Thank you, this was amazing work. Impressive to see how it all unfolded outside of reports. Not often you get the realization of how close you were to not being born. Salut to all who fought and those lost, your sacrifices are not forgotten.
This is so underrated, the fact that we don’t hear about this history about South Vietnam is a disservice to both ARVN and US service members. Keep educating people, I’m thoroughly impressed as someone who is currently active duty in the Marines.
Thanks for enjoying the series! Hopefully proving that South Vietnam actually fought (and was not just some random "puppet" standing off to the side) rehabilitates both the purpose and honour of the South Vietnamese and American soldiers' fight in the war. It wasn't a war about imperialism but a war against communism.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam it’s a great thing what you’re doing. It pisses me off because the propaganda the communists brought to this country runs deep. They forget all the people the fled Vietnam after the war and the war crimes of the NVA. And we’re the ultimate bad guy standing in the way of the independence of Vietnam. There’s two sides to every story. I’m asking one of my buddies to get your channel some attention on instagram. He runs a ARVN remembrance page with a few thousand members so I hope it helps.
Nice video, like always ! Also my country fought alongside South Vietnam, and I'm very proud to support the Republic of Vietnam (I plan to become a member of the Third Republic of Vietnam)
Yep I am definitely planning on doing Quang Tri, Kon Tum, and Thuong Duc. However An Loc took me a whole 6 months to produce (so far) and I am severely reconsidering the timing on when those should be done ...
Thanks for enjoying the video! It takes a long time to make but I try to keep the quality up as much as possible. I personally don't want South Vietnam back - I want a full Republic of Vietnam of both the North and the South together being anti-communist.
Yo man thank you so much for this lovely effort to show that ARVN was not a meme like so many people try to claim, I would be interested in seeing military engagements and battles of the very early Vietnam War (1955-1963) till about the Battle of Ap Bac and also you could dispell the myths surrounding that very battle that ARVN was massacred despite the fact of them standing fast for more than two hours.
Yeah I am considering analyzing the earliest battles much later on in the far future. However, right now the focus is late war since there are numerous massive but totally unknown battles that prove SVN truly fought.
The VC 5th, 7th , and 9th divisions paid a heavy price, badly mauled if not nearly destroyed when the dust settled. Their camps must have been in agony as the forces were pummeled by the aerial fist and stubborn defense.
Even though we eventually South Vietnamese lost, it can't be said that we didn't try to fight and hang on. Hopefully these battles, An Loc, Quang Tri, Kon Tum, and Thuong Duc can prove that.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam They also prove that the ARVN could not stand alone against the communists and always needed the direct intervention of a US military branch to barely survive. Without the direct intervention of the US air force the ARVN would have been swept in 1972 despite the fact the US military aid was not cut off yet. So much for the excuse that the ARVN was swept in 1975 because of the cut off of US military aid. Even without the cut off of such aid , the ARVN would have been defeated because no US military branch would have directly intervened to save the ARVN from the VC and the NVA.
That was because the ARVN were designed along the same lines as the US Military, which emphasized air power. But South Vietnam did not have the time to develop a massive air power base, where the United States already had one. And besides, the North Vietnamese would never have won if it wasn’t for the mass amounts of aid supplied by their communist allies.
@@usauk3605 The North Vietnamese were aided by the Soviets and Chinese but the latter did not engage the Americans directly in Vietnam ;whereas the ARVN even with the direct help of thousands of US,Australians and South Koreans troops could not beat the North. Both the ARVN and the former NATO-trained Afghan army were awful armies.
But the North was only able to continue fighting because of the support from its allies, and U.S strategic errors, after all, the North Vietnamese could only counter U.S air power because of weapons gifted by the Russians and Chinese, like Surface to Air missiles.
For me, breaking out of the liberal/leftist echo chamber has been a 2-year process. I feel like I've been lied to about this war for the first 30 years of my life.
@anthonyrhodes8042 just curious, but what are you getting at here (reference the boat people)? And I'm not calling you out or trying to argue anything. Just curious of you're making a point about Hanoi not necessarily being "the good guys".
@nizloc4118 I think so, because the boat people crisis shows that the people of South Vietnam didn't necessarily welcome communism with open arms, considering almost 3 million people fled throughout Indochina (although mainly from Vietnam). This is obviously whitewashed from Hanoi's history, as it likes to portray the narrative that the South Vietnamese populace as a whole was supportive of the communist cause, when as shown by the strategic failures if the Tet and Easter offensive, combined with the post-war refugee crisis, this isn't really the case.
