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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.
Because the aim of the Tet offensive was to weaken the resolve of the everyday American. It was meant to bring the war home. General Giap was a very strategic man who realised the only way to win against the overwhelming American firepower was to bring the war home. He wanted to the win the war in the court of public opinion. And that was the real aim of the Tet offensive.