stewart on why he didn’t like doing war movies: he was a war hero himself who believed that no movie (doesn’t matter if the film is good) can truly capture the horrors and fears during the times.
Thank you to all who served, deceased and living.
The tunnel rats rarely used a flashlight. Instead they would let their eyes adjust to the darkness as not to give themselves away or lose their adjusted sight.
That's assuming there's any light at all down there to adjust to.
It's also important to recognize the fact that Many US soldiers also fathered Vietnamese women and went back to the US without recognizing their children. There were many half White or half Black Vietnamese people after the war who have never met their american fathers.
This is why many (not all) but many Vietnam war veterans don't want to talk about their experiences during the wars because most of them just probably f*ked around with women and the local prostitutes, making as much children as they can and then went back to the US.
@@HereGoesKevingot nothing to do with the original comment but ok
My advice for people is NOT go to those tunnels in Củ Chi. It's not safe.
Firstly, there are likely grass snakes living in those dark tunnels.
Secondly, it can collapse at any time considering there is nothing robust to uphold its structure apart from dust soil.
@@HereGoesKevinDude, this is the 3rd time I've seen you copy and paste this.
Good people will always be used by politicians and corrupt officials.
"good"
@@Loots1 some are good
This is the document of the US government trying to justify their failure. in fact if they had won, they wouldn't have had to withdraw and drown in the sea or jostle in helicopters. they did not detail the number of American soldiers killed, the number of B52s shot down or the dropping of bombs and Agent Orange on Vietnam.
@@Loots1I'm curious, what is your definition of "good people"?
@@danakanam5Maybe.. The honest people. Nationalist people who fight for truth.. Maybe
I Highly recommend researching about the picture in the thumbnail, it is called "Saigon execution" has a good story and happens that the guy shooting is actually the victim in the situation
Yep. He was a South Vietnamese officer by the name of General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the national police, and the guy he executed was a notorious Vietcong officer named Nguyen Van Lem.
Lem was accused of murdering South Vietnamese Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Tuan, his wife, six children, and the officer’s 80-year-old mother and was summarily executed by Loan in the now famous photo.
Sad thing is, the photo was used for propaganda purposes against the south Vietnamese as being seen as brutal, remorseless killers. Loan would live the rest of his life in shame over that photograph because so few people knew the actual truth behind it.
Loan would pass away on July 14th, 1998 at the age of 67.
also you can find the footage on youtube and the video isn’t censor or ban
@@Bruh-xj7zb oh really? I had to enter certain Google websites to see it
@@SilverFang2789 completely off topic but that’s a day before I was born lol
@@SilverFang2789 Media antagonized the good guys in the War
No wonder so many soldiers came home with PTSD.
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empires that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
Everyone had to have been suffering, going through a nightmare like that.
Thật là buồn và đau lòng khi coi lại những thước phim trên, là người vietnam hiện tại chúng tôi không quên được những gì chiến tranh đã tàn phá đau thương, mong hoà bình trên toàn thế giới, chúng tôi đã gác lại quá khứ hướng tới tương lai, chúng tôi muốn làm bạn với tất cả các dân tộc trên thế giới. Giờ vietnam đã bình yên và đang ngày hội nhập sâu rộng, mong các bạn tới thăm quê hương chúng tôi tươi đẹp. welcome to vietnam!
I have been suprised how the vietnamese people have put the evil perpatrated against the people of vietnam aside and moved on. I have not been to your country but i have known several vietnamese that came to my country. i have loved those people.
I love how someone thought the name “Mission: Baby Lift” sounded professional, “ah yes, operation baby lift shall commence” 😭
Lol
"Operation Dumbo 🐘 Drop?" 💧
We named nukes “fat man” and “little boy”
@@BMRiding yeah, but those were COOL something's intimidating about a bomb being called "little boy." Like, what's "Big Man?" there was a sense of dread for those
@@victoriouswinner7745 I mean there are some funny as operation names. Not only by us. Like operation slapstick or nimrod
War… war never changes
Dun dun dun dun dun dun.
@DontReadMyProfilePhoto_3shut up
@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok I won't
War never changes …….but war changes people😔
@@kalebmcgee7678 and people change wars
So many brutal moments, for ultimately such a pointless war. So many lost on both sides
Yep 1.1 million north vietnamese without counting the kids infected by the toxic material left by the us bombing. The us lost on his side 60.000 soldiers. Litterally a near genocide
The Jews wanted this war. Monsanto mostly.
