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Suprise Attack Tet Offensive Research Paper
Imperialism
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Surprise Attack Shortly after midnight on January 31, 1968, 19 members of the South Vietnamese National Liberation Front ( NLF )better known to the universe as Vietcong ( VC )in secret assembled in a garage about five blocks off from the American Embassy in Saigon. They sat huddled together in silence, cleansing and oiling their…
The Tet Offensive
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The Tet Offensive was a major assault by the North Vietnamese and Viet Congagainst South Vietnam and the U.S. forces situated there. It was not only a psychologicaladvance for the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong, but also gave the United States anotion that the war wasn’t going to be an easy win, and the…
| description | The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. |
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| information | Dates: Nov 1, 1955 – Apr 30, 1975 Location: South Vietnam Combatants: Cambodia, North Vietnam, South Vietnam Included in event: Indochina Wars Anniversary: In 2012, President Barack Obama signed a presidential proclamation, designating March 29 as the annual observance of Vietnam War Veterans Day. … The signing of the proclamation marked the 50th anniversary of the departure of the last American troops from Vietnam — March 29, 1973. Tanks: In the years following the Second World War, the U.S. military was left with three main tanks: the M26 heavy tank, M4 Sherman medium tank, and M24 light tank. Vietnam War battles: Tet Offensive, Battle of Ia Drang, Battle of Khe Sanh, Easter Offensive, |
