Deadliest Year in Vietnam: The Tet Offensive | Animated History

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Sources:
Arnold, James R. Tet Offensive 1968: Turning Point in Vietnam (London: Osprey Publishing, 1990).
Pribbenow, Merle L., Duiker., William J. Victory in Vietnam: The Official History of the People's Army of Vietnam, 1954-1975 (University Press of Kansas. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002).
Sarin, Oleg Leonidovich, Dvoret︠s︡kiĭ, Lev Semenovich. Alien Wars: The Soviet Union’s Aggressions Against the World, 1919-1989 (University of Michigan: Presidio, 1996).
Schlight, John. The War in South Vietnam: The Years of the Offensive 1965-1968 (Air Force History and Museums Program, 1999).
Shulimson, Jack. U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Defining Year, 1968 (History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1997).
Willbanks, James H. The Tet Offensive: A Concise History (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007).
Wirtz, James J. The Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure In War (London: Cornell University Press, 1991).
Zhai, Qiang. China and the Vietnam Wars, 1950-1975 (United States: University of North Carolina Press, 2005).
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Austro Prussian War?

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[@That_Guy_Named_Epyk]

Was there at your stream last night, love your work and keep it up!

[@davidspencer8373]

Like video

[@brokenbridge6316]

The history you talk about and the animations are the biggest reasons why I like this channel. It's a shame that it's not getting the recognition it deserves.

[@nate2064]

When I was in Vietnam a year ago I met a man who did not fight in the Tet offensive because at the time he was sent to Bulgaria to get his agricultural degree. However, the NVA asking for a son from each family to fight ended up sending his brother in his place since they couldn’t send, the oldest. The brother died during the offensive, and his body wasn’t recovered. For the next 20 years that man spent every off-season from his university job traveling to Saigon via motorbike in order to try and find his brothers bones to bring them home. With luck by his side he ended up meeting some women there, who knew his brother during the war. They ended up finding his brother’s bones returning them to Hanoi where they were buried properly.

[@benfrank9622]

This story makes a good short film.

[@mini1gerbel]

thank you for the story. That's beautiful. War is so ugly. But the humanity that rises above it is beautiful.

[@bboi1489]

How did they know where his body was?

[@dustinkelton695]

​@bboi1489 that's the twist, he was killed by those ladies!

[@levietanhkhoa9192]

They were the guerillas or just sympathizer whose job was to transport the WIA and the KIA to the rear @@bboi1489

[@nicholasmontgomery8594]

My grandfather was in Country during Tet and was fighting in Hue. He volunteered in 1963, went over in 1965 and came home in 1968. He often talked about his time before Tet and how boring it was and his volunteering to go on patrol to escape boredom. When Tet comes up, he gets quiet. He only ever told me two things about his time in Hue, the buildings and seeing Walter Kronkite reporting the news across the street while stacked behind a wall. The only other thing he talked about after Hue was the plane ride home. I remember when we were watching full metal jacket, he talked all about his time in basic, how a drill instructor cracked his ribs with a rifle butt, testing paper sleeping bags and parade formations. When the Hue segment came up, I could tell that he was no longer in a comfortable living room in modern day Missouri, he was back there.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

100th like

[@nerrler5574]

Was your grandpappy bored with murdering vietnamese civilians?

[@janusjones6519]

Wonder what kind of war crimes and atrocities he is hiding during that period he wouldn’t speak of

[@nicholasmontgomery8594]

@@janusjones6519 I do recall the 1st marine division stumbling on a mass execution site of Vietnamese catholics and intellectuals murdered by the NVA during the battle. Of course, there is always those two questions you never ask a veteran: "Did you kill someone?" And, "Did any of your friends die?" I believe in his point of view, it could be both.

[@valuepak]

@@nicholasmontgomery8594 Yes. As a pacifist I hate war, and sometimes if the soldiers killed when they did not have to I hate them too, but in self defense I understand.

