On January 30, 1968, during the Tet holiday cease-fire in South Vietnam, an estimated 80,000 troops from the North Vietnamese Army and the National Liberation Front launched attacks throughout South Vietnam.
Notes on verification
Well-documented historical event corroborated by multiple independent sources including government records, encyclopedias, and historical publications. Minor variance in troop count (58,000-85,000) and exact date (Jan 30 vs 31) across sources but core claim is solidly confirmed.
Sources
- Tet Offensive shakes Cold War confidence | January 30, 1968 | HISTORY (history.com)
- https://www.vvmf.org/topics/Tet-Offensive/ (vvmf.org)
- https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/tide-turns-vietnam-tet-offensive (historytoday.com)
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v06/d33 (history.state.gov)