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Offensive

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1972

Richard Milhous Nixon1972

Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

The USA only has 65,000 troops in Vietnam to contain the Viet Cong offensive. Giap leads the Nguyen Hue Campaign, intended as the decisive invasion of the war

Names involved

Richard Milhous Nixon

Provenance

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