[@belluh-1huey102]

Tet Offensive was a tactical failure but a strategic victory that sent shockwaves to the world for Vietnam. Prime examples of, not all failures are bad.

[@stoda01]

It was because they were able to strike in so many unexpected places. The communist Vietnamese lost every battle in Tet Offensive but it was demoralizing to the US troops. It really showed them that the battle was far from over and that it would be a war unlike any other war they fought before. No front-lines, asymmetrical warfare, and no clear objectives. It sapped the American will to continue fighting.

[@The_whales]

So, task failed successfully?

[@belluh-1huey102]

@@The_whales nah more like task failed, unexpected outcome

[@Heylanda-fb9xb]

They were still successful in disrupting US and ARVN logistic though. Several "ambush cells" inside South Vietnam was established during Tet Offensive. These cells would gradually grow until the end of the war and destroy so many American supply convoy for Fire Bases through northern South Vietnam region. They also briefly manage to occupy a portion of land inside South Vietnam for months before being dislodge. In the end, the Tet offensives is a tactical defeat for Vietcong. But this offensive sown the seed of the eventual destruction of South Vietnam.

[@kenneth8873]

I remember that the VC thought they were finished. They had lost so much that they expected the US would mop them up afterwards. It was a pleasant surprise to discover the failed offensive broke the will of the US to continue the fight.

[@jopflah416]

If you stand close to Westmoreland's grave you can hear him saying “ The main attack is coming at Ke Sahn.” Over and over and over…..

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[@Nintendofan570]

The thumbnails suck

[@adolfofranquez8349]

@@Nintendofan570 how so?

[@johannthedeceitful5968]

@@Nintendofan570You kidding? They’re pretty great

[@nubzerychunkycheese6531]

agreed

[@Bobafett-lc2vx]

It is criminal how most people forget about the actions of south Vietnam’s armed forces (ARVN) during the Vietnam war while exclusively thinking it was a North Vietnam vs USA war. You guys gotta do a full fledged video about ARVN/the Vietnam war from the south Vietnamese perspective

[@christiandauz3742]

1. They sucked 2. They were Fascist scum fighting for a Christian Dictator oppressing his Budhist people

[@cuentaprincipal3225]

corrupt puppet sout vietnam state 😂😂😂😂

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

People also tend to forget France's involvement.

[@8is]

The Vietnam War from South Vietnam's perspective is sorely needed. Alongside the perspectives of Cambodia and Laos that were also invaded by North Vietnam and the perspective of what happened afterwards since few remember those hundreds of thousands who died post-1975.

[@Bobafett-lc2vx]

@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem ^^^ especially since the actions of the French in the 50’s setup the full scale US involvement in the 60’s

[@8is]

It should be noted that the Viet Cong ceased to be a real fighting force after the offensive because of how many of them died. The Viet Cong would never completely recover, it became completely depended on North Vietnam and it never consisted of majority South Vietnamese again.

[@cuentaprincipal3225]

but they win the war

[@diegoquezada3193]

@@cuentaprincipal3225 The war that involved the US ended in Peace Accords, however North Vietnam did win and reunify the country when it invaded South Vietnam a couple years later.

[@cuentaprincipal3225]

@@diegoquezada3193 hahaha nice joke

[@cuentaprincipal3225]

@@diegoquezada3193 South Vietnam existed only because of the American anti-communist doctrine, who took Vietnam? The communists, who fled? USA

[@diegoquezada3193]

@@cuentaprincipal3225 Indeed South Vietnam would remain a country while the USA military was still there, could you please point at any point in time where North Vietnam successfully conquered the entirety of South Vietnam while the US military was still there? I am as well referring to one war in which the US military was directly involved, in a series of war that led to the eventual reunification of Vietnam by the North, that war that the US military was directly involved in ended in peace accords in Paris which ended said war until the North Vietnam would start another war fighting South Vietnam by itself.

