The Easter Offensive begins: General Van Tien Dung, commanding the communist People’s Army of (North) Vietnam, begins a three-pronged, extended campaign against the kleptocratic Republic of (South) Vietnam, in an effort to improve North Vietnam’s bargaining position at the Paris (France) Peace negotiations.
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References:
Stanley A. Karnow, Vietnam: A History, (1983; New York: Penguin, 1997), 655.
Easter Offensive – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Offensive
Văn Tiến Dũng – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Ti%E1%BA%BFn_D%C5%A9ng
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