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.
S04E14: Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor and the Second Reich
S04E13: Pocahontas, the Lady of Virginia
S04E12: William Wallace, No Braveheart
S04E11: Denmark Vesey and Slave Rebellion
S04E10: Crazy Horse, Defender of the Plains
S04E09: Captain Edward J. Smith, RMS Titanic
S04E08: George W. Bush: Days of Fire
S04E07: Robert E. Lee, Hero or Traitor?
S04E06: Boudica, Warrior Queen of Britain
S04E05: Herbert Hoover, American Nero?
S04E04: Pakal, Mayan Overlord
S04E03: Shaka Zulu
S04E02: Vlad Dracula, The Impaler Lord
S04E01: Alexander the Great
S03 Wrap Up
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S03E14: Hessians: Mercenaries, Rebels, and the War for British North America
S03E13: 1779: George Washington Devastates Iroquoia.
S03E12: 1778: A Very Global Affair
S03E11: 1777: The Year of the Hangman, Saratoga
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