[@Inkerman_Studios]

My grandfather was in Saigon for the Tet offensive. He was billeted in the Five Oceans hotel in the city and commuted to Bien Hoa airbase to advise ARVN logistical troops there. I've gotten the pleasure to spend a lot of time with him and to hear his stories of his time there, and he always mentioned a pilot he knew who was trying to get to an airfield and to his plane. He told me his jeep took a wrong turn somewhere and was never seen again. He mentioned also that the VC could be anyone. Was he the guy on a bike next to you at a stop light? Your driver? You could never tell. I've been watching your videos for a while, and the increase in quality is incredible. I especially love the perspective videos.

[@Ozark_Kaiser]

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[@cobracommander8133]

Is this channel really dropping in popularity?

[@solocamo3654]

@@cobracommander8133 Due to youtube's poor policies and quite frankly censoring & hiding channels like this.

[@Ozark_Kaiser]

@@cobracommander8133 I've noticed that viewership has gone down drastically in the past months

[@CPTAwesome9000]

@@cobracommander8133no, he’s shifted most of their main work to their private websites which gain traction.

[@MorkiMoo]

@@cobracommander8133 No, it's mostly just being demonetized and age restricted by KZbin.

[@dillonc7955]

If we got to end each chapter of my history class with one of these videos, I think there would be a lot more people appreciating history rather than looking past it.

[@coloradohikertrash9958]

It's entertaining for sure. But learning about significant world events through vignettes like this does not necessarily help you understand history better.

[@bprw12]

Only so much time to learn about history in school. This video has more information than the average student would learn from a textbook

[@michaelfisher7170]

Amen. It so angers me that these history channels provide an actual educational resource on YT but...YT punishes and demonetizes them for actually presenting history. "Thats disturbing...don't talk about that." But we can watch morons eating tide pods. Unbelievable level of incompetence.

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[@codyhuff1669]

My uncle fought in Vietnam over the course of the war and this offensive. He would talk about it time to time. He served as a radio operator with special forces groups and his most vivid memory is from Saigon when he was there. He was calling in request from a helicopter during the whole battle.

[@Qadir-24]

I have been on this channel for about 4 years or so. I have to say that quality, animation and education this channel proudces are still amazing. Awsome video, Keep up the great work team.

[@90sFan141]

Thank you for giving us so many historical videos. My granddad was actually in-country during the tet offensive, and though he doesn't talk about the war much anymore, he inspired me to start researching the vietnam war. Thanks for covering this!

[@DiamondDoggo.]

Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos!!! Very informative, and I love the animations!

[@theblissfulinterzone7510]

Amazing video. My maternal grandfather served with the Army in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive from January 1968 to January 1969.

[@zachdave2994]

What a great woman! Was she there to intervene on Pol Pots regime, only after millions were put in graves? Only several million had to die, surely she was animated to end that travesty!

[@J.Walker88]

Absolutely love this channel. Very informative and well put together. Great graphics I can’t imagine how much work goes into each episode.

[@jamieoboyle7100]

Loved this style of video and looking at well known events but from different POV’s. Also looking sharp Griffen with the haircut 👍

[@HarryJCook]

I've been waiting for another Vietnam video since Ia Drang! These videos are so good.

[@jameswright4236]

I've just come back from a four-month stint in Vietnam. There was a famous cafe in D3 in downtown HCMC (Saigon) that helped to store arms and munitions in preparation for the Tet Offensive. Was a very interesting place that I otherwise would have walked past unaware of its significance.

[@hoangnguyenminh9594]

The old South Vietnam government due to its policies never ever won the heart of the people. Even most south Vietnam people supported the north, and even a North Vietnamese spy almost became a South Vietnamese president and end the war peacefully.

[@zachdave2994]

@@hoangnguyenminh9594Remember when the North Vietnamese waited for millions to die in Cambodia before intervening? What lovely humanitarians they were! Being on the side of the CCP was surely in the best interest of all humanity! Trite nonsense

[@ucnguyenanh9414]

@@zachdave2994 If you think a nation that just walked out from a war would enter another one that willy nilly , you know you should get help.