Isn't that the case for most wars?
@@Fabi_87 yes it is and it's really sad
@@DLL-y4p oh, and continue to be divided like Korea now? nope, i prefer this more
I’m a 39yr old American. I understand there are times for war but I have yet to really comprehend the reason this one went so far. I understand supporting allies yet this war still seems mostly senseless
Ego,whole world is watching you don’t want to look like a loser,look at Putin doing the same thing,meaningless war
@@veez_si8897That, and also the U.S didn’t want communism to spread
It is senseless for you, it certainly was not senseless for the government at that time. Greediness.
It was literally the same situation as in Korea, the US helped the defenders not the attackers. If they succeeded they would be praised but winners write history
“This is ‘nam, baby”
-Frank Woods
You can't kill me.
Rat tunnels are gotta be a earthern vents. Very claustrophobic....
My advice to people is NOT go to those tunnels in Củ Chi. It's not safe.
Firstly, there are likely grass snakes living in those dark tunnels.
Secondly, it can collapse at any time considering there is nothing robust to uphold its structure apart from dust soil.
The tour operators always want to promote this place for tourism dollars. Don't fall for it.
My uncle(alive) fought in vietnam as a south vietnamese and was a medic in a c7 caribou
My heart would drop if I were assigned to do a tunnel rat job because I’m 5’5 and small enough to get into hard to reach places. Plus I hate the dark, snakes, creepy crawlies. I wouldn’t know how to cope with doing that. That’s why I respect the men who did and never came back from those dark places to ever see light or their family and friends again. Hats off 💯
You couldn't be assigned a tunnel Rat job it was so dangerous it was volunteers only
They would never let someone that said creepy crawlies do it. They wanted someone man enough to map it out and kill the enemy.
@@AfricanLionBat African Lion Bat is savage
@@AfricanLionBat Lmao.
My man didn't pull any punches here.
@@waynescales7231 they asked to go to the tunnel as a polite way to make you feel easy to do it. However, you can’t refuse it in military, you have to do it if they asked you.
I was a young ignorant 18 year old Marine in 1971 , served. 17 months out of Danang and Phu Bai with 5th ANGLICO and the intervening years have told me , I had no business in those people country.
I never knew that about the Ace of Spades! Explains where I've seen it portrayed on helmets.
My brain isn’t working I thought the title say bruh moments in the Vietnam war 😭
Was that supposed to be funny?
@@believeinmatter it was pretty funny
I would say that it is fitting
That's the entire Vietnam War tbh
@@believeinmatter I chuckled
An hour long? Nice.
My dad served 3 tours in Vietnam as a US marine. Although he rarely spoke of the war, he did share with me pretty much everything you covered on here but let’s just say in more horrifying detail. Mad respect for him and all military that served in Vietnam and all other wars.
És megverték őket,pedig vietnámnak légiereje tüzérsége semmi az amerikaiak hoz képest
@@jozsefflaisz they weren’t beaten by technology and such. They were beaten by will power because it was Vietnam home. If Vietnam would attack America on America soil then the similar outcome would occur.
@@jozsefflaisz US lost 😂 more than 2 millions us troops, 600,000 Koreand Aus Thai …. 1300000 betral VNCH , 15 million tons of boom, 7.3 million liters dioxin … and US DID LOST 🤫
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empire that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
this channel should talk about the horrible war crimes conducted by the usa during the vietnam war
I think they did in a another video
The most brutal part of the Vietnam war was the politicians trying to run the war from the desk of Washington on a daily basis while wearing their suits and ties
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empires that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
The most brutal part of that mess was the Gulf of Tonkin lie manufactured to justify our involvement in Vietnam in the first place.
I always wanted a Vietnam soldier costume from the 1955.
My uncle almost served in Vietnam. He immigrated to the States in the 60s and wanted to volunteer. Since he didn't speak much English, he couldn't join
God i would hate being in the vietnam war
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
My grandpa was a combat medic with the 3rd marine division 4th marine regiment india company in Vietnam. He was stationed at LZ Russell in Quang-Tri.
Well DAMN!😱👍👍👍 Nice graphics!👍👍👍
Man if that monk really didn't move or scream while on fire that's insane. That's incredibly sad I'm sure that really is the worst way to die
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Respect to Vietnam for toppling Pol Pot regime and fending off against China after.
