Massacre at Huế and Tet Offensive

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Massacre at Huế and Tet Offensive

Massacre at Huế vs. Tet Offensive

The Huế Massacre (Thảm sát tại Huế Tết Mậu Thân, or Thảm sát Tết Mậu Thân ở Huế, lit. translation: "Tết Offensive Massacre in Huế") is the name given to the summary executions and mass killings perpetrated by the Việt Cộng (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during their capture, occupation and later withdrawal from the city of Huế during the Tết Offensive, considered one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive (Sự kiện Tết Mậu Thân 1968), or officially called The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968 (Tổng Tiến công và Nổi dậy Tết Mậu Thân 1968) by North Vietnam and the NLF (National Liberation Front), was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and their allies.

Army of the Republic of Vietnam

The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), also known as the South Vietnamese army (SVA), were the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 until the Fall of Saigon in 1975.

Army of the Republic of Vietnam and Massacre at Huế · Army of the Republic of Vietnam and Tet Offensive · See more »

Battle of Huế

The Battle of Huế – also called the Siege of Huế – was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War.

Battle of Huế and Massacre at Huế · Battle of Huế and Tet Offensive · See more »

Bùi Tín

Bùi Tín (born December 29, 1927) is a Vietnamese dissident and former People's Army of Vietnam colonel.

Bùi Tín and Massacre at Huế · Bùi Tín and Tet Offensive · See more »

Da Nang

Da Nang (Đà Nẵng) is the fourth largest city in Vietnam after Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Hanoi and Haiphong in terms of urbanization and economy.

Da Nang and Massacre at Huế · Da Nang and Tet Offensive · See more »

Don Oberdorfer

Donald "Don" Oberdorfer Jr. (May 28, 1931 – July 23, 2015) was an American professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University with a specialty in Korea, and was a journalist for 38 years, 25 of them with The Washington Post.

Don Oberdorfer and Massacre at Huế · Don Oberdorfer and Tet Offensive · See more »

Marilyn B. Young

Marilyn B. Young (April 25, 1937 – February 19, 2017) was a historian of American foreign relations and professor of history at New York University.

Marilyn B. Young and Massacre at Huế · Marilyn B. Young and Tet Offensive · See more »

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

Massacre at Huế and NBC · NBC and Tet Offensive · See more »

Ngo Dinh Diem

Ngô Đình Diệm (3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician.

Massacre at Huế and Ngo Dinh Diem · Ngo Dinh Diem and Tet Offensive · See more »

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967.

Massacre at Huế and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ · Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and Tet Offensive · See more »

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was the president of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975.

Massacre at Huế and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu · Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and Tet Offensive · See more »

People's Army of Vietnam

The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; Quân Đội Nhân Dân Việt Nam), also known as the Vietnamese People's Army (VPA), is the military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Massacre at Huế and People's Army of Vietnam · People's Army of Vietnam and Tet Offensive · See more »

Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, or PRG, was formed on June 8, 1969, as an underground government opposed to the government of the Republic of Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.

Massacre at Huế and Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam · Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam and Tet Offensive · See more »

Quảng Trị Province

Quảng Trị is a province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of Huế.

Massacre at Huế and Quảng Trị Province · Quảng Trị Province and Tet Offensive · See more »

South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, Việt Nam Cộng Hòa), was a country that existed from 1955 to 1975 and comprised the southern half of what is now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Massacre at Huế and South Vietnam · South Vietnam and Tet Offensive · See more »

Stanley Karnow

Stanley Abram Karnow (February 4, 1925 – January 27, 2013) was an American journalist and historian.

Massacre at Huế and Stanley Karnow · Stanley Karnow and Tet Offensive · See more »

The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

Massacre at Huế and The New York Times · Tet Offensive and The New York Times · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

Massacre at Huế and United States · Tet Offensive and United States · See more »

United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

Massacre at Huế and United States Marine Corps · Tet Offensive and United States Marine Corps · See more »

Viet Cong

The National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng miền Nam Việt Nam) also known as the Việt Cộng was a mass political organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia with its own army – the People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam (PLAF) – that fought against the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, eventually emerging on the winning side.

Massacre at Huế and Viet Cong · Tet Offensive and Viet Cong · See more »

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

Massacre at Huế and Vietnam War · Tet Offensive and Vietnam War · See more »