All of the following statements regarding the 1968 Tet offensive are true EXCEPT that it
A) suggested to the American public something of the brutality of the fighting in Vietnam.
B) saw the communists fighting on the grounds of the American embassy in Saigon.
C) involved the fall of Saigon to the communists.
D) began on a Vietnamese holiday.
E) saw American troops inflict enormous casualties on the communists.

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The 1968 Tet offensive did not involve the fall of Saigon to the communists. While the communists did briefly gain control of several cities during the offensive, Saigon was not one of them. It was not until 1975, several years later, that Saigon fell to the communists.

All of the Following Statements Regarding the 1968 Tet Offensive