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In 1968, General William Westmoreland had been telling the President that victory in Vietnam was within reach. Just as newspapers were reporting that information to the public, the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong launched their Tet Offensive. (Tet was the Vietnamese New Year) About 70,000 communist troops attacked about 30 South Vietnamese cities and towns. The Americans eventually were able to drive the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops out of those areas and the Offensive was over and a defeat for the North. But, it was a shock to the American public. They had not been led to believe that such an attack was capable on the part of the North or Viet Cong. The number of Americans killed and wounded continued to climb and were reported every evening on the TV news. The cost of the war had risen to about $70 million PER DAY. Yet victory for the US seemed as far away as ever. Public approval of President Johnson's handling of the war dropped from 40 percent to 26 percent. The President appeared visibly shaken. Close aides were so concerned about the President that they consulted psychiatrists.
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What was the turning point battle in the Vietnam War?
tet offensive
Was the tet offensive the last war between the french and vietnamese?
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 Tet Offensive was considered a turning point during which?
The Tet Offensive was a large scale offensive campaign made by the communist Vietcong forces during the Vietnam war. Despite a victory for the United States of America and her allies on the battlefield this did prove to be a turning point in the war.
Was there one decisive battle in the Vietnam War?
Most US personnel would say the"Tet"offensive in 1968 was a turning point.
What was the turning point of the war for the US?
The Tet Offensive .
What was the turning point for the us of the vietnem war?
The Tet Offensive .
Which battle of the Vietnam War marked the turing point of the war the point at which the US began to pull out?
The TET offensive of 1968.
Why was the Vietnam war a turing point in world history?
The "handwriting was on the wall", during the TET offensive of '68.
Was the tet offensive was a major attack in the Korean war?
No , the Tet Offensive was during the Vietnam War .
What did the turning point of Vietnam show?
That the war of "attrition" was not working.
What is the main reason why the TET Offensive was a major turning point?
The Tet offensive by North Vietnam used the VC (Viet Cong) as it's primary offensive weapon by the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and in so doing the VC were never as potent as an opposing field force to Allied combatants ,After Tet the NVA shouldered the burden of conducting offensive operations against the Allies : the Vietnam War became a war conducted/fought by conventional armies in contrast to a guerrilla war .
Why was Tet offensive considered a turning point in the war?
the vietcong and north vietnamese showed that they could still fight
