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
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