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
We are the generation of Vietnamese students, if anyone asks me if I am ready to fight to defend the Fatherland, I will always and forever, even if I become a soul, I will always fight proudly.
I used to fight but now I won't😏😏
What did Vietnamese people achieve in this war? Not much.
The country is still divided in people's hearts and mind.
A failed ideology of communism / socialism is imposed on the country until now.
@@ongmat4439 As a fellow Vietnamese, I can say that Communism isn't even applied to the core. If the doctrine Communism was applied to Vietnam, why aren't they developing and getting richer? Can't wait for the bộ đội to see how useless Hoe Chi Minh's government was.
@@ongmat4439”failed ideology” 😂 so failed that vietnam is doing better than most of africa and south america, if not most of asia😂
@@realdragao6367 vietnam is worse than singapore, indonesia, india, china, japan, south korea, malaysia, and still a lot more from middle east. I don't think vietnam is better than most of asia🤷♂️
Not even the slightest exaggeration but I can listen to Vietnam war history nonstop . Anything and everything about the Vietnam war captures my entire interest . I can literally get off work and read , watch or listen to anything to do with the Vietnam war . Not sure when I became obsess with it, but I've always found it strange and incredibly interesting. I know not to question Almighty God but I would have sure liked yo have been born earlier so I could have experienced the Vietnam war. Maybe I'm dumb but I would have volunteered before being drafted. God bless each and every Vietnam veteran. You mean will always have a special place in my heart for the honor and courage that you displayed throughout that bazaar war and foreign environment . Such harsh jungle environment , on top of a fierce enemy that had home town advantage .. big advantage and used everything to their use . Every Marine , Green Beret , Army grunt , seal, MACVSOG member still deserve a welcome home celebration that our guys never got . Such a shame out warriors returned home to an ungrateful , pathetic nation that treated our returning GI'S so unfairly.
Same here
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empire that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
what part of the vietnam war would you want to be apart of??? The torture? death? rape????
I'm like that with world war 2.
@@markburton8653 I find the anti war movement itself as disgraceful, not to mention the sheer disrespect towards veterans was by far the most unwarranted type of attitude when those veterans never deserved it.
I was active in the Vietnam antiwar movement. We knew we were on the right side of history after reading the history of Vietnam and its long struggle against foreign invaders. The Tet Offensive was truly the turning point. I was a high school student but I remember how shocked everyone was. Before Tet most Americans were for the war. Tet changed that. By the fall of '69 most Americans were against the war. The antiwar actions across the country were massive.
As a Vietnamese kid, Thank you very much your little movement saved a lot of life and meanless fught.
Do you know anything about “boat peoples”…why South Vietnamese had to go over sea to seeking Freedom?
@@stevelee6283 Its pretty controversial ideas. I born in 2003, most of the time I hear that boat people they want to left Ho Chi Minh because they do not want to live in a crucial environment and they think communist come and take everything from them. In case after 80 yrs of independent. VN has been developing and citizen leave in property now.
Also some people don’t like the current political system so they leave
I used to work with a former officer in the South Vietnamese army in a US factory. He was bitter towards the US. He knew I was an organizer against the war. We rarely talked politics. He used to always say that he could not understand this country. He said the day that Saigon fell (4/30/75) North Vietnamese military cadre were going door to door asking if anyone knew where he was. Apparently, he was well known to them. And very much wanted.
I heard about 10 years ago that he had a stroke.
Thank you @jaysonbiggs8979 We are always grateful to the peace-loving American people who always took to the streets to protest the Vietnam War. We were also taught by the government about what the American people did in those years. We really love you very much and need peace, welcome you from Vietnam
The story with the monk was absolutely brutal.
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This isn’t a foot video this is a Vietnam war video I think your bot is broken
i'm a Navy Vet who was stationed aboard the USS Iwo Jima, named ater the famous Mt Sirabachi and the amphibious assault on that island and the iconic flag raising during WWII, i've learned about the a lot about the 5 flag-raisers and know of the sacrifices that were pasid to have a command named after them.
so, i am at a total losss about why I have not heard abut this 2nd Lt John Paul Bobo until this video, why there hasn't been a movie made about him, or why there isn't a Marine Base named after him, when there are bases that have been named after honored members who have done far less.
just my 2¢, throwin' it out there..
correction: 6 flag-raisers... don't know why my fingers go rogue like that, but heh...
