Which statement best describes the Tet Offensive, which occurred during the Vietnam War?

The Tet Offensive began in 1968, during the Vietnamese lunar New Year holiday, when North Vietnamese forces and the Viet Cong launched a sudden, coordinated series of attacks. They struck cities, towns, and military bases across South Vietnam, including the US embassy compound in Saigon. It was not an attack on US ships or a US bombing campaign; the best description is “a sudden series of attacks by North Vietnam on bases and towns.”

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