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Shootout. Tet offensive.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tet Offensive, 1968--Personal narratives.
- Tet Offensive, 1968.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (50 min.))
- Other Title:
- Tet offensive
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd./A&E Television Networks : distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Nations at war have long honored holidays by pausing their aggression. In 1968 during the celebration of the Lunar New Year, Tet, North Vietnamese forces took advantage of this tradition, ignoring the implied ceasefire and launched a cunning, highly effective offensive in South Vietnam. While a tactical defeat for the Viet Cong, thanks in large part to acts of American heroism like those stirringly depicted here, the Tet Offensive was the turning tide that eventually led to American withdrawal.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast on the History Channel.
- OCLC:
- 677926500
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