No One Talks About South Vietnam's War Crimes (*Warning Mature Audiences Only)
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- We’ve all heard about American war crimes in Vietnam, but what the South Vietnamese did in their own country is not as well known. From murdering monks to gunning down civilians, the Republic of Vietnam and its army (ARVN) inflicted suffering on innocent people that has been largely forgotten by history.
Join us in this video as we uncover the horrific actions of South Vietnam during and preceding the Vietnam War. If you appreciate videos like this, leave a like and subscribe to A Day In History to keep up to date on future content.
Buddhist Crisis
Most of us consider the Vietnam War to begin with the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964, but the conflict actually began in 1955. South Vietnam resisted the Communist North and its insurgencies in the South under the leadership of the controversial US-backed President Ngo Dinh Diem. Diem was widely seen as corrupt and autocratic, but his Catholic faith and fierce anti-Communism was enough for the US to throw their support behind him. At least until one specific crisis shocked the world.
Already on high alert for dissent and division, the Diem regime engineered its own demise with its brutal response to the Buddhist Crisis in 1963.
Vietnam’s Buddhist majority was dissatisfied with Catholic Diem’s discriminatory religious policies. Buddhists were passed over for promotion, excluded from high positions in government, were subject to forced labor demands, and could even be placed in concentration camps for causing public unrest. Meanwhile, the tiny Catholic minority was given special privileges. Diem’s regime armed Catholic priests and villages as a defense against the Viet Cong while leaving the Buddhists undefended. Although the Communists were no friends to the Buddhists either, many Buddhists went on to join the Communist cause in the war simply to escape Diem’s persecution.
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Music: Epidemic music
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Douglas Valentine, The Phoenix Program, (2000)
Jennifer Harbury, Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and Consequences of US Involvement in Torture, (2005)
John Schlight, The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: The War in South Vietnam The Years of the Offensive 1965-1968, (1999)
Merle L. Pribbenow, ‘The Man in the Snow White Cell’, 14th April 2007, web.archive.org/web/200706131...
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Moral of the story: The "Us vs them!" mentality brings out the worst evil in man.
The human experience
Yeah look at Israel and what they are doing.
@@Winstonclawfinger Yeah, look at Hamas and what they are doing. Right up there with Isis.
Hey folks vietnamese here remember
"It's only a war crimes if you lose the war"
@@Dimitris_Half that's not what I mean, what I mean is that the Vietcong and North Vietnam war crimes are often overlooked because they won the war
@@Dimitris_Half chill out are you angry?
@@Dimitris_Half you're crazy
The main difference is that the communists didn't use chemical weapons that are still affecting the people of Vietnam to this day.
@@danv1324maybe not but the US certainly doesn’t have memorials in the capital hiding war crimes committed by your forces and when it is brought up you use it to justify atrocities
I'm Vietnamese. I learned history not from the Government but also from Wikipedia and other sources overboard. Both did play dirty, i admitted. But the past is still the past. Although there are still many problems, but nowaday Vietnam is way better than before, believe me.
"The past is a lesson for the furture."
There wouldnt be a war if it wasnt for the americans...
On no the trees are talking 😅
The war was caused when the North invaded the South.
Read the books "Deliver Us From Evil" and "The Night They Burned The Mountain", about a U.S. Navy doctor and hospital ships who worked to help the countless South Vietnamese men, women and children who were tortured, raped and murdered by the communists in their terror campaign to subjugate the South Vietnamese.
@jamesclancy8091 I disagree. Explain Viet Cong?
War is very unpleasant and unless you are there you don't realize how easy it is to get desensitized to death. And unfortunately people do some sick things.
There is a certain usual amount of bloodshed in most wars, but it’s more than fair to say that the Vietnam War, multiple wars/genocides in Africa/Asia/Latin America (think Rwanda or the rule of the Khmer Rouge in Myanmar/Cambodia), and of course both world wars were way outside the limits of normal conflicts.
theres a difference between war and murder...so by what ur saying germans gassing women and kids is warfare ??
