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NARRATOR: "a devastating defeat Militarily, he was right. The basic assumptions on which their offensive had all Hanoi's leaders had assumed that South Vietnamese soldiers Instead, not a single unit The civilian populace may have been unhappy but they had little sympathy and when the fighting began, to escape the fury PHAM DUY TAT
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"a devastating defeat
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Militarily, he was right.
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The basic assumptions on which
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their offensive had all
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Hanoi's leaders had assumed
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that South Vietnamese soldiers
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Instead, not a single unit
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The civilian populace
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may have been unhappy
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but they had little sympathy
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and when the fighting began,
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to escape the fury
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Movie Summary
A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.
