For the States, the Vietnam War is an embarrassing page of history. Monstrous bombing, scorched earth tactics, millions of civilian casualties... it was a living hell.

We do not just want to dissect the most brutal episodes of the confrontation that stretched for many years. No, of course, we will remember the smell of napalm in the morning and exotic traps, but our goal is to understand what preceded the conflict and what it was all about. Why did the US invade Vietnam? Why did the American top brass ignore the vehement condemnation from its own citizens? And how did the Soviet Union get involved in the war?

00:00 Intro
01:35 Vietnam fights for independence
05:40 The ardent communist Ho Chi Minh
09:07 Clash with the US: the domino doctrine and the red menace
12:55 "The rifle is my friend". The U.S. goes to "fight for freedom."
15:40 The smell of napalm, Operation Thunderbolt and chemical weapons.
19:59 "Johnny, they're in the trees!" Vietcong traps.
23:07 Soviet soldiers go on a tropical mission.
27:26 America against the war
30:34 An embarrassing defeat

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