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How was the Tet Offensive both a victory and a defeat for the US?
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∙ 11y ago
The Tet offensive was military a massive failure by the Vietcong in which they achieved no strategic success and lost a large number of fighters. However, it was terrible for the american army morale, who had been frequently told that they were winning and the North Vietnamese were on the brink of collapse, which was clearly not the case based on the size and penetration of the Tet Offensive showed this was untrue, and it also showed that many South Vietnamese were supporting the Vietcong and not the Americans, which again damaged morale. The same sort of thing happened to the US public, which made the Vietnam War slowly become a huge public discussion, and a political liability to the government which supported the war that the American public collectively believed could not be won.
For a military historian the Tet Offensive was an American victory, for the wider historian it was the beginning of the end of America's admitting defeat in Vietnam.
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∙ 14y agoIt was a US Military victory because they won the battle of Khe Sahn, but the North Vietnam had a public victory also because the US lost publicly in American.
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Was the Tet Offensive positive or negative?
Millitary Success, but an overall morale defeat.
Who proclaimed the Tet Offensive in January 1968 a major defeat for the Viet Cong?
westmoreland
How was tet offensive both a victory and a defeat for the US?
The Tet offensive was military a massive failure by the Vietcong in which they achieved no strategic success and lost a large number of fighters. However, it was terrible for the american army morale, who had been frequently told that they were winning and the North Vietnamese were on the brink of collapse, which was clearly not the case based on the size and penetration of the Tet Offensive showed this was untrue, and it also showed that many South Vietnamese were supporting the Vietcong and not the Americans, which again damaged morale. The same sort of thing happened to the US public, which made the Vietnam War slowly become a huge public discussion, and a political liability to the government which supported the war that the American public collectively believed could not be won. For a military historian the Tet Offensive was an American victory, for the wider historian it was the beginning of the end of America's admitting defeat in Vietnam.
How was the Tet offensive both a victory and defeat for the us?
The Tet offensive was military a massive failure by the Vietcong in which they achieved no strategic success and lost a large number of fighters. However, it was terrible for the american army morale, who had been frequently told that they were winning and the North Vietnamese were on the brink of collapse, which was clearly not the case based on the size and penetration of the Tet Offensive showed this was untrue, and it also showed that many South Vietnamese were supporting the Vietcong and not the Americans, which again damaged morale. The same sort of thing happened to the US public, which made the Vietnam War slowly become a huge public discussion, and a political liability to the government which supported the war that the American public collectively believed could not be won. For a military historian the Tet Offensive was an American victory, for the wider historian it was the beginning of the end of America's admitting defeat in Vietnam.
Was the tet offensive a political defeat for the US?
It led to Johnson's decision to not run for another term.
Vietnamese war offensive?
Tet '68; 1972 Easter offensive and 1975 victory offensive, these last two offensives were conventional tank & infantry attacks.
How did the scope of the communist offensive succeed from a military stand point?
There were several Red offensives: Tet, Mini-Tet, Easter, the '75 offensive, to name a few. If you're referring to the Tet offensive, US commanders considered that to be a communist defeat. Which, for one aspect it was, the VC practically ceased to exist after '68.
What 1968 action was a military victory for south vietnamese and psychological victory for the north?
The 1968 Tet Offensive was a military victory for South Vietnam and a psychological victory for North Vietnam. Although the South Vietnamese and U.S. forces were able to repel the offensive and regain control of the areas that were initially attacked, the surprise and scale of the offensive showcased the resilience and determination of the North Vietnamese forces, eroding public support for the war effort in the United States.
The Tet Offensive was considered a turning point during which?
The Tet Offensive was a large scale offensive campaign made by the communist Vietcong forces during the Vietnam war. Despite a victory for the United States of America and her allies on the battlefield this did prove to be a turning point in the war.
Massive attack by the Viet Cong in 1968?
That was called the Tet Offensive as it was launched during the Vietnames holy day of Tet.
Why could America never defeat Vietcong?
They were defeated during the Tet offensive. They still existed after Tet, but weren't nearly as strong as they once were. The NVA took over the fight from Tet onward (and they probably planned it that way). The NVA were regular soldiers.
Was the tet offensive was a major attack in the Korean war?
No , the Tet Offensive was during the Vietnam War .
