Indochina War: The Untold Story on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1 – It was the 20th century’s most violent war of decolonisation.
From 1940 to 1954, the jewel in the crown of France’s colonial empire was on fire. The French and Viet Minh turned the Indochinese peninsula into a blazing inferno. For the first time ever, this exceptional documentary aims to recount the entirety of that forgotten conflict, the prelude to the Vietnam War.
Far from the clichés of heroic combats, the multiplicity of eyewitness accounts from that era and the stunning power of images reveal a war that was all-out merciless and decisive.
Episode One:
From 1940 to 1954, France’s brutal war in Indochina marked one of the 20th century’s bloodiest decolonisation conflicts. This gripping documentary revisits the forgotten precursor to the Vietnam War.
Indochina War: The Untold Story on SBS and SBS on Demand – Series Premiere / Saturday 31 May at 5.30pm (2 Parts)
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Indochina War: The Untold Story on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1
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