[@ComanderSazabi2000]

​@@zachdave2994 The Viets hate the CCP, they even had a war over it. AND They're CURRENTLY one of America's closest allies in Asia that's trying to put a check on China's power.

[@kvnsa]

​@@zachdave2994get your fact right. The Khmer Rouge Regime was supported by CCP. CCP even attacked Vietnam 1978 because VN intetfered with genocide in Cambodia. Google it, its free

[@adrianng8367]

13:42 Rising Storm 2 players can remember the desperation of holding onto the Embassy building in the Saigon Map

[@haramsaddam238]

Hue city in that game is a meat grinder too

[@cyberdragon4249]

Been on a big vietnam and indo china binge as of late, and this only sassiates my palate. Thanks mate.

[@thefrenchbaguette919]

Then I'd recommend the 1992 movie dien bien phu it's in french so be warned but it's historical accuracy is phenomenal and it's a genuinealy good and interesting movie to watch

[@cyberdragon4249]

@@thefrenchbaguette919 Sounds great; know where I can find it?

[@zachdave2994]

Wasn’t it cool how the newly communist government of Vietnam waited until millions of their neighbors died to intervene in Pol Pots regime? I thought that was pretty normal. The United States of interference would have certainly waited for millions to die at the hands of a poor ideology, don’t you think?

[@outofturn331]

They defeated us right

[@brunol-p_g8800]

@@thefrenchbaguette919 the movie is Franco-Vietnamese, it has been done by both countries.

[@jimmyho1871]

My Dad's American Grandfather was in the U.S Army in the Vietnam War and during most of the conflict with two uncles. Grandfather survived the war but my two uncles didn't made it. Feels emotional about it.

[@sathancat]

Thank you for still posting on KZbin!

[@Svalbaz]

Another great video Thanks guys!❤

[@slayermcrx7519]

my grandfather who was in the US Army was already 2 years into his service in Vietnam. I think he had already become a Sergeant by 1968. he was stationed at a firebase somewhere in the central highlands once the tet offensive started and he got out of that offensive with a bronze star and purple heart. he ended up returning with three bronze stars and two purple hearts. supposedly he has been under consideration recently to recieve a silver star for some other actions he did in his service in Vietnam

[@nerrler5574]

Was it for murdering vietnamese civilians?

[@robertduluth8994]

Tell your grandpa he fought for shareholders and bosses

[@slayermcrx7519]

samn i didn't know the hippies from 1968 were still here 🤣

[@robertduluth8994]

@@slayermcrx7519 your empire almost crumbled in the summer of 1968. Its crumbling now

[@ericstitz2628]

@@nerrler5574you spelled rats wrong

[@PennStatePROD]

One of my family members was in this, great to see someone talking about it!

[@mobucks555]

very cool production on this one dude. Thanks from some rando to you and your crew.

[@JM_RedCoat]

AMAZING VIDEO, BEST ONE IVE SEEN IN SO LONG 🎉

[@APF_27]

Remember folks the republic did not go down without a fight if you want to disappear then you must take it down by force, my grandpa was a NVA soldier who had a hard time fighting off the republic meanwhile my grandma who was a medic in the ARVN also had a hard time fighting for the republic. After the war end in 1975 with the communist victory they both married and lived a happy life after i have alot of relatives who fought for both sides and then have their own perspective and way of thinking about the war but a wise person would take those two perspectives, scramble it to form a final perspective and not being biased to one perspective only

[@DucNguyen-um2wd]

After the war 1975 The communists put hundreds thousands of south Vietnamese soldiers in the prison !

[@lucion511]

Fantastic channel. Always good content

[@cuginkcain5430]

Thanks for hitting my niche. I was just pining for a good Vietnam story (im not old lol), and this shows up in my feed. Gold.

[@pyrothefriendlyarsonist9195]

Armchair never ceases to amaze and give me knowledge

[@hermitcrabdeluxe2176]

Excellent video as always! Lol Star Trek nod got me gigglin’ thanks.