@elmerfudd5555 nail on head... I'm biased. My Dad and both of my Uncles fought in Vietnam. (Continued bias, I fought in the later wars) The US was HORRIBLE in the war. Tens of thousands of bystanders were killed by the US who did nothing more than get caught in the middle. That said... My GF is in Vietnam literally as I write this. She's with her Mom's side (fought for the South) as her Grandma dies. All of them who could fled to the US. And hate communists. The communists killed just ad many, if not more, innocent bystanders. And very few in the South actually wanted to be communist. I point out all the time.... Vietnam wasn't much different than Korea.... but South Korea stands... Vietnam fell... so the "evils" of trying to stop the communists are blasted out loudly to anyone who is slanted to hear it... In the late 50s anyone who wanted to be communists was free to head north... those wishing not to be were free to head south... ... the ratio was like 10 to 1 heading south....
My grandfather explained to me for veterans Vietcong units that he was with, the best way to get rid of paratroopers is to concentrate fire on there parachute so they would falls to their deaths whenever possible
If that's your opinion, then abandon every ally you have ever. This is East Asia - if you support South Korea and Taiwan then South Vietnam is no exception. Also if you haven't noticed, the vast majority of Allied soldiers here are not American but South Vietnamese. So this battle is proof that we were doing the primary fighting not Americans. From the timing of your comments it's almost as if you haven't watched the video series.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam False.You don't defend allies that are unwilling to defend themselves like the ARVN or the US-trained Afghan army. Moreover, giving military support to allies does not mean that you have to fight for your allies.Thus,NATO gives military support to the Ukrainian army but is not fighting the Russians for them. You former South Vietnamese always expected the US army to do all the fighting for you which is ridiculous.Both the ARVN and the former Afghan army lacked the guts and will to fight that is currently displayed by the Ukranian army and was displayed by the South Korean army in the 1950's.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam Claiming that the South Vietnamese did most of the " primary fighting" in 1972 conviniently ignores the fact that the US air raids destroyed most the supplies that the NVA initially had available which would have allow them to overrun the South in 1972 as easily as they did in 1975.
@@2021ruber No. That is proven decisively wrong by the Battle of Thuong Duc in 1974. That is a battle carried out entirely by the South Vietnamese military. It proves precisely that as long as South Vietnam was supported, we would fight. As many modern historians are now figuring out and publishing, the major reason as to why ARVN collapsed so fast in 1975 was because it ran out of ammunition, supplies, and fuel and as a result could barely fight in the first place.
@@2021ruber That's not how combined arms warfare works. Read the sources I gave. At the end of the day it's the troops on the ground that matter because they're the ones that can hold off and call in support. The advisors who wrote all of these books, and supplied the sources to revisionist historians concur. Some obscure bombing run that hits some supply train here or there doesn't have the immediate effect people think it does.
As a Vietnamese living in South Vietnam, witnessing the corruption of the Republic of Vietnam government with my own eyes, I think why don't you make a video about the corruption of Vietnamese officials. Republic and how they wasted US aid packages, it will help people understand more about the war.
I highly doubt that you are old enough to witness the corruption in any meaningful manner. The vast majority of Vietnamese people that old have poor English and if their English was at this level then they would be a translator working with the Americans. And considering the backhanded way you made this suggestion with spite I will ignore your suggestion.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam Actually the embezzlement by your beloved mandarin Van Thieu through speculation of millions of dollars on the US commercial imports program that was intended to generate currency for Saigon to finance the war is well documented. You don't do such videos because it would undermine your false narrative of portraying the South Vietnamese as victims of abandonment by the US, when in reality it was mainly the South's own inefficiency , corruption and unpopular authoritarianism (eg Diem and Thieu) that led to their defeat at the hands of the North.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam But both unified Vietnam and China under the CCP regime exist and are relatively prosperous under their informal efficiently lead state capitalist model whereas your beloved South Vietnam has long been forgotten. But excuses always satisfied the people that give them. Especially sore losers.
Thank you, this was amazing work. Impressive to see how it all unfolded outside of reports. Not often you get the realization of how close you were to not being born. Salut to all who fought and those lost, your sacrifices are not forgotten.
This is so underrated, the fact that we don’t hear about this history about South Vietnam is a disservice to both ARVN and US service members. Keep educating people, I’m thoroughly impressed as someone who is currently active duty in the Marines.
Thanks for enjoying the series! Hopefully proving that South Vietnam actually fought (and was not just some random "puppet" standing off to the side) rehabilitates both the purpose and honour of the South Vietnamese and American soldiers' fight in the war. It wasn't a war about imperialism but a war against communism.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam it’s a great thing what you’re doing. It pisses me off because the propaganda the communists brought to this country runs deep. They forget all the people the fled Vietnam after the war and the war crimes of the NVA. And we’re the ultimate bad guy standing in the way of the independence of Vietnam. There’s two sides to every story. I’m asking one of my buddies to get your channel some attention on instagram. He runs a ARVN remembrance page with a few thousand members so I hope it helps.
