How did the Tet Offensive affect the people of the United States during the Vietnam War?

The Tet Offensive was a major surprise attack in 1968, even though US and South Vietnamese forces eventually repelled it. Seeing the scale of the attack made many Americans doubt official claims that the war was nearly won, turning public opinion against President Johnson’s handling of the war. It did not cause more than 50,000 US troop deaths, and the attack was not primarily an assault on US ships.

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