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Tet Offensive

The Tet Offensive was both a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (VC) launched a surprise attack on 30 and 31 January 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and…

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Date
U.S. – South Vietnamese victory · Phase 1: 30 January – 20 March 1968 (2 months) Phase 2: 5 May – 15 June 1968 (1 month, 1 week and 3 days) Phase 3: 9 August – 23 September 1968 (1 month and 2 weeks)
Result
U.S. – South Vietnamese victory

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North Vietnam

U.S. unpreparedness

Offensive

Aftermath

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Tet Offensive

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related to Suspicions and diversions · 36
Tet Offensive → According, American, Ardennes, ARVN Colonel Hoang Ngoc, By, By November, Current Readings, December, Despite, During, Ho Chi Minh, If, In, It, Laos, Lieutenant Colonel Dave, Lung, MACV, Military History, North Vietnamese
related to Party politics · 32
Tet Offensive → According, American, Americans, Central Office, China, Chinese, Communist Party First Secretary, COSVN, Defense Võ Nguyên Giáp, From, General Nguyễn Chí Thanh, Hanoi, Heading, In, Lê, Lê Duẩn, Mao Zedong, Minister, North Vietnam, North Vietnamese Government
related to United States · 23
Tet Offensive → American, At, CBS Evening News, CBS TV, Even, In, Johnson, March, Most Americans, North Vietnam, North Vietnamese, PAVN/VC, Pentagon, President, Special Report, Tet, The, The Tet Offensive, This, United States
related to South Vietnam political context · 21
Tet Offensive → After, Communist Party, Despite, Head, Honolulu, In, Kỳ, Lê Duẩn, North Vietnam, Politburo, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao, Prior, Protests, Rivalries, South Vietnam, South Vietnamese, State Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, The, The Politburo, Thiệu
related to Aftermath · 20
Tet Offensive → According, April, ARVN, August, Except, February, For, Huế, January, Max Hastings, May, Mini-Tet, PAVN, PAVN/VC, Saigon, The, The South Vietnamese, US, VC, Westmoreland
related to External links · 7
Tet Offensive → Archive Documentary, Dramatic Combat Footage, Feb, Vietnam War Combat Footage, Vietnam War Turning Point, YouTube Westmoreland, YouTubeAfter Tet
Date · 2
Tet Offensive → Phase 1: 30 January – 20 March 1968 (2 months) Phase 2: 5 May – 15 June 1968 (1 month, 1 week and 3 days) Phase 3: 9 August – 23 September 1968 (1 month and 2 weeks), U.S. – South Vietnamese victory
Location · 1
Tet Offensive → South Vietnam.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-p…
Result · 1
Tet Offensive → U.S. – South Vietnamese victory

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pavn south offensive vietnamese forces vietnam war vc military would north 000 arvn tet american killed westmoreland troops saigon general

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Tet OffensiveDateU.S. – South Vietnamese victory1.00infobox
Tet OffensiveDatePhase 1: 30 January – 20 March 1968 (2 months) Phase 2: 5 May – 15 June 1968 (1 month, 1 week and 3 days) Phase 3: 9 August – 23 September 1968 (1 month and 2 weeks)1.00infobox
Tet OffensiveLocationSouth Vietnam.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-p…1.00infobox
Tet OffensiveResultU.S. – South Vietnamese victory1.00infobox
Tet Offensiverelated to AftermathExcept0.60section
Tet Offensiverelated to AftermathHuế0.60section
Tet Offensiverelated to AftermathSaigon0.60section
Tet Offensiverelated to AftermathFebruary0.60section
Tet Offensiverelated to AftermathThe0.60section
Tet Offensiverelated to AftermathJanuary0.60section
Tet Offensiverelated to AftermathApril0.60section
Tet Offensiverelated to AftermathPAVN/VC0.60section

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