Pages

0

Media Type

Moving Image

Physical Location

D022.5C

Copyright Statement

1998 Lamancha Productions

Number of Media

1

Language(s)

English

Format

VHS

Time - Hr:Min:Sec

00:58:00

Digitized in HD?

No

General Note

Now, for the first time, discover the complete story of the U.S. war in Vietnam. Through rare and never-before-seen U.S. and Vietnamese combat footage, vivid computer graphics and newly declassified secrets from both sides, you'll experience the major battles, firefights and key military campaigns in action-packed detail. From the decisive battle at Dien Bien Phu to the final U.S. helicopter lifting off from a besieged Siagon, Battlefield Vietnam delivers a comprehensive, unflinching look at America's most controversial war. January 1967. American and South Vietnamese troops begin a series of sweeps through traditional Viet Cong strongholds -- first the Iron Triangle near Saigon, then in War Zone C, along the Cambodian border. Thousands of guerillas are killed in ferocious firefights, their installations destroyed. In the northern part of the country, escalated bombing raids appear to be pounding the North Vietnamese Army into oblivion. But North Vietnam and the Viet Cong are far from conceding defeat...in fact, they are preparing to unleash the biggest offensive of the war. Learn the secrets of Ho Chi Minh's remarkable strategy to shatter South Vietnamese and U.S. resolve in a contrywide attack. Discover how the military leader, who originally oppsed the ambitious plan, turned it into a shocking reality. Follow Viet Cong guerrillas on a perilous journey down the Ho Chi Minh trail to infiltrate a heaviliy patrolled South. Then see how an intitial attack on a Marine base triggered the massive assault...and a serious strategic blunder by U.S. command.