The Tet Offensive of 1968
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produced a painful military defeat for North Vietnam but also gave it an important political victory over America
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increased Nixon’s popularity with American voters as it became clear that the U.S. could win the war
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increased calls for greater American involvement and for the military to be given the resources needed to win the war
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motivated the Nixon to order what would be known as the Christmas bombings of North Vietnam
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widened the war as American soldiers were sent to neighboring Cambodia and Laos