Return to Wars and Conflicts page Return to Naval Historical Center home page. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Surprised at Tet: U.S. Naval Forces in Vietnam, 1968 by Glenn E. Helm Reference Librarian, Navy Department Library, Naval Historical Center. His research interests include intelligence, surprise ...

Four-star General Vo Nguyen Giap led Vietnam's armies from their inception, in the 1940s, up to the moment of their triumphant entrance into Saigon in 1975. Possessing one of the finest military minds of this century, his strategy for vanquishing superior opponents was not to simply outmaneuver them in the field but to undermine their resolve by inflicting demoralizing political defeats with his ...

Tet offensive: a turning point in the Vietnam war The American intervention in Vietnam began in 1963 withe direct aim of stopping the South falling into 'communist' hands. In August of that year, Lyndon Johnson, who had taken over the American presidency in the wake of the assasination of John F. Kennedy, ordered the first air strikes on the North. Six months later the 'Rolling Thunder' air ...