[@snneakydevil]

I'll keep saying this this might be the best history channel ever love your content!

[@oliversherman2414]

The Vietnam War is a topic I don't know as much about compared to WW1 or WW2 but, thanks to this channel, I'm always learning something new

[@indianajones4321]

This channel is amazing

[@MissionYOLOpossible]

Great video, keep it up!

[@solocamo3654]

Excellent video as always, thanks.

[@DropkickJames]

Nice haircut Griffon and another great video!

[@MrGiygas1]

6:05 nice Full Metal Jacket reference on one of the helmets.

[@Redneck2393]

And the name patches.

[@MisterFastbucks]

TET also brought about the end of the Viet Cong as a viable fighting force. And when the PAVN finally resupplied for their next huge offensive, it also failed even though there were only a fraction of the U.S. forces in country.

[@ZucchiniAss]

Another amazing video!

[@gdicommando4456]

I like and support your unadulterated content so much you're the only channel where.i actually sit through the ad

[@cerberus144]

My Uncle was a machine gunner in 'Nam and was part of the Tet Offensive. He says he spent hours shooting his M-60 and has no idea how many men he killed. He never looked, he never asked. He never wanted to know. He was shaken to his core.

[@janusjones6519]

Brutal stone cold killer

[@cerberus144]

@@janusjones6519 Not at all. In fact the opposite. He wept. He was just a kid, far away from home, in a fight that wasn't his.

[@janusjones6519]

@@cerberus144 at least he still got the chance to cry about it

[@drestep4830]

This man never misses with his content

[@SportingThroughTheAges]

I started watching this channel in 2021 and the difference in quality is crazy of how much this channel has grown

[@Skyfigh]

Best history channel ever!!!

[@michaelsinger4638]

A textbook example of technically winning on the military side. But losing badly on the Public Relations/perception front.

[@robertjarman3703]

Epirus vs Rome all over.

[@Curry_Communist]

Wrong

[@rice4550]

Sending young men to fight across the world in pointless wars of imperialism does tend to have a negative effect on public relations

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

​@@rice4550Add to that, having those young men be DRAFTED into an undeclared war...

[@zachdave2994]

They were only with the CCP, who saved North Korea just 10 years prior . At the cost of 100,000 lives. Surely Vietnam was no more communist or oppressive than their North Korean Allies. Watching millions die in Cambodia before intervening.

[@jpquindara]

Yooo nice fade bro 💈

[@chrisc9421]

Fantastic video. Thank you 😊

[@ExploringSagas]

WOW! What a video! Insanely well made, and deeply entertaining. This is so inspiring for me as a creator, wish I had a team like you guys! Because you are a team right? Right...?

[@buiquanghuy7589]

I remember Giap didn’t like the Tet offensive, he went even further by protesting it in going to czech and didn’t even command the troops during tet offensive

[@Robert-hy3vv]

well the north vietnamese lost 90% of their military so looked like he was right

[@buiquanghuy7589]

@@Robert-hy3vv it was at the expense of vietcong soldiers,not NVA, so after 68 only nva fight the war and vietcong cease to exist as an fighting force

[@profinneupane6883]

@@Robert-hy3vvVC not PAVN

[@MemoryofSouthVietnam]

Inaccuracy on the map at 10:47 - the ARVN 42nd Division does not exist. That's a Regiment that operates under the command of the 22nd. Also this is an anacronism, but the 23rd is typically headquartered in Ban Mê Thuột (as it was called back then). It's marked on the map as Buon Ma Thuot which is the modern name. The 22nd is typically at Kon Tum, but I'm not sure for 68, that's for 72.

[@funminlctw7742]

Yooo, nice seeing you here.

[@TestTubeFromII]

It's a lovely day when Oversimplified and The Armchair Historian uploads.

[@california816]

Griffin and his fresh cut is 👌🏻

[@brennanleadbetter9708]

6:05 Hey I see that Full Metal Jacket reference.

