DID YOU KNOW ?

Between 1955 and 1975, the United States of America managed an armed conflict on the territory of Vietnam, opposing on the one hand the pro-communists gathered around North Vietnam and the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam and other the Anti-Communist Forces of which the USA is a part.

Despite the presence of many men and military resources involved in this conflict (there were 543,482 American soldiers in April 1969) this war, which was supposed to be very short, drags on and the American forces are totally overwhelmed on a terrain they know little about, especially in the many jungles of the country where indigenous opponents mastering the terrain perfectly, the art of camouflage and ambush surface.

In the USA, this war is strongly decried, seen as useless and ridiculous by the counter-culture and particularly by the hippie movement, the latter soaring at this time.

The Doors meanwhile, although displaying no political convictions, set themselves up as the flag bearer of the protest-song by strongly criticizing the conflict in Vietnam in the song "The Unknown Soldier" (Le Soldat Inconnu) released in 1968 .

Thus is taken up the phrase "The War Is Over" by many demonstrators to protest against the involvement of the USA in this conflict. On stage during this piece, Jim Morrison pretends to be shot by the guitarist of the group in the person of Robby Krieger and collapses in a great crash...before resuming "It's all over for the Unknown Soldier (S' it's over for the unknown soldier)." A couplet which testifies to the butchery which then surprises the army on the ground.

There, the soldiers spend the little free time they have listening to many Rock bands calling for peace, such as The Rolling Stones or Jefferson Airplane, so "The End" by the Doors was also one of the no longer listened to by the GIs on the front.