Battlefield Vietnam: Ep 8 "Siege at the Khe Sahn" (1/6)

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).

The Vietcong, the lightly armed South Vietnamese communist insurgency, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The North Vietnamese Army engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large-sized units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search-and-destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery and air strikes.

The United States entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of a wider strategy called containment. Military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s and combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Involvement peaked in 1968 at the time of the Tet Offensive. Under a policy called Vietnamization, U.S. forces withdrew as South Vietnamese troops were trained and armed. Despite a peace treaty signed by all parties in January 1973, fighting continued. In response to the anti-war movement, the U.S. Congress passed the Case-Church Amendment in June 1973 prohibiting further U.S. military intervention. In April 1975, North Vietnam captured Saigon. North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year.

Battlefield Vietnam explores some of the most important battles fought during the Vietnam War. There are detailed battlefield descriptions and graphics, accompanied by actual combat footage. The narrator speaks throughout the series, without interviews of actual battle veterans. Detailed analysis of the battle including leaders, commanders, soldiers and weapons is presented. Events preceding the featured battle are included, as well as some aftermath details.

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[ProjectRealityBf2]

@TheMomy791 so maybe you should do something about it by uploading a better quality version, if you can't do that than Shut the fuck up!

[grandadjim]

My brother, who just passed away the week before last was at Khe Sanh as a Marine. He was wounded and received The Purple Heart. It was bad enough he and all those other brave Marines, Army adn, Air Force personnel went through that horror story but him and so many of them were exposed to Agt Orange. Forty yrs later, he has lung cancer which killed him. Ten days earlier, one of his squad members also died from it. In fact, out of the 12 in the squad, 6 are dead from cancer. What heroes they are.

[TheMomy791]

awful video quality

[TheMomy791]

awful viedo quality

[tranaiquocvietnam]

I'm a Vietnamese so I never forgive wat USA government has done to my country. Here I give respect to people from both sides, USA and Vietnam. USA government had the most responsibility for this terrible, I hope 1 day justice will come to all of the soldiers

[nguyenkhan202]

The VC is not that simple. They are more complicated than Al Quea army.

[wardogmobius]

@NeoIvan17 Well said. Thats exactly what we should all do.

[dimitboris]

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[dimitboris]

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[dimitboris]

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