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In late January, 1968, during the lunar new year (or âTetâ) holiday, North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam.The U.S. and South Vietnamese militaries sustained heavy losses before finally repelling the communist assault.The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam.he U.S. and South Vietnamese militaries sustained heavy losses before finally repelling the communist assault. The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam.
The fighting that made up the Tet Offensive lasted for several days in some South Vietnamese cities. This map shows the route taken by North Vietnamese troops. During the Buddhist holiday of Tet, over 80,000 Vietcong troops emerged from their tunnels and attacked nearly every major metropolitan center in South Vietnam.Surprise strikes were made at the American base at Danang, and even the seemingly impenetrable American embassy in Saigon was attacked.s late as January 1968, only a few weeks before Tet, only 28 percent of the American public labeled themselves doves.. But by April 1968, six weeks after the Tet Offensive, doves outnumbered hawks 42 to 41 percent.