Summary In 1965, President Johnson claimed that an American destroyer was allegedly torpedoed. This allegation meant that US troops were deployed to Vietnam. As a result, the Tet Offensive was launched on the American troops by the North Vietnam army.
QuestionIf the Tet offensive was not launched would the war have become so big?
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Quote"If I left [the war in Vietnam] and let the Communists take over South Vietnam, then I would be seen as a coward and my nation would be seen as an appeaser, and we would both find it impossible to accomplish anything for anybody anywhere on the entire globe."
- President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 |