HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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My Lai Massacre
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Tet Offensive
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Cambodia
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Vietnamization
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term “Tet offensive” usually refers to the January–February 1968 offensive, but it can also include the so-called “Mini-Tet” offensive that took place in May and the Phase III offensive in August, or the 21 weeks of unusually intense combat which followed the initial attacks in January.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tet Offensive was a catastrophic military failure for the communists. Historians estimate as many as 50, 000 communist troops died in the effort to gain control of the southern part of the country. The South Vietnamese and American losses totaled a fraction of that number.
Detailed explanation-3: -In late January 1968, during the Vietnamese lunar new year (Tet) holiday, the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong guerilla fighters launched a massive coordinated offensive against U.S. and allied forces across South Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Tet Offensive ended in early April 1968 as a military defeat for the communists. The enemy failed to keep any captured territory, the Viet Cong’s southern infrastructure was decimated, the South Vietnamese refused to embrace the north’s ideals, and thousands of enemy fighters died.