History's turning points II
Subtitle: Disc 5 : Napoleon invades Russia ; Crisis in Korea ; Battle for Vietnam
By: a Transatlantic film in co-production with the Learning Channel, Teleac, La Cinquieme, Discovery Europe, SBS, in association with British Pathe Unapix
Contributors: Learning Channel (Firm); Transatlantic Films; Ambrose Video Publishing
Publisher: Ambrose Video
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Campaigns; Korean War, 1950-1953; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; World history
Other titles: Napoleon invades Russia; Crisis in Korea; Battle for Vietnam
Description: Napoleon invades Russia. In 1812 Napoleon, Emperor of France, set out to conquer Russia with a half million men. He captured Russia, but hundreds of thousands of his men died, frozen or starved to death in Russia's open plains.

Crisis in Korea. When communist North Korea invaded the democratic South Korea, General  MacArthur was determined to put an end to the red menace for good. Communist China joined the war when MacArthur ordered his troops north to the Yalu River.  MacArthur threatened to drop the bomb in China but he was fired by President Truman before he could do it.

Battle for Vietnam.  Walter Cronkite and the media question a victory and the war in Vietnam was lost
Notes: Optional English subtitles.

Videodisc release of a program originally broadcast in 1997.

Narrator: Tim Hardy.

DVD.
Table of contents: title: Napoleon invades Russia. Invasion of Smolensk; title: Capture of Moscow; title: Berezina River; title: Battle of Waterloo; title: Crisis in Korea. "Tour of  frontline"; title: Retaking of Seoul; title: Invasion of Pyongyang; title: Firing of MacArthur; title: Battle for Vietnam. Tom Johnson; title: Tet (Chinese Lunar New Year) offensive; title: Walter Cronkite's opinion; title: Richard Nixon.