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Post by hornet32 on Aug 18, 2016 13:27:14 GMT -5
7040 Americans were killed and 36000 were wounded during tet '68 ... NVA/VC confirmed killed during tet 110000 add x 5 for wounded = total casualties 600000 , mind boggling as this took place over a two and half month period the retreating enemy was little more than mob seeking sanctuary but the Americans with their hueys were always in a blocking position , this is like something out of WWI .
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Post by Swampy on Aug 18, 2016 21:03:45 GMT -5
The VC was destroyed at Tet, which has led some to wonder if van Giap did that deliberately. But, after the Linebacker bombing offensives, the NVA wasn't too healthy either, and the US should have kept at it.
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Post by hornet32 on Aug 18, 2016 22:10:30 GMT -5
Giap couldn't get rid of the VC without getting rid of his own people too because the NVA were closly intwined with the VC example the 9th VC id had three regiments one of those regiment were all NVA , this division was literally destroyed during tet , it was three almost four years before the enemy could mount anything serious again .
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