General Offensive and Uprising

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General Offensive and Uprising is the Vietnamese codename for the 1968 Tet Offensive, a major coordinated series of attacks by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces during the Vietnam War.

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General Offensive and Uprising canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf codename ⓘ
event in the Vietnam War ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tet Offensive ⓘ
characterizedAs coordinated series of attacks ⓘ
surprise attack ⓘ
conflictBetween North Vietnam ⓘ
South Vietnam ⓘ
coordinatedBy Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN) ⓘ
North Vietnamese leadership ⓘ
endDate 1968-09-23 ⓘ
followedBy Mini-Tet offensives of 1968 ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese casualties ⓘ
significant U.S. and ARVN casualties ⓘ
significant civilian casualties ⓘ
hasCodenameLanguage Vietnamese ⓘ
impact damaged credibility of U.S. government statements about progress ⓘ
eroded U.S. public support for the war ⓘ
turning point in the Vietnam War ⓘ
influenced U.S. domestic politics in 1968 ⓘ
decision of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson not to seek reelection ⓘ
involvesForce Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
Viet Cong ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international television coverage ⓘ
namedAfter Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) ⓘ
linked to: Tet holiday
notableBattle Battle of Huế ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hue

Battle of Khe Sanh ⓘ
notableIncident attack on U.S. Embassy in Saigon ⓘ
numberOfAttacks over 100 towns and cities attacked ⓘ
opposedBy General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ⓘ
linked to: Nguyen Van Thieu

General William C. Westmoreland ⓘ
partOf Vietnam War ⓘ
plannedDuring 1967 ⓘ
precededBy 1967 border battles in South Vietnam ⓘ
result strategic and psychological victory for North Vietnam ⓘ
tactical defeat for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces ⓘ
startDate 1968-01-30 ⓘ
strategicObjective break U.S. will to continue the war ⓘ
spark general uprising in South Vietnam ⓘ
undermine South Vietnamese government ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Central Highlands ⓘ
Huế ⓘ
Khe Sanh area ⓘ
linked to: Khe Sanh

Mekong Delta ⓘ
Saigon ⓘ
South Vietnam ⓘ
usedTactic attacks on U.S. and ARVN bases ⓘ
coordinated attacks on provincial capitals ⓘ
urban assaults ⓘ

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Tet Offensive → codename → General Offensive and Uprising ⓘ