For those who are watching Ken Burns's new documentary "The Vietnam War" on PBS, here's a blog post by the Mad Monarchist about a pivotal moment in Vietnam in 1945:
http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/2017/ ... m-sky.html
For more about the last imperial dynasty of Vietnam, here's an earlier post about the Nguyen emperors:
http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/2017/ ... etnam.html
There are profiles about each Emperor at the end of the post.
Hope this provides more historical scope to the 1st episode!
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