On this day, 30 January 1968, the North Vietnamese military and the National Liberation Front in the South launched the Tet offensive – a major operation against US and ARVN (pro-US South Vietnamese) forces to coincide with Vietnamese New Year.
While the offensive was a tactical failure and they suffered massive casualties, it did show the public in the US that military propaganda that the war was nearly over and that the Vietcong had almost been defeated was a lie.
And this helped swing public sentiment, including amongst US troops, against their involvement in the region.
This is our podcast episode about the anti-war movement amongst US service personnel: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1337832243068589/?type=3