Tet Offensive
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The Tet Offensive (Template:Lang-vi), or officially called The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968 (Template:Lang-vi) by North Vietnam and the NLF (National Liberation Front), was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and their allies. It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam.
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See also
- Battle of Quang Tri (1968)
- Battle of Khe Sanh
- Battle of Kham Duc
- United States presidential election, 1968
- Saigon execution
- Nguyễn Văn Lém
- Tet 1969
- Viet Cong and PAVN battle tactics, after Tet
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