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Series telling the epic story of the Vietnam War.

Ten years in the making, this immersive series tells the epic story of the Vietnam War, bringing the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life.

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Ken Burns

Lynn Novick

Geoffrey C Ward

Sarah Botstein

The Vietnam War: Series 1: Episode 1: Deja Vu (1858-1961)

Deja Vu (1858-1961)

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Episode 1: Deja Vu (1858-1961)

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Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end French colonial occupation.

Series telling the story of the Vietnam War. Revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end French colonial occupation. Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva.

After a long and brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva. Communists in the North aim to reunify the country, while America supports Ngo Dinh Diem's untested regime in the South.

The Vietnam War: Series 1

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