Name: Tet Offensive Reshapes the Vietnam War
Duration: 0
Description: North Vietnam's surprise attack on the South during the holiday of Tet altered the entire course of the Vietnam War. Morale among U.S. and South Vietnamese troops was crushed, and Americans back home increasingly wondered why their soldiers were there in the first place.

North Vietnam's surprise attack on the South during the holiday of Tet altered the entire course of the Vietnam War. Morale among U.S. and South Vietnamese troops was crushed, and Americans back home increasingly wondered why their soldiers were there in the first place.

core/paragraph

North Vietnam&#8217;s surprise attack on the South during the holiday of Tet altered the entire course of the Vietnam War. Morale among U.S. and South Vietnamese troops was crushed, and Americans back home increasingly wondered why their soldiers were there in the first place.

Tet Offensive Reshapes the Vietnam War

Tet Offensive Reshapes the Vietnam War | HISTORY

Home

Topics

HISTORY

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c6334c153a51ad9c692d3fe1e19ae0e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g

Christian Zapata

<p>The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.</p>


Sign up for Inside History