Moving forward on March 30, 1972, People's Army of North Vietnam (PAVN) forces stormed across the DMZ supported by 200 tanks. In 1967, the North Vietnamese leadership vigorously debated how to move forward with the war. transcript of Nixon May 8 s on Vietnam war. The US and South Vietnam were aware that an offensive was in the offing, however, analysts disagreed as to when and where it would strike. The Tet Offensive, though its value as a military victory for the North is questionable, was an enormous psychological victory that convinced Americans that short of annihilation of North Vietnam—an unacceptable geopolitical alternative—they could not win a Korea-like standoff or outright victory in Vietnam. Description. The invasion was fought off a notable first of the defense was the use of tow anti tank missiles which accounted for about 20 tank kills. 3. Peace talks finally did resume in April of 1972. It was launched partly to influence the 1972 U.S. Presidential Election, and also to improve North Vietnam’s negotiating position during the peace talks in Paris. Hamburger Hill Hamburger Hill was the nickname for Dong Ap Bia, a mountain in the A Shau Valley area of South Vietnam, southwest of Hue near the Laotian border. At Quảng Trị the North Vietnamese advanced at Noon on the 30th of March, 1972, following a heavy artillery barrage on South Vietnamese outposts over 30,000 infantry troops, supported by an additional 100 tanks moved across the five northernmost provinces of South Vietnam. The Easter Offensive was conducted by the PAVN against the ARVN and the U.S. troops between March and October of 1972 in the wake of the failed Operation Lam Son 719 of 1971. South Vietnam complied just days before Americans went to the polls and made Nixon their President. to what is called the "Easter offensive " the vietnamese call it the Nguyen Hue offensive - of 1972 when a North Vietnamese force of about 30,000 troops And 100 tanks attacked south Vietnam. As I also pointed out in that report, we have responded to North Vietnam's massive military offensive … But before Nixon took office, he closed ranks with Johnson and insisted that South Vietnam take part in the peace talks. Although it was an extremely close race with respect to the popular vote, Nixon won the electoral college by a 3 to 2 margin. The Tet Offensive marked the first major conventional invasion by North Vietnam on South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

In July of 1969 President Nixon threatened to restart bombing if peace talks didn't resume between North and South Vietnam. Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) The destroyer USS Maddox came under attack by three North Vietnamese torpedo boats on August 2. Eastertide Offensive The offensive began on March 30, 1972. Questions have been raised about the decision that I have made, which is to the effect that as long as the North Vietnamese were conducting an invasion, an offensive, in South Vietnam…