What really was the true significance of the Tet Offensive for the Vietnam War?
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:14:10
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 4 pages (1021 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 4 pages (1021 words)
The Tet Offensive was a major turning point for the Vietnam War, and thus it held a great importance for both the Americans and the Vietnamese. On Jan 31, 1968, the most important holiday to the Vietnamese, also known as Tet, which is the Vietnam New Year, the North Vietnamese Army launched a surprise attack on the South Vietnamese and the American forces. It was an attack on more than 35 major towns and cities in the South, …
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