For three days in November of 1965 Americans soldiers found themselves surrounded by an unseen enemy in the jungles of Southeast Asia. In what would become the first battle of the Vietnam War, US troops squared off with the People’s Army of Vietnam in the Ia Drang Valley. Badly outnumbered and undersupplied, the American troops fought to defend a tiny clearing in a dense rainforest non-stop for over fifty hours. Though the communist forces were ultimately pushed back by the awesome airpower of the United States, the North Vietnamese gained valuable intelligence on how to wage war against the enemy superpower. For US citizens watching at home and abroad, the battle of the Ia Drang Valley was sent a clear message that the Vietnam War was far from over, and was only just beginning. On this episode we discuss the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley.
BPA S02E04: Sporting Hill: Robert E. Lee's High Water Mark
BPA S02E03: Washington's Blunder: The Battle of Brandywine, 1777
BPA S02E02: The Burning of Hannastown: Frontier Apocalypse
BPA S02E01: The Whiskey Rebellion
BPA S01E08: The Philadelphia Nativist Riots
BPA S01E07: Escape from Gettysburg, the Battle of Monterey Pass
BPA S01E06: The Heroes of Flight 93, September 11th, 2001
BPA S01E05: The Burning of Chambersburg, Civil War
BPA S01E04: The Siege of Fort Mifflin, American Revolution
BPA S01E03: Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Burning of the Columbia Bridge, Civil War
BPA S01E02: The Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812
BPA S01E01: JEB Stuart and the Battle of Hanover, 1863
S06E11: The German Coast Uprising: America's Largest Slave Revolt
S06E10: Tecumseh and the Battle of Tippecanoe
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S06E09: The Haitian Revolution: A Whole New World
S06E08: Fries' Hot Water Rebellion: John Adams and the End of Big Government in Early America
S06E07: The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington's Last Ride
S06E06: Shays' Rebellion
S06E05: New York's Slave Rebellions of 1712 and 1741
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