THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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Demonstrated US having superior forces of Vietcong
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Failures of the Vietcong in North Vietnam
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Showed the Vietcong were not close to defeat and the S Vietnam could be attacked
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US forced the Vietcong to retreat back to North Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ho Chi Minh and leaders in Hanoi planned the Tet Offensive in the hopes of achieving a decisive victory that would end the grinding conflict that frustrated military leaders on both sides. A successful attack on major cities might force the United States to negotiate or perhaps even to withdraw.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tet Offensive changed public perception of the Vietnam War. Although a costly loss for communist forces from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, the series of attacks led South Vietnamese and United States citizens to question the outcome of the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The offensive sowed profound doubts about the war’s course-exposing the truth that, in spite of the presence of some 500, 000 American military personnel in Vietnam, three years of fighting and heavy casualties had yielded nothing more than a protracted, bloody stalemate.