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Vietnam war volume 2 ep6 Flashcards | Quizlet Why did Johnson and westmoreland consider the battle of Khe Shan to be particularly important politically? Prior to the Tet Offensive, what did the Vietnam cong do to prepare to suprise American and the south Vietnamese forces?
[FREE] THE ROAD TO TET Question 1: Why did General Westmoreland . . . In summary, General Westmoreland believed Khe Sanh would be the main effort of the Tet Offensive due to its strategic location and importance as a supply route However, the NVA and Viet Cong's main offensive was directed towards major cities like Saigon and Hue, making Khe Sanh a secondary target
STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE SIEGE OF KHE SANH Consequently, General Westmoreland focused his main effort at Khe Sanh and ultimately failed to identify the siege as a well orchestrated feint by the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) for the ensuing TET Offensive
Why did General Westmoreland believe that | StudyX General Westmoreland's belief that Khe Sahn would be the main target of the Tet Offensive stemmed primarily from intercepted intelligence Captured North Vietnamese agents and their coded messages directly indicated Khe Sahn as a planned objective
Khe Sanh, the American Aerial Resupply of the US Marines As part of the Tet offensive, the North Vietnamese apparently expected to control by military action portions of the two northern provinces and set up a “Liberation Government ”5 Khe Sanh was a part of this plan and was obviously an initial objective of the NVA
Solved: Why did General Westmoreland believe that Khe Sahn would be the . . . General Westmoreland believed that Khe Sahn would be the main effort of the Tet Offensive because U S troops had defeated nearby NVA forces, the Marines at Khe Sahn were heavily outnumbered, Khe Sahn's location hindered NVA supply lines, and there were captured messages indicating Khe Sahn as a target
Khe Sanh - Charlie Company Vietnam 1966-1972 Westmoreland, who knew of Nguyen Chi Thanh’s penchant for large-scale operations—but not of his death—believed that this was going to be an attempt to replicate that victory He intended to stage his own “Dien Bien Phu in reverse ”
Khe Sanh - Location, Vietnam War Who Won - HISTORY Suddenly, the long and bitter struggle at Khe Sanh began to look like a diversionary tactic meant to tie up U S and South Vietnamese resources leading up to the Tet Offensive
Operation Niagara the Battle of Khe Sanh - Warfare History Network Though Tet’s main objective was to spread communist propaganda and motivate the already disheartened South Vietnamese to overthrow the government in Saigon, Westmoreland believed that the American base at Khe Sanh near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was the main objective of the push
Historical Documents - Office of the Historian General Westmoreland stated to me that, in his judgment, we can hold Khe Sanh and we should hold Khe Sanh He reports that everyone is confident He believes that this is an opportunity to inflict a severe defeat upon the enemy