The offensive was intended to spark an insurrection among South Vietnamese civilians and military forces, destroying the US-backed regime in Saigon and isolating the US main military presence concentrated to the north, thus forcing the Johnson administration to seek a negotiated end to the war.
The offensive utterly failed to prompt an uprising, although government supporters were methodically massacred in a telling use of terrorism. With the exception of the battles of Saigon and Hué, US and South Vietnamese forces quickly defeated the attacks and Vietcong units indigenous to South Vietnam were indeed decimated. It was an offensive from January 30th to 23 September 1968. The North Vietnamese government had planed the offensive for two years and the general idea was that the populous of the south would rise up and join the communist forces. The offensive included 3 phases (originally only one) the first phase started on January 30th (by accident a day earlier) in the five provincial capitals in II Corps and Da Nang, in I Corps Area of Operation. The rest of the offense began on January 31st in most major areas in South Vietnam.
It didn't. The First Tet Offensive demoralized the US and played a large part in our decision to pull out of Vietnam. The weird thing about Tet is, the North Vietnamese actually lost on the battlefield.
Tet Offensive
tet offensiveThe 1968 offensive launched by the South Vietnamese was called the Tet offensive. It was called the Tet Offensive because it began in the early morning of 31 January 1968, which is Tết Nguyên Đán, the first day of the year on a traditional lunar calendar and the most significant Vietnamese holiday.
A percentage said My Lai; a percentage said Tet; by far the largest percentage said the DRAFT! Watching My Lai and Tet on television was one thing. Recieving your draft notice in the mail was quite another!
The TET offensive of 1968 is considered by many to have been the beginning of the US's end of involvement in Vietnam.
It didn't. The First Tet Offensive demoralized the US and played a large part in our decision to pull out of Vietnam. The weird thing about Tet is, the North Vietnamese actually lost on the battlefield.
The end of January 1968; beginning of the TET offensive.
That was called the Tet Offensive as it was launched during the Vietnames holy day of Tet.
No , the Tet Offensive was during the Vietnam War .
The TET offensive commenced on 31 Jan 1968.
Tet Offensive
After the Tet Offensive, how did the United States hope to end the Vietnam War?
tet offensiveThe 1968 offensive launched by the South Vietnamese was called the Tet offensive. It was called the Tet Offensive because it began in the early morning of 31 January 1968, which is Tết Nguyên Đán, the first day of the year on a traditional lunar calendar and the most significant Vietnamese holiday.
The government decided to negotiate an end to the war
The government decided to negotiate an end to the war
The Tet Offensive happened in 1968, long after the French withdrew from Indochina. The Tet Offensive was the turning point in the Vietnam War, and was launched against the United States.
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