Vietnam War Battle

The Vietnam War today remains one of the most memorable events in history, with long-lasting conflicts. The Vietnam War was a series of fights and battles. These battles are all located mainly in Vietnam or the Southeast part of Asia, some being in the Easternmost part of Asia. Many of these battles had affected the people of Vietnam, as well as the United States. Knowing this, the Vietnam War was a big part of history. Not to mention the big military defeats of some of the battles. The major battles of the Vietnam War were mainly located in Southeast Asia, greatly impacted the United States, and the Tet Offensive being a massive military defeat of the Viet Cong. The battles of Vietnam were mainly located in Vietnam or Southeast Asia. A few of these battles were located somewhere in the Easternmost part of Asia. During the Vietnam War, some of the battles or fightings …show more content…
There is one battle, called the Tet Offensive, which was one the biggest military defeats of the Viet Cong. It was a massive defeat during Tet that proved the major turning point in the United States resolve (Beckett 34). The “Tet” was a holiday in Vietnam called “Lunar New Year”. After a considerable disagreement, the communist leaders decided to launch an all-out offensive attack to occur at the same time as the Tet in 1968. This offensive had started with an attack against the US base in Khe Sanh on January 21, 1968, this led to the communists being defeated in Hue on February 25, 1968. After the communists were defeated, the siege of Khe Sanh was lifted on April 14, 1968 (Beckett 34). After everything had ended with the Tet offensive, the military seen it as a massive defeat while the US seen is as a victory. Some American public opinions that were used to the idea of military “victory” had found is very hard to accept that the Vietnam War was fought to contain communism and not to destroy