Tet '68; 1972 Easter offensive and 1975 victory offensive, these last two offensives were conventional tank & infantry attacks.
Tet Offensive.
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive happened in 1968, long after the French withdrew from Indochina. The Tet Offensive was the turning point in the Vietnam War, and was launched against the United States.
the vietcong and north vietnamese showed that they could still fight
The Tet Offensive was a major turning point in the Vietnam War, occurring in January 1968 during the Vietnamese lunar New Year (Tet). Leading up to the offensive, North Vietnamese forces and the Viet Cong planned a coordinated series of surprise attacks on South Vietnamese cities and military bases, capitalizing on the perception that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces were complacent and underestimating their capabilities. The U.S. had been reporting progress in the war, fostering a false sense of security. The offensive aimed to incite widespread rebellion in South Vietnam and shift public opinion against the war in the United States.
The Tet Offensive in 1968 demonstrated that the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong were not nearing defeat as the United States government had repeatedly claimed. Though their attempt to conquer the country during the offensive failed, it demonstrated that the United States had not been successful in neutralizing the North Vietnamese war effort and convinced many people in the United States that the war could not be won.
The 1968 Tet Offensive was a significant military campaign during the Vietnam War, launched by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. It involved surprise attacks on key cities and military bases across South Vietnam, challenging the perception that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces were winning the war. Although the offensive was ultimately a military failure for the North Vietnamese in terms of territory gained, it had profound psychological effects, leading to increased anti-war sentiment in the United States and shifting public opinion about the war. The Tet Offensive marked a turning point in U.S. involvement and strategy in Vietnam.
The 1968 Tet Offensive was a military victory for South Vietnam and a psychological victory for North Vietnam. Although the South Vietnamese and U.S. forces were able to repel the offensive and regain control of the areas that were initially attacked, the surprise and scale of the offensive showcased the resilience and determination of the North Vietnamese forces, eroding public support for the war effort in the United States.
Quite apart from throwing suspicion upon the competence of U.S. and South Vietnamese leaders to assess North Vietnamese war-making capacity, the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War had this significant effect: it convinced numerous leaders and observers in the West that the Vietnam War was far from over. With war protests already growing in the United States yet now increasing, the effect of the Tet Offensive, despite that it was a military defeat, amounted to a diplomatic-political "win" for North Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Conflict is another way of saying Vietnamese War.
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After the Tet Offensive, how did the United States hope to end the Vietnam War?