The Vietnam War: Before, During, After (2005)
| First Air Date: | 2005, February 26 |
| Last Air Date: | 2005, February 26 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 3 |
Overview:
This new series tells the compelling story of the Vietnam War, from the country’s dynastic history, the impact of Christian missionaries & French colonialism, Japan’s invasion during WWII and the rise of Ho Chi Minh. How the USA’s fear of communism started a relentless sequence of events that caused American troops to go in under President Kennedy in 1961, escalating under Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 when the nation found itself entwined in a war fought nightly on TV engendering a huge anti-war movement. By 1973 Nixon had resigned and America was forced to withdraw from Saigon on April 30th 1975.