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Southeast Asia
53 years ago, a vicious, unexpected attack showed Americans what kind of war they were really fighting in Vietnam
2021-01-26
[Bus Insider] Shortly after midnight on January 30, 1968, cities in South Vietnam came under simultaneous attack by North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers and Viet Cong (VC) guerrillas.

Many of the attacks were beaten back relatively quickly, some within hours, but the following days revealed that the fighting was not isolated.

Over 100 locations, including 36 of South Vietnam's 44 provincial capitals, six of its largest cities, and dozens of towns, hamlets, and South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) and US bases faced a massive and well-coordinated attack.

The NVA and VC had launched their Tet Offensive, a brutal assault by some 84,000 soldiers and guerrillas across South Vietnam. They were told to "crack the sky" and "shake the earth" and that the offensive would be "the greatest battle ever fought in the history of our country."

What ensued would change the course of the Vietnam War.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  the latter a major defeat

Wally Cronkite said so!
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2021-01-26 17:32  

#2  China was the elephant in the war room then just as China is the elephant sharing the Oval Office today.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-01-26 13:37  

#1  Look at the losses in the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 44 - Jan 45. Then look at the losses in Tet. The former was declared a major victory, the latter a major defeat. The beginning of the Lame Stream Media's assault upon America and factual reporting.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-01-26 12:39  

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