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Tet Offensive
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tet, The Tet Offensive, Viet Cong Tet Offensive, 1968
1968 military campaign during the Vietnam War
Key facts
- Date
- Date Phase 1: 30 January – 20 March 1968, (2 months), Phase 2: 5 May – 15 June 1968, (1 month, 1 week and 3 days), Phase 3: 9 August – 23 September 1968, (1 month and 2 weeks)
- Result
- U.S. – South Vietnamese victory North Vietnamese – Viet Cong political and strategic victory Viet Cong suffered significant losses and failed to trigger defections or uprisings (see aftermath for details and long-term consequences)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- offensive
- Part of
- Vietnam War
- Named after
- Tết
- Official name
- Tổng Tiến công và Nổi dậy Tết Mậu Thân 1968
- Country
- Vietnam
- Location
- South Vietnam
- Image
- Tet Offensive map.png
- Participant
- Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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- native label
- Sự kiện Tết Mậu Thân 1968
- short name
- Tet
- Commons category
- Tet Offensive
- start time
- 1968-01-30
- end time
- 1968-09-23
- topic's main category
- Category:Tet Offensive
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Kingdom of Laos Hmong militias
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