Tet Offensive
tet offensiveThe 1968 offensive launched by the South Vietnamese was called the Tet offensive. It was called the Tet Offensive because it began in the early morning of 31 January 1968, which is Tết Nguyên Đán, the first day of the year on a traditional lunar calendar and the most significant Vietnamese holiday.
A percentage said My Lai; a percentage said Tet; by far the largest percentage said the DRAFT! Watching My Lai and Tet on television was one thing. Recieving your draft notice in the mail was quite another!
The TET offensive of 1968 is considered by many to have been the beginning of the US's end of involvement in Vietnam.
Most historians agree it was the TET offensive of 1968. When TV anchorman Walter Cronkite made his statement concerning that battle on nation wide TV, President Johnson made the comment, "...if I've lost Cronkite, I've lost the war..."
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The end of January 1968; beginning of the TET offensive.
That was called the Tet Offensive as it was launched during the Vietnames holy day of Tet.
No , the Tet Offensive was during the Vietnam War .
The TET offensive commenced on 31 Jan 1968.
Tet Offensive
After the Tet Offensive, how did the United States hope to end the Vietnam War?
The government decided to negotiate an end to the war
The government decided to negotiate an end to the war
tet offensiveThe 1968 offensive launched by the South Vietnamese was called the Tet offensive. It was called the Tet Offensive because it began in the early morning of 31 January 1968, which is Tết Nguyên Đán, the first day of the year on a traditional lunar calendar and the most significant Vietnamese holiday.
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.
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