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The Tet Offensive was a major assault by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the U. ...
The Tet Offensive was an all out attack by the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the VC during the Tet cease-fire. ... and the NVA to stop all assaults during Tet, the annual Vietnamese festival for celebrating the lunar New Year. ... However, the deviousness and planning involved in the offensive was so great that the overall psychological effect had gained an advantage for
North Vietnam and the VC. ...
Though most of the battles of the Tet Offensive were short, and the cities taken by the NVA and VC were retaken quickly, there was one that dragged on, and used a significant amount of man-power to retake. Hue, Vietnam’s third-largest city, was where
the greatest amount of fighting took place in retaliation to the offensive.
Before Tet, the VC had never planned a major assault. ... After Tet, however, many U. ...
From what he saw, prior to Tet, the South Vietnamese civilians had more contempt towards the U. ... ”
The offensive had shown the world that the North didn’t care too much about preventing civilian casualties. ...
The United States made some changes after the offensive, changes that showed they weren’t willing to take risks that might lead to further fighting. ... Tet saw the birth of a new wave of antiwar feelings. ...
If Tet wasnt a full-scale shock to the American public, it was at the very least, an awakening. ... The JCS then reported to the White House that the extra men were needed to get things back to normal following the battles of the Tet Offensive. ... Vietnamization is usually credited to Nixon but it began in the wake of the Tet Offensive and Johnsons turnabout. ... Americans at home saw the carnage wrought by the offensive. ...
General Westmoreland, supreme commander of US forces, perceived incorrectly that the Tet offensive paralleled the Battle of the Bulge in World War Two where the Germans staged a desperate bid to go for broke before meeting a rapid and inevitable defeat.
Not only were the Americans caught off guard by Khesanh, but also by the rapidity and surprise of the whole offensive itself. ...
Tet was the final nail in the coffin for the administration of Lyndon Johnson. ... But then came Tet - and his ratings plummeted - as if Vietnam were a burning fuse that had suddenly ignited an explosion of dissent. ... More American soldiers would die after Tet than before, and the United States itself would be torn apart by the worst internal upheavals in a century.
Tet, in addition to being a strategic defeat for the Vietcong, was also ample justification for Americas Vietnam intervention on both humanitarian grounds. ... media depicted Tet as a severe defeat for the United States and as the beginning of an endless quagmire for American forces. ... Today, Americans looking back on the events, remark about how they lost faith in the government when Tet 1968 occurred and it appeared the government had been lying to them about progress in the war.
Approximate Word count = 2463
Approximate Pages = 9.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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