@@russouk That isn't at all what I was saying and I have no idea how you came to that conclusion.
@@russoukyou should really learn basic literature before commenting on these topics
Great video!
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
I love this channel thank you for uploading new history
US media at that time, TOTALLY ignore the war crimes
while continuing to support Our Shared Democratic Value of the South Vietnam Junta
How the hell would the US populations find out about the war crimes if not for the media? Like just out of curiosity, are you familiar with Muhamad Ali or are you just that out of touch?
@@danielhorrocks9633foreign media, if it weren't for foreign newspapers reporting, we would never know it
Now now, thanks for sharing
Thank you very much ( a day in history) channel about this truthful narration of defeated (vanished) the South Vietnam Republic atrocities Committment during its short ruling term. What was notable nor western countries neither eastern countries weren't showed those atrocities in theirs media systems...
I bet this man is getting tracked down from the CIA. Amazing video!
Can you make a video about the Finnish-Korean Hyperwar?
lol
Neat.
when will you show us nva and viet cong war crimes?
Soon
@@ADayInHistoryOfficial thank you
What’s “nva”?
Genuine question
@@kingwarrior5028 north vietnamese army, the communists
@@ADayInHistoryOfficial I was about to ask this but had a feeling to scroll down the comments. Looking forward to it.
I was in Vietnam from July 1965 to July 1966 mostly in the Central Highlands. I never, NEVER witnessed any of the mentioned atrocities that were mentioned here. Regarding the Montagnards, when on ambush patrols with the Special Forces, we would set up our positions WITH the Montagnards because they would FIGHT and NOT run. God Bless them.....Amen
Because you turned deaf to those doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
@@HuyNguyen-jl7go have you ever been to a re-education camp?
Bro how old are you now
@@jamesclancy8091No, but my friend’s father and his cousins were in one growing up. In the USA. He’s a Native American.
How old are you then?
Diem was assassinated in 1963 not 1973.
War brings forth lawlessness and savagry. Torture is primarily fiat punishment. It is nearly useless for obtaining information, and is related to crimes against humanity and unusually brutal treatment.
No matter your skin colour, we all bleed red
Unless there's something wrong with your kidneys and something backs up into your circulatory system causing your blood to be a different color.
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Wasn't the MacV deep in with the PRU?
i never understood why people hurt their own, but i know it happens, its sickening.
Well, it depends on what you mean by "their own." Being a human should make people close enough to not do this to each other. If that isnt good enough, shareing proximity within a countries imaginary boarder line probably wont help either.
While I'm not going to condone any of the stuff talked about in this video. That said, a couple of congressional inquiries into this stuff is mentioned. I'm curious how many inquiries from the North Vietnamese government into North Vietnamese and Viet Kong conduct have occured. My suspicion is none.
you are correct
The victors always get to tell he story, the loser down get a say. I know plenty of people who came to Australia as refugees, you should hear what they had to say.
Absolutely right. They committed so many bad things against civilians and then buried it or justified it. After the war, some civilians defected after supporting the North in the war. I've read quite a few stories of them regretting it.
The Viet-Cong and NVA during the Tet Hue Massacre killed 3,000 civilians, Shelled Highway 1 in 1972 killed 2,000 civilians, Bombed a Can Tho theater that killed 108, committed the Thanh My Massacre that killed 74, Đức Dục Massacre that killed 103, Đắk Sơn Massacre that killed 114 people. The list goes on. The South Vietnamese coined the term "Chạy Giặc" in describing the waves and waves of civilians running away from the mere sight of the Viet-Cong who were "liberating them" Yeah America bad, America bad.
You would find none . These proofs and footages are recorded by neutral journalists, mind you .
And what one never hears of is the massive war crimes committed by the Communists! They were at least as brutal as any US or RVN acts!
They actually intentionally used rape, torture and murder as terroristic strategies to intimidate the people of South Vietnam.
My dad did two tours in this war. He served our country for thirty More yrs. And it took his life when agent orange was dropped. He died in 1997 twelve yrs afrwe he retired from the air force.
