The ten-part series tells the full story of the controversial conflict. From the deep roots in colonialism and the dismantling of French Indochina during the first Vietnam War, over the second Vietnam War with the Americans, to the consequences today. Several witnesses from all parties involved have their say. Former soldiers, relatives of victims, journalists and civilians, from America as well as from South and North Vietnam. The focus is more on ordinary people who have experienced the war up close, than on experts and historians.