More About The 1968 Tet Offensive For several thousand years‚ Vietnamese Lunar New Year has been a traditional celebration that brings the Vietnamese a sense of happiness‚ hope and peace. However‚ in recent years‚ It also bring back a bitter memory full of tears. It reminds them the 1968 bloodshed‚ a bloodiest military campaign of the Vietnam War the North Communists launched against the South. The "general offensive and general uprising" of the north marked the sharp turn of the Vietnam
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The Tet Offensive was unquestionably the biggest occurrence of the Vietnam War. While the military success of the Viet Cong in mounting a sustained revolt in cities across South Vietnam was virtually non-existent‚ the psychological impact it had on the American public was quite simply phenomenal. This effect was partially due to the reporting of the war by the media. To completely understand the impacts of Tet‚ we must first understand the goals of Tet. The execution of Tet was a failure on the
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Vietnam War: An Historical Perspective 14 March 2012 Vietnam War Journal 2 Vietnam Conflict within the Johnson Administration and the Tet Offensive Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)‚ as he took over the presidency after the death of Kennedy‚ initially did not consider Vietnam a priority and was more concerned with his "Great Society" The Johnson administration employed a "policy of minimum candor” in its dealings with the media. Military information officers sought to manage media coverage by emphasizing
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siveThe Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30‚ 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam‚ the United States‚ and their allies. It was a campaign of surprise attacks that were launched against military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam‚ during a period when no attacks were supposed to take place.[9] The operations are referred to as the Tet Offensive because there was a prior agreement
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in‚ up until the Afghan War. Like most wars there is many events that occur during them and for the Vietnam one event that stood out was the Tet Offensive. The Tet Offensive was an attempt for Vietnamese communist to gain back control and cause a wedge between the U.S. and the South Vietnamese. To develop a better perspective of the Tet Offensive‚ it would help to Know the Vietnamese communist perspective‚ What the Americans were being told‚ an individual who experienced it and how it still affects
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The Tet Offensive is an important event in American history because it was a battle that marked a climacteric turning point in American participation in the Vietnam War. It was a series of attacks against South Vietnam. The Tet Offensive took place in the city of Hue back in 1968. Throughout this difficult time period‚ many people were killed‚ wounded or missing in action. This battle had caused a tremendous change in the lives of Americans‚ North and South Vietnamese citizens. Tet is a holiday
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The Tet Offensive was one of the first real turning points in the war. It was North Vietnam’s most impactful and long lasting attacks. The north planned to invaded and attacked many large cities all over South Vietnam (Vietnam War‚ 615). The goal of the Tet Offensive was to cause a revolt and the direction of the South Vietnamese government. The Tet Offensive also aimed to force the U.S. out of Vietnam (Vietnam War‚ 615). Unlike other southern cities in the South Vietnamese capital‚ Saigon‚ the fighting
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The Tet Offensive a surprise attack and military movement of the Viet Cong also referred to as the Nation Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam and the North Vietnamese army on the United States and its Allies. The attack was to set of and encourage a revolution in the southern vietnamese people‚ it targeted the military command centers and major cities in Southern Vietnam. The idea of the attack was to finish the war and destroy the government of Vietnam all in one quick and subtle movement
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popular uprising against the GVN and to show the American public that the very notion of security was null and void. While the attack itself did not surprise the principals‚ its timing during the Tet holiday truce phasedown did. According to Robert J. McMahon‚ the weeks preceding and the months following the initial Tet fighting constituted the pivotal period when the escalation of the American ground war ended and the active search for an American exit from the war began. In terms of both conventional
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The Tet offensive began January 30 1968. The battle was one of many during the Vietnam War. There were many countries involved in the war; one side was Viet cong and North Vietnamese against the South Vietnamese and the United States with their allies. The battle got its name from the Vietnamese New Year‚ called Tet; it was when the first major attack took place. There were many minor attacks throughout the battle. Most of the attacks caused the U.S. along with their allies to lose power over states
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