Vietnam: The War That Changed America

Vietnam: The War That Changed America (2025)

1 seasons • 6 episodes • EN • 8.5/10

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EP 1 ★ 5.0 ⏱ 42 min

Boots on the Ground

In 1965, America sends young soldiers to war in a country they know nothing about. Two tunnel rats form a powerful bond, until one is gravely injured.

EP 2 ⏱ 38 min

Communist guerrillas launch a surprise attack: the Tet Offensive. Americans in the city of Huế find themselves at the center of a bloody battle.

EP 3 ⏱ 43 min

A Vietnamese child's life is torn apart by the war, and a pilot is shot down in enemy territory. Back in the U.S., social unrest takes hold.

EP 4 ⏱ 46 min

With victory no closer, American soldiers begin to lose faith. A nurse wrestles with how to protect her patients, and a wife receives dreadful news.

EP 5 ⏱ 39 min

Soldiers return to a divided America and must come to terms with how the war changed them. Differing beliefs create a rift between best friends.

EP 6 ⏱ 47 min

Ten years later, in 1975, the remaining Americans and fleeing South Vietnamese race against time to escape in the largest helicopter evacuation ever.