Seems to me there are no good sides at all. The US, North, South, Democrat, Communist...doesn't matter. It looks like there were no differences at all.
War is hell
☝🏻3:58 "By this point, Diem's atrocities... ." His last name was "Ngo." The Vietnamese do names backwards. So "Ho Chi Minh" would really be 🔄 "Minh Chi Ho" in the West, with "Ho" being his family's name/his last name.
Can you do North Vietnam and Vietcong war crimes next such as Hue massacre and go more in depth of Dak Son? Surprised to hear South Vietnam killed Montagnards when they were our closest allies as well who experienced ethnic genocide under communists.
Lets talk about "Operation Rolling Thunder" too while youre at it... Just to be non-bias.
Strange,there is no proof about Hue masscre being North Vietnam doing . I assume U.S troops and RVN did it .
Do that video your self , I bet people will as you proof , because it doesn’t exist .
@@HuyNguyen-jl7go I did and I compiled my own sources as proof in the description: "The Gaza And Tet Offensive - Scary Historical Similarities" on my yt channel.
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I’m 76. Actually, even TV covered a good deal of this. Most everyone understood this, communist dictatorship seemed worse. Also, it was also pretty clear for some time Diem was not going to win. Same occurred with following military dictators.
The communist government wasn't worse, by some distance. Now we know.
So where is your videos on the VC and NVA atrocities?
It doesn't bring him views, so he wouldn't even think of posting them.
When the USA could not have endured a full scale humanitarian exploit from other international investors and when the east could have escalated counter conflict resolution.
😢😢 I am so ashamed of the war atrocities that continue to haunt us all generations
Bro they are talking about south Vietnam and a little bit of the us
No culture is innocent all have blood on their hands over time...
Americans lead the way since WW2.
How about a documentary about the massacre of 6000 civilalns by N Vietnamese soldiers during the TeT Offensive in 68'
notice how war crimes dont really mean anything other than "it happened"
War itself is a crime. Anyone who participates is a criminal, acting in destructive ways towards peace and safety. What are they going to do... prosecute themselves?
Around 6 minute mark you pasted two times same lines.while.editing
How are these videos edited as good but also as bad as I've seen
Imagine lighting yourself on fire and they crack a pretty funny joke. lmao
Ngo Dinh Diem was assassinated in 1963 (Nov 2), not 1973.
The record should be fully known.
Then it will be seen that this was really nothing compared to the communists.
But truth is truth.
There is so much you have forgotten. There were a lot of ARVN SOLDIERS who saved so many BUDHIST. If history is to be taught accurately. Then history must also be accurate to let history be taught correctly.
interesting. Where can I learn about this too? I'll do a video on it myself if I can.
Whatever Americans think America to be is not and never has been. That’s the cold, hard truth.
Well, isnt this true for every nation and group of people? Especially true for every empire that has ever existed.
Aboutism
Grizzly stuff💀💀
Well-spoken. We need more criticism of the Vietnamese, Catholic minorities' atrocities
The other atrocities? The only ones who did it were Diem and his family, not other innocent Catholic minority.
how about North war crimes?
So this is basically the same war crimes committed by bashar-al-asad of Syria but Vietnamese version or the vice versa
Stop war.
Sad
Of course, the war crimes of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army shall never be mentioned. The 3,000 (approximately) Vietnamese and foreigners (including medical volunteers not tied to the US or South Vietnamese government taken out of Hue during the Tet Offensive, marched into the jungle an killed (some were still alive when they went into the mass graves) is an example. The parading of US prisoners through Vietnamese villages where the local were encouraged to beat them or poke at them (why some of the MIA's are MIA's. The mistreatment of US fliers imprisoned in North Vietnam (I personally meet one officer who dislocated his shoulder on bailout and not only received no medical treatment, his shoulder was not put back in place; but was tortured by using that injury to inflict pain. Yes, both sides played dirty; but even today the communist sins will never receive coverage for general public.
