Rabu, 06 September 2017

When the Die Was Cast

As 1966 neared, Hanoi held fast to the hope that the NVA and VC could deliver a decisive military blow to its enemies in the South. In the spring of 1965, as a major Communist offensive was severely damaging the South Vietnamese capacity to fight the war, General William Westmoreland issued a dire warning that …

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