Vietnam鈥檚 Tet Offensive: 50 Years Later
The year 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, one of the largest military campaigns and a turning point of the Vietnam War.
In late January 1968, during the lunar new year (or 鈥淭et鈥�) holiday, North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against targets in South Vietnam. The U.S. and South Vietnamese militaries sustained heavy losses before finally repelling the communist assault. The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam.
Young widow with photo of her missing husband, at mass funeral service for Tet victims in Hue.
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Saigon, Vietnam....Rubble and the remains of barbed wire line the streets of Cholon, a suburb of Saigon that was burned by South Vietnamese army troops in an effort to flush out any Viet Cong that remained after the Tet offensive in late January.
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Youthful hard-core Viet Cong, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on the capital city during the festive听Tet听holiday period.
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The old and the young flee Tet offensive fighting in Hue, managing to reach the south shore of the Perfume River despite this blown bridge.
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U.S. Psych Ops Poster for Tet (lunar New Year) holiday to promote U.S.-South Vietnamese Relations.
This chart plots casualties for U.S., GVN (Government of South Vietnam), VC ("Viet-Cong"), and NVA (North Vietnamese Army) forces in 1968, during the Tet Offensive.
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听January 30, 1968, a team of Vietcong blew a hole in the wall of the U.S. Embassy compound in Saigon. Part of the larger Tet Offensive, this battle lasted longer than six hours and ended with all 19 intruders killed or wounded. The attack shook American confidence in war. This map shows new defense plans for the Embassy after the attack.
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