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The Tet Offensive
30 Jan 1968 — The NLF attacks 100 cities at once — the Saigon embassy compound, and Hue, held for 26 brutal days. A military defeat for Hanoi; on American television, the end of “light at the end of the tunnel.”
This is one scene of Chapter 7 — Vietnam in The Cold War, 1945–1991.
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