They are showing the first 2 episodes of this new series tonight between
9pm and 11pm.
It's had good reviews so may well be worth a watch if you like your history
programmes.
The reviews suggest it might also have a good soundtrack.
Lets see.
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They are showing the first 2 episodes of this new series tonight between
9pm and 11pm.
It's had good reviews so may well be worth a watch if you like your history
programmes.
The reviews suggest it might also have a good soundtrack.
Lets see.
cheers for that, series record on
In war there are no winners or losers ......only destruction
Amazing first line from that north Vietnamese veteran
Sums the whole thing up really ..........one million north Vietnamese killed , quarter of a million from the south
Fecking colonial ponding about from the French and meddling from America
All for nothing
Good Morning Vietnam?Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueWales
It's already had some classic Dylan , hard rain
Generals gathered in Their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Two hours flew by for me.
Can't wait for the rest of the series and really the combatants
are only warming up so far.
The French got a right pasting and the Americans learned nothing
from it.
Great television.
looked at that. interesting and well made. Point made about using a rifle if you've got a rifle, a sword if you've got a sword or a spade if you have got a spade to fight. Seems just as relevant today as then. A van if you have got a van, etc n so on. Guerilla warfare. Nothing changes much in practice. Ideas differ as to why but method's as of to how prevail.
My uncle Trinh was one of General Giaps protégés . He's got some incredible photos of NVA and VC troops in combat and then and now photography of battle sites, Phong Nha Ke Ban. Hue across the Perfumed river and Khe San, Red Beach, the American base at Cam Rang, Long Tan etc
All fascinating stuff from the American War
Thank Heavens we stayed out of it.
Coronation Street was good last mind.
Get it on series link.
Once it is gone it is gone and then it'll be available like the below:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vietnam-War...ar+documentary
70 quid!.
Hell yes. We would have been done up like a kipper same as the AmericansQuote:
Originally Posted by Fatty Foggon
Brilliant programme. Can't wait for the other episodes.
Spedger
Just starting this now. Unbelievable how this started with the Viet Minh wanted to actually be like the free Americans
It's good isn't it . The whole sorry story just seem to be one avoidable course for America. They were played like fidle's is what I took from it. Once they dug so deep they just could not stop digging. I haven't seen it all yet. Only first 2 episodes. Its seems as relevant as ever today despite happening all them years ago. It's nicely narrated and the pace is just right, the cut away interviews provide clear insight. I am enjoying it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiffa
It's scary in the way that the misinterpretations of just a few people can escalate to the deaths of millions of people.Quote:
Originally Posted by joecity
Very scary.!
I couldn't agree more. Hope the same don't happen with Donny Thump and Kim the younger.
I will be visiting Hue in January , plus Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Any particular recommendations (or things to avoid)?Quote:
Originally Posted by light up the darkness
Good war museum in Ho Chi City, humid as hell in January, very modern place , quite surprising, very tech savvy
anyone following this, excellent series, the execution of the viet song prisoner by the south vietnamese general was a horrible thing to see but was a big factor in turning public opinion
I'm over there in January too - via Thailand and Cambodia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since62
I am starting in Singapore (might hop on plane to Kuala Lumpur to meet Vincent Tan:-) , then doing Vietnam and Thailand and finishing in Hong Kong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Similar here. £268 return flight to Singapore and a £50 flight then to Thailand. £50 flight at the end to Singapore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since62
Hanoi is wonderful, full of old Viet charm, wasn't overly impressed with HCMC, but good war museum. Hue is on my list. Hanoi is cheap as chips (that and Hoi An are my fave places)Quote:
Originally Posted by Since62
Things to avoid.........Waiting for an opportunity to cross the road in HCMC, :hehe: you will never see so many mopeds in your life, an experience in itself. Enjoy, I did !!
Only in America?
Since62
All good mate just keep your hands on your gear and keep moving/walking steadily forward waving away those who want you to stop and buy their gear
If you stop you're fair game
If you get a chance in Hue take the trip to Phong Nha
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocco Siffredi
The French were a lot worse. Read up on what they did to Vo Thi Sau .
And the torture camps on Con Dau
Shocking
What a horrible bitch Madame Nhu was. Shame she wasn't home when the coup happened.
Catching up on this tomorrow as I was watching Wales v Ireland last Monday.
Really enjoying it.
Last night's episode showed up Nixon and America for what they were
****ing liars
The massacre of those student protesters at the university , fecking disgrace
AH my old cycling route. I didnt like Cambodia , found the whole place sinister.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
I thought HCMC was like any and every other city in the world , very interesting but as Rocco said surprisingly modern .Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocco Siffredi
I cycled across the border from Cambodia along the coast of the Mekong River. Some of the villages were very basic as were the people, but extremely happy . As you started to to get in land towards HCMC you could see modern life becoming more predominate until you get to the capital and its a buzzing flourishing city . Loved Vietnam and Thailand , Cambodia was a different kettle of fish .
Pol pot , there's another ****
Pol Pots people are back in power in Cambodia .They filtered their way back in when after he died. The country epitomises corruptionQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
In the recent elections , the communist party slogan was "If you want peace , vote for us"
Fecking *****Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock
Never confuse communism at that level with socialism
Stalin was as bad as hitler