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
Interesting documentary.
I’m a Vietnamese female and in middle school kids used to bully me by telling me to dig holes under our school. It was funny so we all laughed as I pretended to dig tunnels.
what 💀
That's actually funny. But hey you should have made traps for them to fall in too!
@@Kamal_AL-Hinaithat would be funny
The monk burning himself produced one of the most iconic photos ever taken. And to this day he is still one of the most badass men to ever live.
he was drug and the vietcong burned him :(
@@andrewh.6349 wtf?? maybe it was the same case with the American dad who burnt himself in NY, Vietcong made him do that
@@andrewh.6349 was that supposed to be a joke?
@@andrewh.6349 u just can't accept the truth...poor you
He was drugged and burnt by his fellows.
In 2019 I went down into those tunnels at Củ Chi and I thought I was going to pass out. My greatest fear was that someone would get claustrophobic just in front of me and panic. It was hot and confining in the tunnels and it's something that I will never do again, but I do have video. I also have nothing but respect for the men they called Tunnel Rats.
why you respect them, you cannot respect the pp who beat you from behind. they disturb the south vn pp live, killed pp who work for south vn goverment, pp who not follow them also got killed.... communist is the most evil...
Post the pictures on your channel
Why you don't respect the people who must live in that tunnel and fighting for their country?
@@TakanNick why have to respect them?? they disturb the south vn pp life, they keep killing and take food frim neibourg... they was blind from communist regime... there was 200k pp gave up on communist and back to the Vn republic side.
@@TakanNick Because most US GI* soldiers were draftees and didn't want to fight
i may be from holland but i think u have the voice to get these people up in the army gawddayumn G.
let's say that every moment in the vietnam war is brutal for both sides
My friend’s grandpa was General Nguyen Ngoc Loan.
He died after living a quiet life in Northern VA/DC Metro area. Apparently he was often harassed and called a murderer during his initial arrival to the states
Hes a hero in my eyes
@@marleymatthews7633 agree with you mate, he's just soldiers doing his duty
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empires that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
@@relaxingmusic3130look at vietnam’s position in the world. Vietnam will forever be a loser if that is your mentality
Though it looks undisciplined when he as a high-rank security official shot the Viet cong guerrilla in that manner.
Publicly, it did more damage than good to himself and his reputation.
However, I can be totally sympathetic with him when knowing that the same Viet cong guerrilla killed 4 members of his family.
The high tension and extreme pain can make people have knee-jerk and irrational responses.
It would have been better if responsible people at that time were aware of the possible consequence and took action to separate him from seeing the Viet cong guerrilla.
My grandfather and grandmother participated in the war against the US invasion of Vietnam, it is an honor to both receive medals, I am very honored for that. America had a senseless war in Vietnam and that's when I saw their machinations, but that's all in the past, today America and Vietnam are almost total partners. Put aside the past and look towards a beautiful future for friendship and cooperation relationships for mutual development.
It's also important to recognize the fact that Many US soldiers also fathered Vietnamese women and went back to the US without recognizing their children. There were many half White or half Black Vietnamese people after the war who have never met their american fathers.
This is why many (not all) but many Vietnam war veterans don't want to talk about their experiences during the wars because most of them just probably f*ked around with women and the local prostitutes, making as much children as they can and then went back to the US.
The Vietnam war was instigated by the North VN. emboldened by the international communism led by Russia and China.
As part of the grand scheme, Russia and China wanted to spread the communism/socialism across Viet Nam.
The leader of North VN at the time was Ho Chi Minh being a member of the international communism.
The deal was that Russia and China supported HCM politically (kept him in power), supplied North VN with weapons/logistics and HCM would need to do his part, which is to spread communism in VN.
To do it, HCM and the Northern aggressors started a destructive war against the South.
At that time, the Southerners were living in peace and they were generally thriving in a young democracy and developing economy.
Facing the attack from the Northern aggressors, the South only defends themselves with the help of the US.
Regrettably, the US messed up their war efforts and cut off the supplies in 1973. As a result, the South run of ammo and the war ended.
What did the Viet Nam as a country achieve in this destructive war?
Obviously not much apart from loss of life (estimated 4 millions), destruction and chaos, division of people's heart and mind and the worse of all is that the failed ideology of communism / socialism has been imposed on the whole country ever since.
