Esta serie de seis episodios relata la historia de la guerra del Vietnam, utilizando los mismos recursos narrativos de la aclamada serie documental IIGM: Los archivos perdidos. Y que al igual que aquella son los testimonios de los soldados que participaron en ella, los que narran su dura experiencia. El documental muestra documentos fílmicos inéditos hasta ahora para el gran público ya que proceden de museos, archivos, agencias de noticias, veteranos de guerra así como de fuentes vietnamitas.
Vietnam. Los archivos perdidos (Temporada 1)
The Beginning (1964-1965) 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 2011-11-08
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: In 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder roars across the skies over North Vietnam and the first U.S. ground troops land in the South. American soldiers are outnumbered in the Ia Drang Valley, the first major battle of the war.
Search & Destroy (1966-1967) 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 2011-11-08
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: American troops launch widespread "search and destroy" operations; body count, not territory, becomes the measure of success in Vietnam. Charles Brown fights for survival on the bloody slopes of Hill 875 and at home, the American public begins to question U.S. military strategy.
The Tet Offensive (1968) 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 2011-11-09
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: The enemy gains ground when the massive Tet Offensive catches the Americans by surprise. At Khe Sanh and Pleiku, U.S. troops are under siege. Americans mount a counteroffensive but the shock of the assault ignites anti-war fervor at home.
An Endless War (1968-1969) 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 2011-11-09
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: The turmoil of 1968 helps Nixon win the presidency. Troop strength in Vietnam peaks and the draft accelerates. Karl Marlantes endures bitter jungle fighting on Hill 484, and draftee Arthur Wiknik gets a grim introduction to combat on "Hamburger Hill". But shortly after "winning" both hills, US troops abandon them.
A Changing War (1969-1970) 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 2011-11-10
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Troop withdrawals begin as the Americans train their ARVN allies to take over the war. Gery Benedetti patrols the hostile waters of the Mekong Delta. James Anderson leads a battalion into Cambodia after Nixon's controversial order. Don DeVore struggles to survive a fierce night attack, and Anne Purcell gets promising news about her husband.
Peace with Honor (1971-1975) 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 2011-11-10
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Bob Clewell's helicopter crew comes under intense fire in one of the final operations of the war. Joe Galloway returns to Vietnam and in Washington, D.C., Barry Romo throws down his medals in protest. The last American troops return home and POW wife Anne Purcell awaits word of her husband's fate. The fall of Saigon brings the unification of Vietnam.
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