Tet Offensive

Tet Offensive was a major military operation in January of 1968 by the Viet Cong and the People’s Army of Vietnam. It was a surprise attack during the Tet cease fire agreement, that began during the Tet holiday of the Vietnamese New Year. Prior to the surprise attack the LBJ administration was questioning whether the war of attrition was working. General William C. Westmoreland believed that a critical point in the war of attrition had been reached. But this was due to bad information between…

The Tet Offensive and Nixon’s visit to China were two influential events in the 20th century. The Tet Offensive was the turning point of the Vietnam War. Although a victory for America it resulted in public approval of the war to decline, causing the gradual withdrawal of American troops involved in Vietnam. The withdrawal of troops from Vietnam may have resulted with the victory of North Vietnam. Nixon’s visit to China resulted in China no longer being a closed nation and for the U.S to have a…

January in 1968. They attacked more cities every day. The aim of the Tet Offensive was to force the United States to stop helping South Vietnam as well as to break the stalemate in the war and get South Vietnamese to rise up against the Capitalist regime in Saigon. The Tet Offensive did not work out as planned as the North Vietnamese forces were spread too thin but it did mark a turning point in the War. The coverage of the Tet Offensive in America sparked more and intense protests. In the year…

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…

The Tet Offensive was the most prevalent engagement of numerous military campaigns during the Vietnam War. General Giap’s strategic plan to inflict overwhelming attacks on cities in South Vietnam caught the U.S. as well as the South Vietnamese soldiers off guard. The Battle of Hue was the bloodiest engagement and became the pivotal point of the conflict that eventually caused American’s to lose trust in their leadership. This battle alone cost the lives of many innocent civilians and soldiers,…

What was the Tet Offensive and how did it change the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War, also known as the second Indochina War, was a conflict that was fought during the cold war era from the years of 1959 to 1975. The Vietnam War was fought because North Vietnam was trying to reunite South Vietnam to become one communist state, so Anti-Communist forces intervened to stop the spread of Communism and supported South Vietnam. In the Vietnam War, North Vietnam was supported by the communist forces…

a drastic shift in the public opinion after the Tet Offensive and its negative reporting is viewed as superficial and rejected by many historians such as Hallin, Hammond and Schmitz. Even though the public opinion polls of Lyndon Johnson's have significantly dropped after Tet, the public opinion polls of people who thought that the intervention in Vietnam was a mistake in April 1968 indicated now only 40%, this is only a difference of 4% after Tet, hence very marginal. It is worth noting that…

This showed communist forces psychological and political victory while being a immense military defeat. General Giap used the offensive to gain support of Americans by showing the weaknesses of the South Vietnamese government and its inability to protect its citizens. Instead , the images of the horrible clashes and aftermath of the Tet Offensive dramatically increased anti -war movement in the US. The anti – war movement became influential and powerful as the war continued, as the cost…

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