Common whataboutism
@@ucanhvungoc7133 Common ignore the elephant in the room pro-communist bias. Complain about issues with us and our allies; but acknowledge that worse was done by the communists.
@@ucanhvungoc7133what an ignorant person
@@arthurmosel808 I am not ignoring the elephant in the room. I did not deny the fact that the Hue Massacre happened, by the hands of NVA and NLF soldiers. What I am saying is how you are highlighting these sins of North Vietnam and its allies in a video about South Vietnam, as if you are trying to dodge the point and be like "but the other side also bad". Accept that these atrocities committed by South Vietnam happened.
@@ucanhvungoc7133 both sides committed war crimes that's what happened
Most of the atrocities by the sith Vietnamese were done so most of the atrocities by the south Vietnamese were done so....
Crazy the amount of brutality man can be capable of.
Vietnam war was terrible.
911 the network is taken over
War is dirty and BRUTAL. GROW UP.
Noone talks about the Viet Cong war crimes
Mhm
as A combat inf. mos 11b i don't care what the south did to the north. both sides were the same
Why do most Vietnamese diaspora support south Vietnam then
They believe in Hell now ! Everyone will find their fate when they go to spirit ! O, but you dont believe - well just wait ! "As the tree falls so does it lay"
USA went to Korea, Vietnam, Irak, Lebanon, Syria, Afganistan, Serbia...
Majority war crimes that were performed on Civilians were committed by South Vietnamese soldiers on their own people in the South. Yes some Americans did committed crimes. Now that we know the truth of American involvement the reasons for being there, this was a war that America and Communist Russia, and China could fight one another without actually fighting each other, if that makes any sense. It truly was a tragedy that the most power nations would use the Vietnamese people to kill each other and in the end, the only thing that was accomplished was the killing. Myself I have made friends with so many People from the North, and after becoming friends, we hav the same interests, with fishing, camping, chasing women, being with family and loving life.
“Tiny Catholic minority”….this shows you know absolutely nothing about South Vietnam…a full ONE THIRD of people in South Vietnam were Catholic and or other Christian denomination. The South’s Army was not called “ARVN”… they were officially called the RVNAF…Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces!!
Go to the Saigon war museum, it will bring a tear to your eyes,
All this happened when the North invaded and conquered the freedom lovig people of the south.
I hate it when the US and Republican Vietnamese war crimes gets the most spotlight while the Vietcong and North Vietnam were often overlooked and left in the dust, this is outrageous 😢
yea, can you guess why? it's becuase it is most civilian deaths in the war is by US and its allies.
Đúng vậy
@@Francois_the_notable You are presenting your opinion about me being biased without any backup information. Elaborate, or leave the debate.
@@ucanhvungoc7133 honestly I don't need any specific proof or backups information to proving that you're biased , being biased is a behaviour not a statement so based on how you argue I could claim that you're being biased and untruthful, thought you could disagreeing me and gaslighting me that won't change the reality you're still biased the best you could do is denying and coping, don't try to spread communism to the people that suffer from it, it's a failed ideology a fictional ideology that ruins millions that is not something anyone should be proud of
@@ucanhvungoc7133 honestly I don't need any specific proof or backups information to proving that you're biased , being biased is a behaviour not a statement so based on how you argue I could claim that you're being biased and untruthful, thought you could disagreeing me and gaslighting me that won't change the reality you're still biased the best you could do is denying and coping
It's surprising you don't talk about WHY the US invaded Vietnam - using the Golf of Tonkin 'incident', which is now recognized as a LIE.
The US invaded Vietnam for imperialist reasons, i.e. to occupy, subject, & exploit people & territory to infinity. This is important context, unless you want to pretend there is no such thing as U imperialism.
Note: this is from Wikipedia: "The United States government falsely claimed that a second incident occurred on August 4, 1964, between North Vietnamese and United States ships in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Originally, US military claims blamed North Vietnam for the confrontation and the ostensible, but in fact imaginary, incident on August 4."
