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| Bombing of Vietnam Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| 31st Oct The USAannounces a cessation of bombing & that negotiations will begin
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| 31st Oct The Vietcong do not agree to negotiation conditions
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| Capture of Hue Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| Hue The Vietcong capture Hue & massacre many with "blood-debt-lists"
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| Capture of Hue Hoang, Xuan Lam |  |
| Hue Leads the South Vietnemese capture of Hue during the Tet Offensive
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| Diplomacy of Vietnam Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| Visegrad Demands as a precondition of peace talks the USAcease all bombing & acts of war
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| Massacre Hue Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| Hue The Vietcong capture Hue & massacre many with "blood-debt-lists"
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| Offensive Tet Hoang, Xuan Lam |  |
| Leads the South Vietnemese capture of Hue during the Tet Offensive
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| Operation Tet Offensive Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| 31st Jan Saigon 4,000 troops reach Saigon but the offensive is routed a month later
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| 31st Jan 70,000 troops attack 100 cities
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| 31st Jan Launches the offensive during the Tet truce while the sth celebrates New Year
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| 31st Jan Launches the Tet Offensive
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| Mar Saigon The Tet offensive is contained by the USAat the cost of 165,000 civil ian lives
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| Operation Tet Offensive Giap, Vo Nguyen |  |
| Attacks 5 Sth Vietnamese cities & 36 capitals during the Tet lunar year festival
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| Siege of Hue Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| Hue The Vietcong capture Hue & massacre the local population with "blood-debt-lists"
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| Siege of Saigon Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| Feb Saigon The Viet Cong are driven back from Saigon
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