Tet Offensive Effects On America

Over the centuries there have been many wars in which many lives have been lost and a huge impact has been made upon the United States of America. The Vietnam War was a great loss for the United States and many times it is also called The Resistance War against America. This war was fought between North Vietnam which fought alongside the Soviet Union, China and other communist groups and the government of South Vietnam who fought alongside the United States and other anti-communist nations and groups. . The Viet Cong were also known as the national liberation front , the Vietcong fought while supported by the North against anti-communists in the south. These Vietcong were one of the largest groups of impact on America during this war. The U.S.
In January 1968, the Viet Cong broke the truce that they would not declare war on thje Lunar Festival by beginning the largest battle of the war, the Tet Offensive, they wanted the nation to revolt. Hundreds of cities were attacked and over 85,000 units were deployed Even the U.S. embassy was attacked. This offensive became a turning point in America's involvement in the Vietnam War because it had a large impact on how the American public viewed the war. Even though there was a military failure for the north Vietnam it was a political victory and ended the career of president Lyndon B. Johnson, who didn’t want to run for president again due to the public’s opinion of him. Clearly this offensive had a major impact on the result of the war.
The true involvement of China in Vietnam began in 1962 when they had promised to give the Government of Hanoi military rifles and guns. Over Ninety thousand rifles were sent to Hanoi as a gift from China, to make matters worse the Chinese didn’t want any money back for it. . Along with the many dollars spent on smaller guns and weapons, China also gave them anti aircrafts to rejuvenate the cities that were impacted by the chemical bombings. China also put the country in abetter state as they fixed houses and railroads. China also gave financial support to Vietnam in order to purchase weapons from other
Many of them, had knowledge of the U.S. and were supporting the communist forces. They weren’t fighting for the North Vietnamese but were very anti- United States and disliked their policies. One of the US POWs subjected to this treatment died of the torture. US intelligence learned of this event as soon as US POWs returned in Operation Homecoming, spring 1973. American POWs called the term "Cuban Program" to describe a program in which a small group of interrogators brutally beat and tortured 19 Americans. Many of the soldiers were subjected to hours of constant beating, many of the troops remembered that they were kicked in the face hours upon hours until they lost the ability to scream from pain. This cause soldiers to lose all moral to fight in the war an instilled fear in their hearts. The Phoenix Program was an intelligence operation made to gather information and evidence on the Vietcong troops in the surrounding area. The Alcatraz Gang was a group of 11 POW that were locked in small prison cells and subjected to large times of interrogation and torture. The Hue Massacre is the name given to the many executions and mass killings taken out by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army during their capture, occupation and later withdrawal from the city of Hue during the Tet Offensive. Many people were tortured and killed and it also brought