New Insights into the Battle of Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive

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New Insights into the Battle of Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive A presentation by Dr. Erik B. Villard U.S. Army Center of Military History

Street Fighting During the Battle for Hue

Northern I Corps Tactical Zone

6th PAVN Regiment - 800th Battalion - 802d Battalion - 806th Battalion Enemy Order of Battle: 31 January 1968 6th PAVN Regiment - 800th Battalion - 802d Battalion - 806th Battalion Hue City Sapper Unit (-) Northern Wing 12th Sapper Battalion 416th Battalion, 5th PAVN Regiment 7th Battalion, 29th Regiment, 325C PAVN Division Hue City Front Headquarters Three VC Local Force Companies 4th PAVN Regiment 804th Battalion 810th Battalion 1st Sapper Battalion 2d Sapper Battalion Southern Wing 5th PAVN Regiment 815th Battalion 818th Battalion 164th Artillery Battalion

Enemy Plan of Attack

West of Hue

Aerial View of the Mang Ca Compound

Tay Loc Airfield

1st ARVN Division HQ- Front Gate

MACV Advisory Compound

Marines Fighting In Hue

Questions?