The Battle of Hue 1968

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This long-awaited addition to the Campaign series addresses the bloody fighting in Hue, South Vietnam, during theCommunists' 1968 Tet Offensive. Hue was the ancient capital of Vietnam, and as such, had been previously avoided byboth sides, thus it had not seen any serious fighting prior to 1968. All that changed on the night of 31 January that yearwhen four North Vietnamese battalions and supporting Viet Cong units simultaneously attacked and occupied both partsof the city, which straddled the Perfume River. The Communist forces dug in and prepared to defend their hold on the city. US Marines and a small group of South Vietnamese soldiers were ordered to clear the city. An epic battle ensued as thecombat raged from house to house and door to door. It was a bloody fight and resulted in large-scale destruction of Hue.Eventually, the Marines and the South Vietnamese forces retook the city, but it turned out to be one of the most important battles of the war.