[@Finlandball39]

I love the Armchair Historian

[@Strong_UP_Calvins_zombie]

Love the animation

[@2broketim479]

Thanks!

[@HitmanConan]

This really may be the best videos y'all have ever done. This really showed as the viewer how formidable the North Vietnamese forces were. Messing with them on their home territory...why did we do it!

[@billlam7756]

I think the US got too cockey and underestimate the enemy, they should of study history, the same dude wearing pajamas defeated 3 mongol invasion let alone the chinese and the rest

[@Polostar79]

What it showed was how hamstrung American forces were by their ROE’s. Had the generals been allowed to fight the war the way they wanted instead of how the politicians wanted we would’ve won.

[@atnguyenngoc6521]

​@@Polostar79 Lol, kill innocents men and women is not enough for you ?

[@ballbender9thousand944]

My Grandpa's Brother Was Conscripted in to the ARVN in 1967 and got stationed at Quang Tri and in 1968 pull backed to Hue before a Landmine put him out of Action, he did lived tho

[@crabbing-ws6hf]

YEEEEAAAAAAH! Sorry, always happy when there's a new video hahaha I know what I'm listening to tonight hehe Ps: I would love one day a video about the romanian ww2 perspective! Probably not as much to cover as Germany Italy or japan for the axis side but there's still a fair amount to cover and I can't think of another historian to cover it than you!

[@scribblenaughttv]

There are so many easter eggs in these animations. I love it

[@MemoryofSouthVietnam]

One severe and classic mistake that most people believe if they don't know the latest research. Võ Nguyên Giáp's involvement is strictly untrue and he opposed it to the point he left Vietnam for Eastern Europe during its planning, in protest. This came out after numerous Vietnamese government sources became unsealed in roughly 2005. This overemphasis on Giáp or Hồ Chí Minh is typical of the orthodox view of the war, and many of its points have been taken down. By this point, Lê Duẩn and Lê Dức Thọ drove North Vietnamese policy.

[@zachdave2994]

The North watched as millions died in Cambodia, if you believe the United States would have done the same then you’re naive

[@FettermanGPT]

​@@zachdave2994 irrelevant to what op stated

[@zachdave2994]

@@FettermanGPT Ho Chi Minh disagrees. His people and his regime were the ones that intervened. Nice try morally obfuscating the deaths of millions.

[@zachdave2994]

@@FettermanGPT The leader of Vietnam disagreed. Millions dying is never irrelevant.

[@ucnguyenanh9414]

The other mistake most people also made was to distinguish the PAVN and the NLF. While all PAVN units that went South would be redesignated as NLF units.

[@valtereideholm1551]

You should make a vid about the “whiskey on the rocks” incident during the 80’s, the time when Sweden got the closest to war against the soviets

[@GiantPopIts89]

Diggin the rest cut dude😎

[@samuelobrien9267]

Commenting for recommendations

[@TheLoPresti]

Hey, cool video as always. Great animations. Great script. The narrator is always amazing. But there’s just two things I believe are inaccurate. I might be wrong about this, but I believe that the NVA did not really use the tunnel systems that much. The Vietcong were the main people that used the tunnel systems in the Vietnam war. Also, on the animations depicting, American soldiers with M-16, whoever is doing the animating is giving the M-16s a banana clip but the banana clips weren’t used until after the Vietnam war. They had a smaller 20 round straight magazine.

[@alhei525]

They did have 30 rounders in Vietnam but they started to only issue them on mass during the early 70's and because this video is about Tet offensive the overwhelming majority of troops would still be using 20 rounders because they weren't mass produced back then and the early examples were unreliable. So I agree with you that they shouldn't show the 30-rounders in this animation if one wants to be picky.

[@shiloh1994]

I love the full metal jacket reference he worked into this one. Anyone else spot it?

[@wetchicken4236]

Hey Armchair Historian, could you possibly make a video about Cambodia? I want to learn more about my people and I love your videos.

