The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's...
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Viet Cong (section Tet Offensive)
Tet Offensive, an assault on more than 100 South Vietnamese urban centers in 1968, including an attack on the U.S. embassy in Saigon. The offensive riveted...
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The Tet offensive attack on the United States embassy took place on the early morning of 31 January 1968, when a 19-man Viet Cong (VC) sapper team attempted...
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Tet or tet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tet or TET may refer to: Tết or Tết Nguyên Đán, the Vietnamese new year, Lunar new year Tet Offensive,...
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Vietnam War (section Tet Offensive and its aftermath)
destroy operations in rural areas. In 1968, North Vietnam launched the Tet Offensive, which was a tactical defeat but convinced many in the US that the war...
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events of the Vietnam War, most notably the Viet Cong attack during the Tet Offensive which helped turn American public opinion against the war, and the helicopter...
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1968 in the Vietnam War (section Tet Offensive)
January, the PAVN and VC launched the Tet Offensive. Hanoi erred monumentally in its certainty that the offensive would trigger a supportive uprising of...
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Nang (29 January – 11 February 1968), were a series of attacks in the Tet Offensive launched by the North Vietnamese People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and...
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Lai massacre. In 1968, North Vietnam and the Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive, after which Westmoreland estimated that 200,000 more U.S. troops were...
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early 1968 Tet Offensive. Nevertheless, the US commander during the battle, General William Westmoreland, maintained that the true intention of Tet was to...
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named Nguyễn Văn Lém on February 1, 1968, in Saigon, Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. Nguyễn Văn Lém was a Viet Cong (VC) member. South Vietnamese Vice President...
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Phase Two of the Tet Offensive of 1968 (also known as the May Offensive, Little Tet, and Mini-Tet) was launched by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)...
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This first attempt by North Vietnam to invade the south since the Tet Offensive of 1968, became characterized by conventional infantry–armor assaults...
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Saigon Execution (category Tet Offensive)
photograph by Associated Press photojournalist Eddie Adams, taken during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. It depicts South Vietnamese brigadier general Nguyễn...
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led the attack on Saigon during the Tet Offensive of 1968 and commanded the B2 Front during the Easter Offensive. During a 1974 meeting of North Vietnamese...
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Massacre at Huế (category Tet Offensive)
massacre (Vietnamese: Thảm sát tại Huế Tết Mậu Thân, or Thảm sát Tết Mậu Thân ở Huế, lit. translation: "Tết Offensive massacre in Huế") was the summary executions...
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or shield South Vietnam from the mortal blow" (i.e. from a forthcoming offensive). Moyar believes that this conclusion resulted in part from the Americans'...
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Lyndon B. Johnson (section Tet Offensive)
Vietnamese Army began the Tet Offensive against South Vietnam's five largest cities, including Saigon. While the Tet Offensive failed militarily, it was...
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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (section Tet Offensive)
forces by the end of the year; the bill had been blocked before the Tết Offensive. This increased South Vietnam's military to more than 900,000 men. Mobilization...
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forces in South Vietnam, asked for help because of the all-out Communist Tet Offensive. The 27th Marine Regiment (27th Marines), 5th Marine Division, was airlifted...
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Cao Văn Viên (section Role during Tet Offensive)
Tet Offensive of January 31, 1968. Fearing an attack during Tết (the Vietnamese New Year), Westmoreland had advised Viên to limit the traditional Tết...
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Battle of Huế (category Tet Offensive)
of Huế (31 January 1968 – 2 March 1968), was a major battle in the Tết Offensive launched by North Vietnam and the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War....
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Operation Tiger Hound, the Tet Offensive, Operation Commando Hunt, the Cambodian Campaign, Operation Lam Son 719, and the Easter Offensive. The unit was downsized...
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Vietnamese Army began the Tet offensive against South Vietnam's five largest cities, including Saigon. While the Tet Offensive failed militarily, it was...
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eventually diminished, especially after the Battle of Khe Sanh and the Tet Offensive in 1968. By the time he was reassigned as Army Chief of Staff, United...
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Honor in 2022 for his actions in the Vietnam War in 1968 during the Tet Offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Birdwell was born in Amarillo, Texas...
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other Marines in the Vietnamese cities of Da Nang and Huế during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. The film's title refers to the full metal jacket...
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Hoa.: 241–2 In the early morning of 31 January at the start of the Tet Offensive VC and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces hit the base with mortar...
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the Vietnam War, and were the Viet Cong's base of operations for the Tết Offensive in 1968. Bến Dược Bến Đình The tunnels were used by Viet Cong soldiers...
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Battle of Kham Duc (section The Tet Offensive)
part of Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam), from 10–12 May 1968. During the Tet Offensive of 1968, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 2nd Division tried to capture...
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