Ma se non ricordo male i vietnamiti volevano liberarsi dai colonialisti francesi. Famosa la battaglia di bien fu ,dove i francesi subirono una cocente disfatta e furono costretti a lasciare il Vietnam. Fu allora che subentrarono gli anglosassoni.
They are blocking me from getting needed emergency help. I want my big brother and my family.
Bro u ok?
Americans in Ukraine war : " let's talk about war crimes "
Americans in viatnam : 👍
and yet people in the US cries about water boarding
ARVN 👍 warriors
I like and salute the vietnamese mentality, they learn from history and not have blaming mentality unlike middle east arabs, keep blaming west for what event happen in there,
North Vietnam never committed war crimes against South Vietnam????
Is your brain so broken that you see this and only think “but what about them” As if that excuses any of this behavior?
Yes , they did . About 8 times less than the South
@@lordauzam7809 North Vietnam had 14 divisions and 13 of them were inside of South Vietnam. How does that happen?
religions☕
South Vietnam backed, aided and abetted by america
Torture is at the local American law enforcement level .
The United States government is allowing Israelis to carry out medical experimentations and touchless torture on US citizen from Palestinian descent , I am a victim of it and I have been for 30years , all the legal protection I am entitled to under the US Constitution and any laws and rules that have come to humanity whether from God or man had been violated unimpededly day in Day Out and there is nothing I could do about it , it is ongoing .
Proof? Trust me bro
what an amazingly strong man Tai was. im glad the communist rescued him 👍👍
Uncle Ho
The Abraham Lincoln of Viet Nam
The union forever !
NVA performed no atrocities. They fought for freedom and doing anything to expel invading Western powers is always justified. Glory to all who fight for liberation, and to all who fight against imperialism.
Thank you for always highlighting the atrocities committed by the West.
Commie!
Communists and freedom don’t mix. So does liberation, it’s more “listen to what we say or you’ll disappear”
Yeh right, ask the thousand s slaughtered after they got into power and basically it was a Chinese back government if a proxy war. To the victors is their own story and truth and to the losers well they are the devils always.
Ever heard about Highway 1 in 1972?
What the fuck
Can you make the Southern United States Slave Trade.
Isn't there enough content out there about slavery in America?
@@thehound9638the overflow of a western perspective of it nonetheless. I rarely hear about how Africa played a role in the slave trade as well for capitalism
how about how africans were the ones to enslave there own people and how europeans bought them?
@@Dimitris_Half I'm not American either. Are you saying as someone who lives in a world in which American dominance of the global markets, giving them a monopoly over the entertainment industry which promotes their own history and culture, you still are unaware or without knowledge of the American slave trade? You astonish me!
Next you'll be telling me that you don't know that the word "slave" derives from the word "Slavic" (eastern Europeans) or that the Hindukush remains full of the remains of those slaves who died whilst being transported to Afghanistan and beyond. (The Indian Ocean slave trade being the largest ever. You might also be telling me that you don't know that two thirds of the black slaves that left Africa went to the Ottomans and the Arabs, or that three fifths of those who went across the Atlantic Ocean went to Brazil. Or that all this would still be going on if the British empire hadn't declared slavery to be an international crime and forced through violence other countries to stop using slaves, (although the British also started the industrial revolution and they had machines to sell.) In Sierra Leone they established a city called Freetown where slaves rescued by the Royal Navy were taken and given their liberty and freedom back!
There's more "slave" related history to study than America all the time. I mean for example, the Arabs were raiding as far north as Iceland looking for slaves at one time!
@@Dimitris_Half I'm being serious, there is a culture war going on in the west and it's epicenter is America! The left and the far left in particular overpromote the darker aspects of their history. Slave stories are the norm in American movies, and American slavery is massively over promoted and dare I say massively exaggerated!
I'm in no way against people wanting to talk about such things, but to say that America neglects this part of their history is ludicrous! They have a black history month where slavery is pretty much all they talk about!
Need a video on US war crimes in Vietnam
already one in his channel
Yeah, you dpbt know how they persecuted the Cathics there also.