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Vietnam: Tet offensive
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In 1954, after Vietnamese forces defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam was temporarily divided into two zones: North Vietnam, led by a Communist government, and South Vietnam, headed by anti-Communists. In early 1965, faced with the South’s imminent collapse, U.S. president Lyndon Johnson ordered the intensive bombing of North Vietnam and the dispatch of U.S. combat troops into the South. Sporadic fighting continued for years until both sides in Vietnam had informally observed a truce on the Tet holiday, so over half of the ARVN had gone home on leave.
1967 North Vietnamese diplomats Ho Chi Minh, Vo Nguyen Giap, and other leaders in Hanoi made the crucial decision to launch an all-out military offensive on South V
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