1. The Tet Offensive 1968
Army cabled Washington that he expected the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong to undertake an intensified countrywide effort, perhaps a maximum effort over a relatively short period. ... Over 85,000 NLF soldiers simultaneously struck at thirty-six of forty four provincial capitals, five of six major cities, sixty-four district towns, and fifty hamlets across the length and breadth of South Vietnam such as Hue, Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh, Ban Me Thuot, Kontum, Hoi An, Qui Nhon, Pleiku, Tuy Hoa, Phan Thiet and every provincial and district capital in the Mekong Delta The U.S. ... In March 196...
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