@@HereGoesKevinso why are you living in the USA? Go back to your own country then, cuz apparently you definitely don't have an American father, do you?
Hey simple history,could you maybe make a video about the is2m, its my favorate tank, but if you cant its fine
Thanks for all your amazing videos
The timing of that pic was incredible. At the exact second the pic was taken, the bullet was on its journey through the Viet Cong guy's head.
Hello from 🇻🇳
Thank you for your video
My father fought in Vietnam. Did what his country told him to do and was treated horribly when he came home on leave and eventually came home for good.
I am sorry to hear that.
A large number of the Americans misunderstood the nature of the VN war, they even got on the side of Northern Vietnamese communists like Jane Fonda. The anti-war movements initiated by the hippies and deserters really did damage to American society.
@@ongmat4439 i like how this american hypocryite youtuber simply avoided the mai lai massacre where US troops murdered an entire village of 500 women and children.
and what do you mean by mad respect. you americans intervened in the vietnam war with zero justification, destroyed the country and murdered millions of innocent people.
When russians invade ukraine, their called war criminals, but when you americans invade vietnam, you expect people to respect you. explain this hypocrisy please.
That Communist terrorist in the photo is deserved for Battlefield Execution without a trial because he killed a lot of innocent people including the best friend's family members of ARVN General Loan Nguyen. I really hate American Press took this act wrongly to support Anti-War movement and support North Vietnamese Communist propaganda 🤔😢😠😡
@@ongmat4439 so Vietnam need to suffer more just to satisfy US's sadistic ego?
@@ongmat4439 anh bạn đang nói cái quái gì vậy!!?
Simple History can you do a vide on the brutal moments of the Iran-Ira War, The War In Iran and The Afghanistan War.
As a Vietnamese, I see that we have been through so many wars with foreign armies in our fatherland. I am sick of wars
The VN war was initiated by North VN and urged by the Russia and China when they provided the logistics to North VN.
South VN only tried to defend themselves, people in the South only wanted to live in peace and they were thriving at that time.
If you look at the traffic and movements of troops, there is only one way - from North to South.
@@ongmat4439 The North was right, and they deserved to win the war. Your side did not have the will.
@@ongmat4439 The people of South Vietnam were very dissatisfied with Ngo Dinh Diem's regime so they joined the Viet Cong to fight his dictatorship.
@@ChauBue2211 , It might be true that the South VN people couldn't be satisfied with the leadership at that time, that's just normal anywhere. However, South VN had a multi-party system and democracy, which means the people could have voted for the other person next election.
Most of Southern people were contend with their life in the South and only a small number of commie apologists wanted to join Viet Cong. Even the ordinary Northern people wished to move to the South to avoid Viet Cong as they did in 1954 with more than 2 millions moving from North to South.
@@XoMrNoNameoX , The North totally relied on the weapons and logistics provided on credit by Soviet bloc, mainly Russia and China.
The South defended themselves with the supplies of the US. In 1973, they cut off the supplies, the South VN run out of ammo and the war ended in 1975.
I got to say the US really messed up their war efforts in this war.
If there isn't one already, there should be a movie about the Koreans in the Vietnam War.
Lính Hàn Quốc tới Việt Nam không phải để chiến đấu với quân đội Việt Nam, họ tàn sát làng mạc và dân thường và người dân Hàn quốc tung hô họ là anh hùng vì chiến tích của họ. Bạn nghĩ người Mỹ vs người Hàn Quốc sẽ làm phim về nó sao?
25:31 26:41 nice full metal jacket reference
My dad and mom's cousins went to vietnam while serving in the ROKA. Almost all of my dad's brothers went to vietnam during the war and I don't think any of them died there, thankfully.
I like how people miss their shots while being at point blank range. Really took inspiration from star wars stormtroopers.
It's weird to me how "point blank" became a synonym of "contact distance" when it's really not.
Point Blank is really just the max distance you can fire & still be on target without having to account for bullet drop.
When you zero a rifle, one method is "MPBR" (Maximum Point Blank Range).
So if you have say an 8" circle for a vital zone, you zero to be able to hold dead center & never be more than 4 inches high or 4 inches low.
This range can be 400+ yards with some rifles.
So "Point Blank" can be 4 or 5 football fields (well over in some cases) but in common usage, people usually mean contact distance or near contact distance.
