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The Tet Offensive is famously considered a complete tactical failure for the North Vietnamese, but ended up leading to US withdrawal. Did the North Vietnamese command believe that the operation would actually see success or was their only goal to dissuade the Americans from fighting further?

by /u/skourby in /r/AskHistorians

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