Tet Offensive and the Vietnam WarThe article presents a brief historical account of the Vietnam War, focusing on the Tet Offensive campaign.Richardson, JanineMatthews, AndrewCobblestone
The Tet Offensive - The Fighting: On January 21, 1968, an intense barrage of artillery hit Khe Sanh. This presaged asiege and battlethat would last for seventy-seven days and would see 6,000 Marines hold off 20,000 North Vietnamese. Responding to the fighting,General William Westmoreland,...
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong (rebel forces sponsored by North Vietnam) and North Vietnamese forces, on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam. It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War. North Vietnamese ...
Vietnam War - Tet Offensive, Homefront Impact, US Defeat: The Tet Offensive sent shock waves throughout the United States, startling those who had believed the White House's claims that victory was near and convincing those with doubts that the situation
In February 1968, in the wake of the Tet Offensive, the respected TV journalist Walter Cronkite, who had been a moderate and balanced observer of the war's progress, announced that it seemed “more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.” ...
When many Americans hear the word "Tet," they immediately recall learning about the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. But what is Tet all about? Considered the first day of spring and most important of national holidays in Vietnam, Tet is the annual Vietnamese New Year celebration...
President Johnson was told by his Secretary of Defence that in his opinion the US could not win the Vietnam War and recommended a negotiated withdrawal. Later that month, President Johnson told the American people on national television that he was reducing the air-raids on North Vietnam and ...
In 2025,Tet falls onJanuary 29th. It isa Year of the Snake. Snake is the sixth sign in Vietnamese Zodiac. What is Tet in Vietnam? Americans might recall the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. Tet Nguyen Dan, shortened to Tet, is Vietnam's Lunar New Year and is the most ...
The Dynamics Of Defeat: The Vietnam War In Hau Nghia Province The Big-Unit War, 19661967 * Sword and Shield: Pacification Efforts, 19661967 * Battle: The Tet Offensive, 1968 * The Accelerated Pacification Campaign * Battle: The Tet Offensive, 1969 * The Pacification of Hau Nghia Province, ...
In recognition of the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Tet Offensive, publisherABC-CLIOis featuring essays on this watershed event during the Vietnam War in its History and the Headlines website. The Tet overview essay is written by Dr. James Willbanks (see "The Vietnam War in Retrospect," Nov...