@@pewpewTN they're equating real life to star wars, they're not worth this amount of explanation. Just let them live in normie pop culture ignorance.
@@pewpewTNnobody asked lol.
@@lucamckenn5932you play airsoft huh?
Shows how fierce the Nva was despite being ill-equipped for modern combat for that time.
they where pretty well equipped ask the french at dien bin phu who were on the receiving end of soviet heavy artillery. the nva was much better equipped than the viet cong.
they were being equipped by modern soviet weapions at the time
Actually it was US troops who were *"ill-equipped"* not the NVA
@@Jay-jb2vr iam not so sure about that either the us had pleanty of problems but equipment was generally not one of them if anything they where to well equipped for the sort of jungle fighting they where doing.
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empire that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
I like your long video,s 👍
This channel is awesome
Vietnamese went through thousands of years from the invasion on old Chinese kingdom. Many people today just see one side of the story. If you can see another side for example: A young guy who is at 18 years old go harvesting foods. When he is returning he saw that many innocence people were killed and is blamed they are enemy. Many girls in the village got raped and then killed by the soldiers including his lover.
I love this channel so much , thanks for what you do 🙏
My advice to people is NOT go to those tunnels in Củ Chi. It's not safe.
Firstly, there are likely grass snakes living in those dark tunnels.
Secondly, it can collapse at any time considering there is nothing robust to uphold its structure apart from dust soil.
The tour operators always want to promote this place due its historical value and for the dollars. Don't fall for it until too late.
The saying that the heart of the burned monk remained intact are from ignorant people.
The heart is the toughest muscle in the human body and can't burn up without the heat being turned really high up.
Ask anyone working at a crematorium.
I seen this live on tv as a kid an never forgot it...
It’s great to see Koreans in War documentaries such as the Vietnam War.
I remember the thumbnail from a book called "Nam", it has the real picture on the back of the book
Revolvers with suppressors do not work because of the open cylinder 🤷🏻♂️
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
@@relaxingmusic3130who cares yddd u dont have too much brain maaan
I saw that live on TV. Unforgetable.
same evacuation in Afghanistan it was just so messy
This is absolutely brutal
My grandpa knew the guy in the infamous Vietnam War photo in the thumbnail. Not the guy being shot. We’re not friends with that guy grandpa knew anymore.
Your best channel
I just watched a animated video for 1 hr about Vietnam 🇻🇳 … good thing I’m not the only one
I was young when I played Black ops for the first time and maybe that has something to do with it, but in The mission Victor Charlie you actually experience what “tunnel rats” were like and I always felt the fear as soon as you drop down in there.
"I turn back 🔙 if I were you?"
Cowardly lion 🦁 reading 📖 the warning ⚠ sign.🤘
"Or you'll be sorry?" "No kidding!"
It's impressive how a small country can beat the world's No. 1 power. The Vietnamese are always ready to fight the invasions of other countries, but when you come with goodwill and desire to cooperate, the Vietnamese are very friendly.🇺🇲🤝🇻🇳
American teachers taught me that American conceded and let Vietnam win
Vietnam didn't win, The U.S. was not willing to kill everyone in order to win and left.
@@mikealTuan”yeah bro, we are totally gonna win if we stay”
“Dude, we lost billions of dollars and 1 million men…”
“Thats a victory for me!”
-America
@@mikealTuan lol, yeah, they cant teach u we invaded VN and we lose. 🤣
@@lazytoreplynonsencewords yeah I learnt Vietnam won thanks to their unity, commitment of the leaders and patriotism. I have no idea who I should believe in. Sometimes history sounds fucked up.
Really makes me rethink vietnam
Nice video
I know most of the stuff you do is US history-based but I think it would be really interesting if you did Japanese history during the Sengoku era
My scout master was a great guy that was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. You'd never think that meeting the dude.
There’s an interesting backstory to the VC guy who got shot in the head. Anyone remember?
He got shot in the head
The guy who shot him went to the states and opened a pizza restaurant.
@@Robin6512 he died in the 1990s RIP to him
I mean, he mirdered several families and was caught in the act. Fully juatified field execution.
Yeah, the guy just killed a South Vietnamese colonel along with his wife, 80-year old mother and six children, before being arrested.
One boy survived after getting shot twice by him, became an officer in the US Navy, the photographer who took the shot later regretted doing so, because he "killed" the general with that picture, while also not getting photos of Bay Lop's crimes.
