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The Tet Offensive and the My Lai Massacre

The Tet Offensive and the My Lai Massacre . Caitlin Cabral. The Tet Offensive .

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The Tet Offensive and the My Lai Massacre

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  1. The Tet Offensive and the My Lai Massacre Caitlin Cabral

  2. The Tet Offensive • The Tet Offensive began on January 30, 1968. All of the major South Vietnamese cities, as well as all major US military bases were attacked by the Vietcong. The fighting was most intense in Saigon and Hue. The Tet Offensive lasted around a month, and then the US and South Vietnamese regained control and pushed the North Vietnamese back. • The biggest impact of the Tet Offensive was its effect on the American opinion of the war. Americans became extremely afraid, as they had repeatedly been told that the enemy was close to losing, but the Tet Offensive proved that this was false information. Many Americans were no longer in favor of the war, and President Johnson lost support.

  3. This is a map of where fighting occurred during the Tet Offensive This picture depicts US Marines hiding from Communist fire in Hue during the Tet Offensive

  4. The My Lai Massacre • The My Lai Massacre took place on March 16, 1968 in My Lai, a small Northern Vietnamese village. A US platoon led by Lieutenant William Calley, Jr. was looking for Vietcong rebels in My Lai, but they couldn’t find any. The American troops gathered the villagers and shot more than 200 innocent people, mostly elderly men, women, and children. Only Calley was convicted and sent to prison.

  5. This is a newspaper showing the bodies of those killed in the My Lai Massacre

  6. Sources • http://cdn.ph.upi.com/Archives/Audio/106c4e5cb8bd014fa2b6ad55e9d97be0/.jpg • http://ehistory.osu.edu/vietnam/maps/images/010.jpg • http://media.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/photo/2009/11/my-lai-page-a1---half-page-15ec9996b53962ae.gif • http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/vietnam_war0.htm • The Americans by George Danzer, J. Jorge Klor de Alva, Larry S. Krieger, Louis E. Wilson, and Nancy Woloch

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