Effects Of The Tet Offensive

The Tet Offensive go its name from the most important holiday and celebration of the lunar new year, Tet. North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces initiated a synchronized attack against numerous targets in South Vietnam on January 30th, 1968 as one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. At the end of these attacks, the US and South Vietnam suffered heavy loss and it also failed the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces by not inspiring widespread rebellion among the South Vietnamese citizens. During the 1968 election, the Johnson administration claimed that the Vietnam War was nearing its end, however, the Tet Offensive showed the American people that the war would be a long struggle. Johnson was the front-runner for