@jonathanhiggins4398 I'd like to follow this page. Can you link me to it?
Nice video, like always ! Also my country fought alongside South Vietnam, and I'm very proud to support the Republic of Vietnam (I plan to become a member of the Third Republic of Vietnam)
The Koreans were definitely considered to be excellent fighters during the war. Thanks for your help!
Koreans were feared by the commies. ❤ South Korea!!!
Another amazing video thanks for your work and thanks for doing this I'm sure these videos of the VFW the guys love them
Thanks for enjoying the video! I'm not sure what VFW stands for but hopefully they do love them.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam Veterans of foreign wars
@@hitithome3138 Ah I see thanks!
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam veterans of foreign wars it's an organization here for veterans who served in combat
I hope you do more videos like this series for different moments in the war too
Yep I am definitely planning on doing Quang Tri, Kon Tum, and Thuong Duc.
However An Loc took me a whole 6 months to produce (so far) and I am severely reconsidering the timing on when those should be done ...
Wow! I’m very impressed by the quality of your video and the excellent mapping!
This is a brilliant piece of work!
Glad you enjoyed the series!
I love your vids man you always deliver. I hope one day we can bring south Vietnamese back
Thanks for enjoying the video! It takes a long time to make but I try to keep the quality up as much as possible.
I personally don't want South Vietnam back - I want a full Republic of Vietnam of both the North and the South together being anti-communist.
Yo man thank you so much for this lovely effort to show that ARVN was not a meme like so many people try to claim, I would be interested in seeing military engagements and battles of the very early Vietnam War (1955-1963) till about the Battle of Ap Bac and also you could dispell the myths surrounding that very battle that ARVN was massacred despite the fact of them standing fast for more than two hours.
Yeah I am considering analyzing the earliest battles much later on in the far future.
However, right now the focus is late war since there are numerous massive but totally unknown battles that prove SVN truly fought.
Nice new video mate
Thanks for enjoying it! Part 6 is already under animation and will try to push it out as soon as physically possible.
Love the videos
Thanks for sticking around and continually watching!
The VC 5th, 7th , and 9th divisions paid a heavy price, badly mauled if not nearly destroyed when the dust settled. Their camps must have been in agony as the forces were pummeled by the aerial fist and stubborn defense.
Even though we eventually South Vietnamese lost, it can't be said that we didn't try to fight and hang on. Hopefully these battles, An Loc, Quang Tri, Kon Tum, and Thuong Duc can prove that.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam They also prove that the ARVN could not stand alone against the communists and always needed the direct intervention of a US military branch to barely survive. Without the direct intervention of the US air force the ARVN would have been swept in 1972 despite the fact the US military aid was not cut off yet. So much for the excuse that the ARVN was swept in 1975 because of the cut off of US military aid. Even without the cut off of such aid , the ARVN would have been defeated because no US military branch would have directly intervened to save the ARVN from the VC and the NVA.
That was because the ARVN were designed along the same lines as the US Military, which emphasized air power. But South Vietnam did not have the time to develop a massive air power base, where the United States already had one. And besides, the North Vietnamese would never have won if it wasn’t for the mass amounts of aid supplied by their communist allies.
@@usauk3605 The North Vietnamese were aided by the Soviets and Chinese but the latter did not engage the Americans directly in Vietnam ;whereas the ARVN even with the direct help of thousands of US,Australians and South Koreans troops could not beat the North. Both the ARVN and the former NATO-trained Afghan army were awful armies.
But the North was only able to continue fighting because of the support from its allies, and U.S strategic errors, after all, the North Vietnamese could only counter U.S air power because of weapons gifted by the Russians and Chinese, like Surface to Air missiles.
nice vid
Thanks for watching and enjoying it!
For me, breaking out of the liberal/leftist echo chamber has been a 2-year process. I feel like I've been lied to about this war for the first 30 years of my life.
Glad to see you out on the other side! Those echo chambers look like they make people very bitter and emotional.
@MemoryofSouthVietnam I honestly didn't know about the Boat People until I was 33. They really tried to whitewash them from history.
@anthonyrhodes8042 just curious, but what are you getting at here (reference the boat people)? And I'm not calling you out or trying to argue anything. Just curious of you're making a point about Hanoi not necessarily being "the good guys".
