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| Question | Answer |
| When was the Tet Offensive? | January 1968 |
| What was the US kill ratio during Tet? | 1:10 |
| What did the North intend to achieve with the Tet Offensive? | Spur uprisings in the South |
| What was the result of the Tet offensive? | A tactical victory for the US, but a strategic failure, as it showed that the North were not defeated |
| HOW did WHICH journalist describe the situation post Tet? | Walter Cronkite - "We are mired in stalemate" |
| WHEN did the Pentagon decide to do WHAT in Vietnam? (withdrawal) | De-Americanise - 1968 |
| When did Johnson announce that he wasn't running for re-election? | March 1968 |
| What two factors did the US over rely on? | The effectiveness of the ARVN, and their tactics (which were often counter-productive) |
| What did Free-Fire Zones do? | Helped render over 4 million South Vietnamese homeless by 1968 |
| What year did US troop numbers peak? How many were there? | 1968 - 536K |
| What was the Chinese interest in Vietnam? Which war demonstrated this? | China would not tolerate unfriendly powers on its borders. The Korean War showed this |
| How did North Vietnam use the USSR and China? | Exploit their rivalry for support |
| How many troops did China send to assist? | 300k |
| Why did the Soviets assist the North? | Saw itself as the leader in the Communist world |
| What did the North avoid with the superpowers? | Becoming over reliant on one |
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