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General Westmoreland declared that the Tet offensive was a major defeat for the Vietcong. From a military standpoint, he was right. The Vietcong lost about 32,000 soldiers during attacks. The United States and South Vietnam lost only 3,000 soldiers.
The Tet offensive shattered America's confidence in the war when highly regarded CBS Newsman Walter Cronkite stood on the streets of Hue and said that the war was not win-able.
The Tet offensive lasted for nearly a month, including house-to-house street fighting in Hue for three weeks during February of 1968.
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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.
Why was Tet offensive considered a turning point in the war?
the vietcong and north vietnamese showed that they could still fight
How did the scope of the communist offensive succeed from a military stand point?
There were several Red offensives: Tet, Mini-Tet, Easter, the '75 offensive, to name a few. If you're referring to the Tet offensive, US commanders considered that to be a communist defeat. Which, for one aspect it was, the VC practically ceased to exist after '68.
What was the turning point of the war for the US?
The 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.
What was the turning point battle in the Vietnam War?
tet offensive
What was the turning point for the us of the vietnem war?
The Tet Offensive .
Why was the Tet offensive not considered the turning point of the war?
its cause the press overexaterated the accual outcome of the battle in reality the tet offensive was a military defeat for the North Vietnemese but it did make the American public think the war was unwinable and wanted the soilders back to there home so the real thing that defeated USA in Vietnam was lack of public support .... Contradicting statement there ^ (because the Tet offensive caused the public unrest) The real reason the Tet offensive wasn't considered the turning point of the war was because well.. it wasn't. America had gone about the war in the wrong way, they were fighting a different war: they did not adapt to the guerilla warfare some may argue that it was doomed before they started.
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.
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.
Was the tet offensive was a major attack in the Korean war?
No , the Tet Offensive was during the Vietnam War .
Why was the Vietnam war a turing point in world history?
The "handwriting was on the wall", during the TET offensive of '68.