@nizloc4118 I think so, because the boat people crisis shows that the people of South Vietnam didn't necessarily welcome communism with open arms, considering almost 3 million people fled throughout Indochina (although mainly from Vietnam). This is obviously whitewashed from Hanoi's history, as it likes to portray the narrative that the South Vietnamese populace as a whole was supportive of the communist cause, when as shown by the strategic failures if the Tet and Easter offensive, combined with the post-war refugee crisis, this isn't really the case.
@elmerfudd5555 nail on head...
I'm biased. My Dad and both of my Uncles fought in Vietnam. (Continued bias, I fought in the later wars)
The US was HORRIBLE in the war. Tens of thousands of bystanders were killed by the US who did nothing more than get caught in the middle.
That said...
My GF is in Vietnam literally as I write this. She's with her Mom's side (fought for the South) as her Grandma dies.
All of them who could fled to the US. And hate communists.
The communists killed just ad many, if not more, innocent bystanders. And very few in the South actually wanted to be communist.
I point out all the time.... Vietnam wasn't much different than Korea.... but South Korea stands... Vietnam fell... so the "evils" of trying to stop the communists are blasted out loudly to anyone who is slanted to hear it...
In the late 50s anyone who wanted to be communists was free to head north... those wishing not to be were free to head south...
... the ratio was like 10 to 1 heading south....
VNCH ❤❤❤
Were the Americans bombing the supply lines of the North-Vietnamese?
My grandfather explained to me for veterans Vietcong units that he was with, the best way to get rid of paratroopers is to concentrate fire on there parachute so they would falls to their deaths whenever possible
Not our war. Not our business.
If that's your opinion, then abandon every ally you have ever. This is East Asia - if you support South Korea and Taiwan then South Vietnam is no exception.
Also if you haven't noticed, the vast majority of Allied soldiers here are not American but South Vietnamese. So this battle is proof that we were doing the primary fighting not Americans. From the timing of your comments it's almost as if you haven't watched the video series.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam False.You don't defend allies that are unwilling to defend themselves like the ARVN or the US-trained Afghan army. Moreover, giving military support to allies does not mean that you have to fight for your allies.Thus,NATO gives military support to the Ukrainian army but is not fighting the Russians for them. You former South Vietnamese always expected the US army to do all the fighting for you which is ridiculous.Both the ARVN and the former Afghan army lacked the guts and will to fight that is currently displayed by the Ukranian army and was displayed by the South Korean army in the 1950's.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam Claiming that the South Vietnamese did most of the " primary fighting" in 1972 conviniently ignores the fact that the US air raids destroyed most the supplies that the NVA initially had available which would have allow them to overrun the South in 1972 as easily as they did in 1975.
@@2021ruber No. That is proven decisively wrong by the Battle of Thuong Duc in 1974. That is a battle carried out entirely by the South Vietnamese military.
It proves precisely that as long as South Vietnam was supported, we would fight. As many modern historians are now figuring out and publishing, the major reason as to why ARVN collapsed so fast in 1975 was because it ran out of ammunition, supplies, and fuel and as a result could barely fight in the first place.
@@2021ruber That's not how combined arms warfare works. Read the sources I gave. At the end of the day it's the troops on the ground that matter because they're the ones that can hold off and call in support.
The advisors who wrote all of these books, and supplied the sources to revisionist historians concur. Some obscure bombing run that hits some supply train here or there doesn't have the immediate effect people think it does.
As a Vietnamese living in South Vietnam, witnessing the corruption of the Republic of Vietnam government with my own eyes, I think why don't you make a video about the corruption of Vietnamese officials. Republic and how they wasted US aid packages, it will help people understand more about the war.
I highly doubt that you are old enough to witness the corruption in any meaningful manner. The vast majority of Vietnamese people that old have poor English and if their English was at this level then they would be a translator working with the Americans.
And considering the backhanded way you made this suggestion with spite I will ignore your suggestion.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam Actually the embezzlement by your beloved mandarin Van Thieu through speculation of millions of dollars on the US commercial imports program that was intended to generate currency for Saigon to finance the war is well documented. You don't do such videos because it would undermine your false narrative of portraying the South Vietnamese as victims of abandonment by the US, when in reality it was mainly the South's own inefficiency , corruption and unpopular authoritarianism (eg Diem and Thieu) that led to their defeat at the hands of the North.
As a South Vietnamese living in America, I can say that your current government is 1000 times more corrupt, wasting your citizen's own money.
Hear hear - modern Vietnam and mainland China are famous for their corruption. Nothing moves without money under the table.
@@MemoryofSouthVietnam But both unified Vietnam and China under the CCP regime exist and are relatively prosperous under their informal efficiently lead state capitalist model whereas your beloved South Vietnam has long been forgotten. But excuses always satisfied the people that give them. Especially sore losers.