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Good way to look at it. Everything they took during their offensive, the allies re-captured. Over-all (strategic) they came out on top though...
Unlike previous wars, Vietnam was heavily televised; WORLD WIDE. So the Reds won their Propaganda offensive (a strategic victory). However, they did lose their VC allies, they became nearly a token force after the Tet Offensive. The NVA carried on with the war from '68 onward...the VC still existed, but that was all.
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What was the provincial capital seized by the viet cong in the 1968 tet offensive?
Hue City .
Massive attack by the Viet Cong in 1968?
That was called the Tet Offensive as it was launched during the Vietnames holy day of Tet.
Who absorbed the greatest lost in the tet offensive?
The Viet Cong lost the most during Tet and there were two reasons--1. the Americans inflicted heavy casualties on the attacking forces, and 2. the attacking forces were mostly Viet Cong. Although the NVA (north Vietnamese Army) was heavily involved in Tet, it was their plan to place the Viet Cong at the forefront of the attack so that they would receive the most damage to their military force. The reason they wanted the Viet Cong destroyed was that Ho Chi Minh wanted them reduced to ineffectiveness so they would not be competition for him when he took over South Vietnam.
True or false the tet offensive was a devastating defeat of the north vietnamese forces?
This is false. The Tet offensive resulted in temporary gains for the Viet Cong but ended up with the destruction of the Viet Cong as a fighting force. The real winners were the North Vietnamese, who planned the attacks and carried out some of the more successful operations including the daring takeover of the US Embassy building. After the Tet offensive, the Viet Cong remained active but never fielded large, well led and well equipped forces again. The North Vietnamese took over direct leadership of the fighting forces in the south and 7 years later marched into Saigon.
Why was the tet offensive considered a psychological victory for the viet cong?
It wasn't a "psychological victory for the VC" because they were virtually annihilated during that offensive. It was a "psychological victory" for the NVA since they're the ones that orchestrated that campaign. Why was it considered a psychological victory? Because the offensive itself was spread nearly RVN (Republic of South Vietnam) nation wide and witnessed on global televison & appeared to be a success, at least US General Westmoreland was put to task trying to explain how & why the communist forces were able to conduct such a campaign when he had previously reported to the public that "the US was winning the war." Since pictures were worth a thousand words, the news footage appeared not to show it that way.
What was the massive viet cong attack on over100 places in the south?
The "Tet" offensive.
Who proclaimed the Tet Offensive in January 1968 a major defeat for the Viet Cong?
westmoreland
What was the provincial capital seized by the viet cong in the 1968 tet offensive?
Hue City .
Massive attack by the Viet Cong in 1968?
That was called the Tet Offensive as it was launched during the Vietnames holy day of Tet.
What was the major Viet Cong attack on South Vietnam and American bases?
The TET Offensive of 1968
What was the significances of the tet offensive?
It showed American forces in Vietnam that the Viet Cong were a formidable enemy.
The provincial capital seized by the viet cong in the 1968 tet offensive was what city?
Thành Phố Huế (Vietnamese) Hue city
What is a Tet Offinsive?
The Tet Offensive was a military action taken by the Viet Cong against the United States military in the Vietnam War. It began on the Tet, or the Vietnamese new year. Viet Cong soldiers stormed a very large number of US strongholds, outposts, and guarded locations. Within a week, all of this areas had been retaken by the United States military. The success of the Tet Offensive has been questioned by many historians and military strategists. The Tet offensive was a very important turn of events in the Vietnam war. Although it was considered a military loss for the Viet Cong, it was definitely a political victory. The Viet Cong lost nearly half of their soldiers. This completely crippled their ability to take on the United Sates militarily. However, military force has never been the only weapon in war. This attack convinced the American people that the US was losing. Americans weren't and still aren't used to thinking our military can be defeated. The Tet offensive startled many Americans because it displayed how unprepared we were. Even if the entire Viet Cong army was destroyed, they still would have triumphed from the Tet offensive, because the political impact far outweighed the military impact.
Who absorbed the greatest lost in the tet offensive?
The Viet Cong lost the most during Tet and there were two reasons--1. the Americans inflicted heavy casualties on the attacking forces, and 2. the attacking forces were mostly Viet Cong. Although the NVA (north Vietnamese Army) was heavily involved in Tet, it was their plan to place the Viet Cong at the forefront of the attack so that they would receive the most damage to their military force. The reason they wanted the Viet Cong destroyed was that Ho Chi Minh wanted them reduced to ineffectiveness so they would not be competition for him when he took over South Vietnam.
True or false the tet offensive was a devastating defeat of the north vietnamese forces?
This is false. The Tet offensive resulted in temporary gains for the Viet Cong but ended up with the destruction of the Viet Cong as a fighting force. The real winners were the North Vietnamese, who planned the attacks and carried out some of the more successful operations including the daring takeover of the US Embassy building. After the Tet offensive, the Viet Cong remained active but never fielded large, well led and well equipped forces again. The North Vietnamese took over direct leadership of the fighting forces in the south and 7 years later marched into Saigon.
What major event happened on January 31st?
on 1/31/67 the viet cong launched the Tet Offensive that would turn out to be one of the bloodiest battles of Vietnam
How did the Tet offensive impact American perception of the Vietnam War?
Support for the war in the United States lessened because Americans realized that the Viet Cong were still strong.
