OBJECTIVES LOCATE VIETNAM ON A MAP LOCATE THE CAPITALS OF NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM LOCATE THE HO CHI MINH TRIAL DEFINE THE TET OFFENSIVE COMPARE/CONTRAST THE U.S. SOLDIER AND THE VIET CONG
OBJECTIVES LOCATE VIETNAM ON A MAP LOCATE THE CAPITALS OF NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM LOCATE THE HO CHI MINH TRIAL DEFINE THE TET OFFENSIVE COMPARE/CONTRAST.
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OBJECTIVESLOCATE VIETNAM ON A MAP
LOCATE THE CAPITALS OF NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM
LOCATE THE HO CHI MINH TRIAL
DEFINE THE TET OFFENSIVE
COMPARE/CONTRAST THE U.S. SOLDIER AND THE VIET CONG
Vietnam:
The TET Offensive
Michael Daye
Map of VietnamHanoi
Khe-Sanh
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Saigon
Major cities & installations hit during Tet
What was the TET Offensive?
Tet is the lunar New Year and is the most important holiday for the people of Vietnam.
On January 30, 1968 Tet had begun.
Troops form North and South Vietnam had both laid down their arms in honor of Tet.
The North Vietnamese had other ideas……..
TET BEGINS In 1968 General Giap launched a
major surprise offensive against American and South Vietnamese forces on the eve of the lunar New Year celebrations. Province capitals throughout the country were seized. In Saigon the U.S. Embassy was invaded.
TET HAD OFFICIALLY BEGUN
KHE-SANH, THE HORIZON IS N.VIETNAM. NO INCOMING… YET
The gamble GENERAL GIAP WAS PREPARED
TO TAKE A GAMBLE. HIS DIVISIONS HAD BEEN BATTERED WHENEVER THEY MET AMERICAN FORCES IN CONVENTIONAL COMBAT. GIAP KNEW AS LONG AS THE WAR STAYED CONVENTIONAL HE HAD A SHOT OF UNIFYING VIETNAM INTO COMMUNIST COUNTRY.
U.S. FORCES TAKE THE OFFENSIVE
Khe-sahn would distract the attention of U.S. commanders while the NVA/VC was preparing D-day in the S. Vietnamese cities.
VIET CONG ROCKET ATTACK
THEIR WAS NO BATTLE FRONT
Fighting the Viet Cong was frustrating, for there wasn’t any battle line to speak of .
Viet Cong were hardly ever seen and fought only when the odds were in their favor.
KHE-SANH GETS ATTACKED BY RARE DAY
LIGHT ROCKET FIRE.
American vs. Viet-Cong
The Huey: A Soldier’s Friend
American Soldiers were unaccustomed
to fighting guerilla war
Vietcong (Charlie) were
experts at implementing “hit and run”
tactics
Most attacks were conducted
at night
HEADING HOME….FOR GOOD!
TET was an American victory
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