Tet Offensive and Psychological Victory A David Hommer Production Key Elements of Thesis Logistical Planning PreAssault Reconnaissance Diversionary Attacks Use Of Mass Media What Was The ID: 269766
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North Vietnamese Strategy During the Tet Offensive and Psychological Victory
A David
Hommer
ProductionSlide2
Key Elements of ThesisLogistical PlanningPre-Assault ReconnaissanceDiversionary AttacksUse Of Mass MediaSlide3
What Was The Tet Offensive?General GiapTet Lunar HolidayCease-Fire traditionSlide4
Tet Offensive CombatantsNorth Vietnamese troops: 80,000 Viet Cong southern insurgents total participation: UnknownAmerican military personnel: 200,000Slide5
Beginning of The Tet OffensiveDiversionary attack Viet Cong disguise
Viet Cong sapper attack on the U.S. Embassy at Saigon
Great Seal at Embassy
Premature Assault Slide6
Logistical PlanningPlanning began months priorHo Chi Minh TrailNorth Vietnamese Minister’s OfferUS bombingSlide7
Pre-Assault ReconnaissanceOrders of General GiapReconnaissance unitsConducted reconnaissance of routes to objectivesAnalysis of enemy positions and strengthSlide8
Diversionary Attacks (Khe Sanh)Major battle of the Vietnam WarWestmoreland, final battle in war20,000 North Vietnamese, 6,000 US MarinesMain store of ammunition destroyedSlide9
Role of American Mass MediaMass media=Unhappy American publicRiots in America, demonstrationsMade it clear Johnson administration was lyingMass media sensationalized the fightingU.S. Secretary Dean Rusk was not pleasedSlide10
Map of AttackSlide11
Effects of the Tet OffensiveEffectively ended American escalation in VietnamDemonstrated the capability of the North Vietnamese Role of mass mediaAmericans began looking for an “exit strategy”Slide12
ConclusionTet Offensive: military defeat, psychological victoryNorth Vietnamese strategyMasterminded by General Vo Nguyen Giap