Transcript The Tet Offensive and the My Lai Massacre

Caitlin Cabral
The Tet Offensive
 The Tet Offensive began on January 30, 1968. All of the
major South Vietnamese cities, as well as all major US
military bases were attacked by the Vietcong. The fighting
was most intense in Saigon and Hue. The Tet Offensive
lasted around a month, and then the US and South
Vietnamese regained control and pushed the North
Vietnamese back.
 The biggest impact of the Tet Offensive was its effect on the
American opinion of the war. Americans became extremely
afraid, as they had repeatedly been told that the enemy was
close to losing, but the Tet Offensive proved that this was
false information. Many Americans were no longer in favor
of the war, and President Johnson lost support.
This is a map of where fighting
occurred during the Tet Offensive
This picture depicts US Marines hiding from
Communist fire in Hue during the Tet Offensive
The My Lai Massacre
 The My Lai Massacre took place on March 16, 1968 in
My Lai, a small Northern Vietnamese village. A US
platoon led by Lieutenant William Calley, Jr. was
looking for Vietcong rebels in My Lai, but they
couldn’t find any. The American troops gathered the
villagers and shot more than 200 innocent people,
mostly elderly men, women, and children. Only Calley
was convicted and sent to prison.
This is a newspaper showing the bodies
of those killed in the My Lai Massacre
Sources
 http://cdn.ph.upi.com/Archives/Audio/106c4e5cb8bd014fa
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http://ehistory.osu.edu/vietnam/maps/images/010.jpg
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http://media.cleveland.com/plaindealer/photo/2009/11/my-lai-page-a1---half-page15ec9996b53962ae.gif
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/vietnam_war0.htm
 The Americans by George Danzer, J. Jorge Klor de Alva,
Larry S. Krieger, Louis E. Wilson, and Nancy Woloch