The Vietnam War technically ended 50 years ago when the communist North Vietnamese captured Saigon in the U.S.-supported South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. But the war didn’t feel like it was over for American and Vietnamese people on the ground.

Wednesday marks 50 years since the “fall of Saigon” and the end of the Vietnam War. Turning Point: The Vietnam War, which premieres on this anniversary, is a new five-part Netflix documentary series that somewhat unevenly shows how the United States inserted itself into the internal affairs of Vietnam for decades.