How Did The Tet Offensive Affect Vietnam

The Vietnam War was a war between South Vietnam, supported by the United States, and North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union, that lasted for eleven years from 1964 to 1975. Before Vietnam was separated into separated two countries in 1954, Vietnam was a colony under the control of the French. Vietnam was controlled respectively by the Chinese, French, Japanese, the French again, and, finally, Ho Chi Minh. Minh was a communist, who led a group of Vietnamese patriots, named Vietminh, and he was able to overthrow the control of the French with the help of the United States. During a war to get rid of the French, who were still in Vietnam, the United States helped the French instead of the Vietminh, since they were communists, eventually …show more content…
The Tet Offensive was a lunar New Year’s celebration that lasted for three days and occurred on January 30, 1968. On this day, the North Vietnamese army attacked South Vietnam, taking many South Vietnamese people by surprise. People, who were believed to be loyal to the South Vietnamese government, were executed. The Tet Offensive was military defeat for North Vietnam; nevertheless, it was a victory for South Vietnam and the United States. Also, the Tet Offensive led to the beginning of negotiating a peace settlement in Paris in May of 1968 between the United States, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Viet …show more content…
Nixon was inaugurated, and a policy called Vietnamization was introduced. Vietnamization was when the United States began to slowly withdraw their troops from Vietnam and the South Vietnamese army began to take over the numerous war attempts. On January 27, 1973, an agreement was finally reached when the United States would stop participating and helping in the Vietnam War. Then North Vietnam captured South Vietnam’s capital, Saigon, in April of 1975, and South Vietnam became a communist country, ending the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War had many impacts for North and South Vietnam, as well as the United States. The war damaged North and South Vietnam’s plant and animal life and crop lands, changing the landscape. The Vietnam War also represented the first foreign conflict where the United State’s military failed to accomplish its goals and was the first televised