[@pradityapascalisprawito3153]

My greatest appreciation for that Full Metal Jacket reference!

[@Mikefantasia22]

This was ALOT better than my 8th grade paper on the Tet. Well done.

[@rafaelgustavo7786]

When you win militarily, but lose confidence in the final victory.

[@scottanno8861]

Democracies typically do. No public wants to fight a war that isn't threatening their own homeland.

[@stoda01]

@@scottanno8861 Yeah, the Vietnam War was the last time the US implemented a draft. It was a very unpopular war for many Americans.

[@markgarrett3647]

Kissinger and the OG Demoncrats and OG RINO Republicans in US Senate and Congress stabbed the Vietnamese Republic in the back.

[@manuelacosta9463]

Excellent work. This was certainly the turning point in this controversial war.

[@admiralsnackbar7269]

Love this video

[@owenbaquero1489]

Fresh cut goes hard

[@gatogordo6264]

I was not expecting that haircut mid video. Looks fresh though :)

[@unl0ck998]

Looking dapper with that haircut Mr History Man

[@alfiewright905]

Yaaaay he uploaded

[@shutup2751]

i wonder how much hamas had studied the tet offensive

[@Mynameshere1310]

A lot!

[@1wun1]

Their bad luck is that everyone studies it too, including their enemies.

[@Mynameshere1310]

@@1wun1 well tell that to american who had their 2nd evacuation of Vietnam in Afgan 2 years ago…the point is, do you get anything out of these studies or are you just “oh these time are different, we have tech now, so we be ok” then get bog down into a costly war?!

[@1wun1]

@@Mynameshere1310 That afghan adventure was almost like a holiday, Tet offensive was serious business.

[@kobeh6185]

The slow mo looks incredible guys

[@DroneJames]

I remember seeing the "I'm a Star Wars"tm" fan though" during the live stream yesterday.

[@Narses_the_aremnian]

Wrong m16 14:10 m16a2 didn't exit in 1968 and was adopted only in 1983 you can see it with wrong magazine and hand guard!

[@dobridjordje]

30 round magazine was used in 67' already but only by MACV and the Navy Seals. Regular troops received them after 1970 in bigger numbers.

[@buzter8135]

Chunky Justinian isn't real he can't hurt you: *Chunky Justinian:*

[@Narses_the_aremnian]

@@buzter8135 Narses was an Romanised Aremnian eastern roman general

[@buzter8135]

@@Narses_the_aremnian I know but the byzantine artists has some brutal same-face syndrome so the jokes make themselves.

[@buzter8135]

@@Narses_the_aremnian I know but the byzantine artists had brutal same-face syndrome so the jokes made themselves.

[@isaiahboyles9520]

i like your haircut. i love you keep of the good work love your channel

[@mrlodwick]

You Rock!

[@Narses_the_aremnian]

5:43 Star Track refrence

[@djsi38t]

A lot of people like to call the Americans involvement in Vietnam a mistake.One question I have....What would have happened in southeast Asia had The USA decided not to get involved?....Many can hypothesize...but no one can really know....So I conclude by saying that it is very possible the involvement of the USA was still a necessary and correct choice..Although different strategies surely would have been better.

[@fortpark-wd9sx]

To understand this, we might we want to ask ourselves this question: Just how was VN going to turn all of SEA red, as feared by Team CIA at that time? In Central and Eastern Europe, the USSR went all the way to the Elbe River. In SEA and the Pacific, the US was the USSR. Quite hard to see how a single SEA Red Bloc could appear. Ne Win, Sukarno and Ho Chi Minh all on the same anti-US side in the early 1960s? In the case of former Indochina, US intervention (or perhaps invasion was a more accurate term since there was no Saigon Republic in 1945) strengthened the Red factor in Laos and Cambodia. When MacArthur decided to not to stop north of Pyongyang, that triggered a chain of events. Easy for later persons to point out strategy weakness but when US troops had to hastily retreat in the cold winter, that impact would be felt decades later. It was possible to maintain SEA countries as friendly neutrals at that time, with limited cooperation agreements but the mood in DC at that time was really different.😐😐 Even nowadays, the neo-cons just could not understand why SEA countries would not want to become part of a reconstituted SEATO.

