The Tet Offensive: Crucial Battles of the Vietnam War
BAT T L E P R E V I E W 1954 Vietnam is split in two North Vietnam officially becomes a Communist country 1962 The United States increases the number of military advisers in South Vietnam 1968 Starting on January 30 Communists launch the Tet Offensive against the South Vietnamese government In March the main phase of the offensive is defeated 1975 The North Vietnamese launch new attacks and take control of South Vietnam 4 1959 Communists from North Vietnam begin traveling to South Vietnam to rebel against the South Vietnamese government 1965 US combat troops arrive in South Vietnam 1969 The United States begins to pull out its troops from Vietnam 1973 A cease-fire agreement is established in Vietnam All US troops pull out
China North Vietnam Communist troop movement Major battles Laos Thailand N Cambodia Gulf of Thailand South China Sea South Vietnam TET OFFENSIVE ESTIMATED DEATHS Communist soldiers 40,000 South Vietnamese soldiers 2,000 US soldiers 1,000 South Vietnamese citizens 14,000 5
CHAPTER 1 US EMBASSY ATTACKED In the early hours of January 31 1968 19 men put on black clothing and red armbands They readied their weapons They had AK-47 rifles rocket-propelled grenades and C-4 explosives Some of the men climbed into a truck Others got into a taxicab They drove through Saigon the capital of South Vietnam Rebel fighters stand at attention in a jungle in South Vietnam 7
