The Tet Offensive Vietnam was not only a war to the American people it was a massacre. The Tet Offensive was a Vietnamese lunar holiday, which celebrated the year of the monkey, which was usually a very peaceful and calm period but not at this time. This certain day was supposed to be a celebrated cease-fire holiday until the NLF(National Liberation Forces), NVA(North Vietnam Army), and the Vietcong forces unleashed the biggest surprise …showed first 75 words of 4060 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4060 total…they controlled the villages and the countryside, making the US forces jobs much more difficult. The Tet offensive of 1968 demonstrated that the element of surprise was a key tactic in war. Hopefully the Vietnam War and the Tet Offensive have given the world a reason not to go to war because everyone knows with war comes death and with death comes revenge. It seems like war is a never ending cycle of failure and defeat.