The Vietnam War Explained In 25 Minutes, Vietnam War Documentary

The Vietnam War began in good faith, by good people with good intentions. But a combination of American overconfidence, Cold War tensions and imperialist tendencies the Americans had previously fought so hard against, made the war in Vietnam one of Americas darkest pages in its short but dense history. By the end of the war, more than 58, 000 Americans would die, as too would 250, 000 South Vietnamese soldiers. Over 1 million North Vietnamese soldiers and Viet Cong guerillas would also perish as well as over 2 million civilians from both the north and the south, and thousands more from Laos and Cambodia. The Vietnam War brought everything into question. The rationalization of destroying villages in order to save them. Americas morality in the face of My Lai. The meaning of freefire zones, shooting anything that moved as soldiers placed a cheapness on the lives of civilians. The falsification of body counts to increase kill death ratios. The unimportance of battle as men charged up hills because their gen