Battlefield Vietnam: Ep 7 "War on the DMZ " (2/6)

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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[greymalkinfilms]

00.58 - pacification. i can´t help thinking of george orwell when i hear that word.

[Magni56]

@grvc44

... I fail to see what'd be "awesome" about hundreds of millions of people getting killed.

[PhilWigg]

can anybody explain the difference in communist unit designations? the NVA 324B Division?? what's the B for? is it less well armed and trained than an A division? just curious

[22infection]

why couldnt the americans cross the dmz when the NVA could ???

[grvc44]

@Magni56 hahahah duh sorry for the mistake but i'll make it short, a nuclear war in the 60's would be awsome.

[Magni56]

@grvc44

Okay, now please repeat that in english.

[grvc44]

@Magni56 i was not born on in 1965 the scalation of that war and soon end of in a nuclear war woul be awsome i guest so!

[Magni56]

@grvc44

Because chinese or soviet troops directly fighting US troops could quickly escalate to the point that the spectre of global thermonuclear war would enter the pciture. And nobody wanted that.

[penitent2401]

@grvc44 same reason US never had any armies cross into north vietnam. none of them wants to be the one who escallates the cold war without direct provokation. vietnam was a civil war, one of the sides happens to be communists so the super powers decides to stick their noses in vietnam and use it as a battlefield for their ideals.

[grvc44]

@penitent2401 the escalation of the cold war would be great i dont know why russia and china has not enough balls in confronting the US directly in vietnam?

[grvc44]

@penitent2401 yes indeed, but you are wrong because south vietnam was politicaly strong! and bseide the vietcong's massive recruitment is because thousands of former vietmen has stayed in south vietnam..!!