I didnt understand how good they got us with our guard down until now
Incredible work 10/10
My friends dad said he and a couple guys from another platoon that was mostly wiped out banded together and were trying to find a way back to a camp but both platoons had taken heavy losses and they had to go another way vs heading back thru where alot of their buddies were slaughtered. After a few days they came upon a small village that seemed friendly and the men were all gone.
After being given food they planned to sleep in the rice field nearby.
The commanding officer went back. Raped some of the young girls and women. Killed a few I think. Set huts on fire.
Went back.bragged about what he did and had a young girl about 12 with. Naked.
The guys got this huge c.o. and tied him up next to the trail leading back to the v.c. mayhem and hid claymores all around.tied him with wire and dug up a couple Mines that were near the trail.
Set trip wires with some grenades.
Showed him that if he struggled too much that the whole mess would blow.
Then they left.
Not sure if they took the girl back but remember him saying she was ok (mostly).
Anybody else hear this story? Was about 15-20 guys that made it back safe. Any links to info about this? My friends dad just passed last year.
I remember being at their house and he freaked out once waking up with the power out. Had to have light on always because he would wake up and start thrashing around attacking his wife even.
He was ambushed his first nite of deployment. The entire base was empty when he came in. They lobbed mortars and heavy m. Gun fire all nite.
The next day the soldiers returned and said "yeah we don't stay here at nite they just unload their shi t on us till the sun comes up.
But h.q. won't let us retreat"
Fubar... fubar indeed..
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Yea I remember it I was there
There were limited amounts of Canadian troops in Vietnam as well. This is often left out because they weren't Technically a part of it but significant amounts of Canadian soldiers did fight in Vietnam
Are you talking about the private citizens that crossed the border to join US forces? Making them technically US soldiers.
@@User-sb6er Unless they became us citizens before being soldiers, I don’t think they would fall as under U.S. military. It was probably a joint operation
My grandfather was the U.S. medic helicopter pilot. He told me that help with the evacuation and declined escaping the country and staying back to defend his church. He was captured for 12 year until he was released and move to the U.S.
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empire that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
Thanks for your grandpa service in Vietnam War to defend Freedom for South Vietnam government and its people.
Bro you got spanked by the French sit down
@jonathanhall9726 I am an U.S. Citizen. What happen in the past is in the past. I don't care. I like the French and Japan
For one last time, we don't want any nation to drop their army on our land just to "help us". Like, will anyone ever do that for free?
Love the attention to detail like the PBR beer !
I like to see another old animation by simple history
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empires that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
Mai-Lai massacre? Pretty sure that's should be #1. Including the brave help pilots that intervened when they saw what was happening. Saving many more vietnamese and almost ready to fire on their fellow Americans. I won't pretend to even know what was going through all their heads and how war can cause people to do such acts but it was still a disgusting act in an already unnecessary war. I'm glad the Vietnamese are so forgiving after what our govt. Did to that entire country.
Edit: I'm sure they've covered it somewhere, probably the savage war crimes episode. Unfortunately my memory is crap so I can't recall every war crime they went over.
Thank you! Glad I’m not the only person to call out the Mai ly massacre! In reality the USA government and school system still fails to mention the USA war crimes when it comes to education and world awareness of history. It is definitely #1 Vietnam-USA war crime since the victims were defenseless people and the USA raped and slaughtered them with little regard for their humanity.
Thank God that Hughe Thomas and his helicopter crew for defying the USA murders
Nope, they never covered it. Not even in the war crimes episode.
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
Your people killed many of my ancestors and my grandpa. You must be proud of the death of my grandpa.
Nobody cares
Greetings from Brazil comrade. Hope one day we raise as one to end the men's exploration over other men.
Até a vitória, sempre.
Finally, North Viet Nam communist was win.And that's time , Vietnammese're begin dark century.
@Duder Marduder who cares if you do
4:05 drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon?!? That is truly a brutal moment in the Vietnam war!
We are proud of our heroic history of defeating the evil colonial empires that invaded our nation. Although strong economically and militarily, they still have to submit to the courage and patriotism of their ancestors. I love Vietnam. I come from Vietnam
Brutal things in the war makes me cry
We are not afraid of any enemy, we defeat all the colonial empires that invaded our country. Viva Vietnam
@Minh Hiếu Nguyễn hello 3 que