Tet Offensive
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The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and its Viet Cong (VC) launched a surprise attack on 30 and 31 January 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and their allies. It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam. The name is the truncated version of the Lunar New Year festival name in Vietnamese, Tết Nguyên Đán, a holiday period was chosen as most ARVN personnel were on leave. The purpose of the wide-scale offensive by the Hanoi Politburo was to trigger political instability in a belief that mass armed assault on urban centers would trigger defections and rebellions.
1968
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Tet; The Tet Offensive; Viet Cong Tet Offensive, 1968
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Location: 11, 107, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Destroyed buildings in Cholon after the Tet Offensive
NLF Main Force troops
US military personnel walk through Cholon after the Tet Offensive
Brigadier general Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Police Director General, before he was wounded in trying to assault a VC position near the radio station
Captain Franklin P. Eller during Tet Offensive Vietnam
Gate of RVNN Headquarters after Tet Offensive attack
VC killed in attack on RVNN headquarters
View of destroyed buildings in Cholon after the Tet Offensive
Burnt out building in Cholon after the Tet Offensive
A barbed wire barricade on the side of a street in Cholon after the Tet Offensive| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1861 | Capture of Bien Hoa | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1965 | Battle of Gang Toi | United States, Australia, New Zealand, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Tet Offensive | United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, North Vietnam, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam, William Westmoreland, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Hoang Van Thai, military campaign, offensive, Cao Van Vien, Trần Văn Trà | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Tet Offensive attacks on Bien Hoa and Long Binh | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Battle of Coral–Balmoral | United States, Australia, New Zealand, North Vietnam, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1971 | Battle of Long Khanh | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1975 | Battle of Xuan Loc | battle | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Destroyed buildings in Cholon after the Tet Offensive | Commons | ||
| commons | image | NLF Main Force troops | Commons | ||
| commons | image | US military personnel walk through Cholon after the Tet Offensive | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Brigadier general Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Police Director General, before he was wounded in trying to assault a VC position near the radio station | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Captain Franklin P. Eller during Tet Offensive Vietnam | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Gate of RVNN Headquarters after Tet Offensive attack | Commons | ||
| commons | image | VC killed in attack on RVNN headquarters | Commons | ||
| commons | image | View of destroyed buildings in Cholon after the Tet Offensive | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Burnt out building in Cholon after the Tet Offensive | Commons | ||
| commons | image | A barbed wire barricade on the side of a street in Cholon after the Tet Offensive | Commons | ||