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

@@fortpark-wd9sxNo not really domino theory was a reality in SEA countries, after Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos fell. Thailand was able to destroy the communists because most of them were ethnic minorities like the communists in Malaysia

[@joeandseancooking]

17:11 also wanna mention I’ve read in several books about the tet offensive, it’s recorded that during the tet offensive the Vietcong was almost completely wiped out

[@animegaming4057]

I’m assuming you got this cleared and I don’t have to worry about this, but I recognize the Kill Zone main menu them anywhere. Around the 14 minute mark is when I recognized it

[@99batran]

Great video! One thing though, President Ngô Đình Diệm is actually pronounced "Ng-o Deen Zee-em" not "No Din Deem!" My family is from South Vietnam!

[@MyHentaiGirlNeko]

No Din Deem lolz, sound better xD

[@SirSamuel_Smith_Squirrel_TheIV]

My grandfather was a NVA spy who fought during the offensive, he was shot in the head by an American sniper and the sniper missed his brain by 1.5 inches. After the offensive he joined the south Vietnamese military as a spy and rose to the rank of Lt colonel where he fed troop movement information to the Vietcong forces. He told me the stories when I was a young boy, and know that I am older I regard him as a hero to our country, before he died he requested that he would be buried in the states and we honored his wish.

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

This channel is a cut above a lot of the rest in terms of passion and quality

[@DahKaraiMoe]

Thank you for the good video and i like the vietnam war content

[@L11ghtman]

It's sort of funny, the US Army thought they won the Tet Offensive pretty decisively, and a lot of soldiers were surprised at how it was being portrayed back home. In many ways the NVA's loss was their biggest victory.

[@TheLocalLt]

I love this channel but not sure how the millions of South Vietnamese refugees living in America and other western countries feel about unambiguously referring to Viet Cong territories as “liberated”. I’m aware that’s how the VC referred to it, but I’d recommend more neutral terms like “captured” or “controlled” territories, or if you really want to use the VC terminology maybe say “what the VC referred to as the ‘liberated territories’”.

[@fortpark-wd9sx]

You may also want to consider the feeling of millions of Vietnamese who from 1940 to 1975 who have fought to ensure an independent sovereign nation and their descendants who are still living in Vietnam.

[@TheLocalLt]

@@fortpark-wd9sx I actually underestimated the number, there are over 2 million South Vietnamese living in America alone, and over 4 million in western countries overall. Countless others either died fighting, were unable to flee, or perished in their attempt. To claim only one side in the conflict represented the Vietnamese people is to ignore reality.

[@fortpark-wd9sx]

@@TheLocalLt I agree on the one-sidedness. We in the West have focused too much on the Saigon exiles and their descendants. We want to think they will happily forget about Agent Orange, My Lai and Rolling Thunder. We want to pretend it is not them who have kicked the Khmer Rouge out. They have repeatedly stated they want neutrality and they are willing to move on. The neo-cons just cannot understand why they refuse to be cannon fodder for the next globalist adventure.

[@user-wv5qu7ox4s]

I love the channel

[@thisisthewayyoda]

Nice fade my man

[@truckingmogul3254]

Thank you for including black American soldiers in your video. My great uncle died in Vietnam. RIP to all the brave Americans that died 🇺🇸

[@nerrler5574]

No, they like all in the American Empire's military are war criminals

[@Polostar79]

20% of battlefield deaths were black soldiers. This was disproportionately high for frontline units. To not include them in the video would be historically inaccurate.

[@Kolby-oq8ov]

Is sad that I’ve learned more from you and other history channels more than I have learned in my curriculum at school

[@quangnhat5345]

the Viet Nam war is a bitter and dark part of US history, doubt the government want the kids know about it much.