The tet offensive

War was going well for US and SV from 1965-1967 killing large numbers of VC, early 1968 VC attacked over 100 cities and military targets, one VC commando unit tried capturing the US embassy in Saigon, US forces had to fight to regain control room by room, around 4500 viet cong fighters tied down a much larger US and SV force in saigon for 2 days