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Offensive
History of Vietnam
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| | 1968 | Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 31st Jan Saigon 4,000 troops reach Saigon but the offensive is routed a month later |
| 31st Jan 70,000 troops attack 100 cities |
| 31st Jan Launches the offensive during the Tet truce while the sth celebrates New Year |
| 31st Jan Launches the Tet Offensive |
| Mar Saigon The Tet offensive is contained by the USAat the cost of 165,000 civilian lives |
| 1968 | Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| Attacks 5 Sth Vietnamese cities & 36 capitals during the Tet lunar year festival |
| 1968 | Hoang, Xuan Lam | |
| Leads the South Vietnemese capture of Hue during the Tet Offensive |
| 1972 | Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| Giap leads the Nguyen Hue Campaign, intended as the decisive invasion of the war |
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