THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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It motivated President John Kennedy to send U.S. military advisers to Vietnam to prop up the Diem regime.
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It fueled a credibility gap between what President Lyndon Johnson said about the Vietnam War and what Americanssaw on television.
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It triggered President Richard Nixon’s decision to order the secret bombing of Viet Cong bases and supply routes inLaos and Cambodia
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It convinced President Gerald Ford not to interfere when the North Vietnamese Army surrounded the city of Saigon.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The offensive frayed the relationship between the South Vietnamese and the United States. The consequences of the Tet Offensive extended to the United States. Many Americans began to question military and political leaders who assured them the Vietnam War would be won soon.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. and South Vietnamese militaries sustained heavy losses before finally repelling the communist assault. The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did the Tet Offensive contribute to the credibility gap during the Vietnam War? Although North Vietnam was technically the loser in the TET Offensive, in its aftermath American citizens realized that North Vietnam would not be as easy to defeat as government and military leaders had claimed.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Tet Offensive, a surprise attack launched by North Vietnam in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 31, 1968, was a major turning point in the war. It shocked the American public into reality about the escalating conflict and led to President Johnson’s decision not to seek re-election.