More About The 1968 Tet Offensive
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For several thousand years, Vietnamese Lunar New Year has been a
traditional celebration that brings the Vietnamese a sense of happiness,
hope and peace. However, in recent years, It also bring back a bitter
memory full of tears. It reminds them the 1968 bloodshed, a bloodiest
military campaign of ....
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.... over the
Chinese aggressors in the 1789 counter-attack - in planning the 1968
operations.
The book quoted King Quang Trung's tactic of surprise. He let the troops
celebrate the 1789 Tet Festival one day ahead so that he could launch the
attacks on the first three days of the lunar new year while the Chinese
troops were still feasting and not ready to organize their defense.
Those who claimed the similarity between the two campaigns certainly did
not know the whole truth, but jumped into ....
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