May Offensive

May Offensive

American Intervention

• Nui Thanh
• Chu Lai
• Starlite
• Plei Me
• Minh Thanh
• Hump
• Gang Toi
• 1st Bau Bang
• Ia Drang Valley
• Crimp
• Masher/White Wing
• Suoi Bong Trang
• Cu Nghi
• Kim Son Valley
• A Shau
• Birmingham
• Xa Cam My
• 1st Dong Ha
• Wahiawa
• Hastings
• Minh Thanh Road
• Prairie
• Đức Cơ
• Long Tân
• Beaver Cage
• Attleboro
• Bong Son
• Tân Sơn Nhứt airbase
• Lam Son II
• LZ Bird
• Cedar Falls
• Tuscaloosa
• Tra Binh Dong
• Bribie
• Junction City
• Ap Gu
• Suoi Tre
• 2nd Bau Bang
• Francis Marion
• Union
• Hill 881
• 2nd Ap Bac
• 1st Con Thien
• Malheur I and Malheur II
• Baker
• Nine Days in May
• Union II
• Vinh Huy
• Buffalo
• 2nd Con Thien
• July Two
• Hong Kil Dong
• Suoi Chau Pha
• Swift
• Dong Son
• Wheeler/Wallowa
• 3rd Con Thien
• Medina
• Ông Thanh
• 1st Loc Ninh
• Kingfisher
• Kentucky
• 1st Dak To
• Mekong Delta
• Tam Quan
• Thom Tham Khe
• Phoenix
• Coburg

1968 Offensives

• New Year's Day Battle of 1968
• Khe Sanh
• 1st Tet
• 1st Saigon
• Huế
• 1st Quảng Trị
• Ban Houei Sane
• Lang Vei
• Lima Site 85
• Toan Thang I
• Delaware
• 2nd Dong Ha
• May '68
• Kham Duc
• Coral-Balmoral
• Hoa Da-Song Mao
• Duc Lap
• Speedy Express

Drawdown 1968-73

• Dewey Canyon
• Taylor Common
• 2nd Tet
• Apache Snow
• Hamburger Hill
• Twinkletoes
• Binh Ba
• Pat To
• LZ Kate
• Bu Prang
• Kent State
• Texas Star
• Chicago Peak
• Khe Gio Bridge
• FSB Ripcord
• 1st Cambodia
• Kompong Speu
• Prey Veng
• 2nd Cambodia
• Snuol
• Tailwind
• Jefferson Glenn
• Hat Dich
• Lam Son 719
• Ban Dong
• Hill 723
• Son Tay Raid
• Chenla I
• Chenla II
• FSB Mary Ann
• Long Khanh
• Nui Le

Easter Offensive

• 2nd Quảng Trị
• 3rd Quảng Trị
• 2nd Loc Ninh
• An Lộc
• 3rd Dong Ha
• 2nd Dak To
• Kontum
• Thunderhead

Post-Paris Peace Accord (1973-1974)

• End Sweep
• Iron Triangle
• Svay Rieng

'Spring '75'

• Phuoc Long
• Ban Me Thuot
• Hue-Da Nang
• Xuân Lộc
• 2nd Saigon

Air operations

• Farm Gate
• Chopper
• Ranch Hand
• Pierce Arrow
• Barrel Roll
• Pony Express
• Flaming Dart
• Iron Hand
• Rolling Thunder
• Steel Tiger
• Arc Light
• Tiger Hound
• Shed Light
• Thanh Hóa
• Bolo
• Popeye
• Yen Vien
• Niagara
• Niagara II
• 1st Do Luong
• 2nd Do Luong
• Igloo White
• Giant Lance
• Commando Hunt
• Menu
• Patio
• Freedom Deal
• Linebacker I
• Enhance Plus
• Linebacker II
• Homecoming
• Tan Son Nhut Air Base
• Babylift
• New Life
• Eagle Pull
• Frequent Wind

Naval operations

• Gulf of Tonkin
• Market Time
• Vung Ro Bay
• Game Warden
• Double Eagle
• Sea Dragon
• Deckhouse Five
• Bo De River, Nha Trang, Tha Cau River
• Sealords
• Hai Phong Harbor
• Đồng Hới
• Custom Tailor
• End Sweep
• Hoang Sa
• East Sea
• Mayaguez

During the early morning hours of 5 May, communist units initiated PHASE II of the Tet Offensive of 1968 (also known as the May Offensive, "Little Tet", and "Mini-Tet") by striking 119 targets throughout South Vietnam, including Saigon. This time, however, allied intelligence was better prepared, stripping away the element of surprise. Most of the communist forces were intercepted by allied screening elements before they reached their targets. 13 NLF battalions, however, managed to slip through the cordon and once again plunged the capital into chaos. Severe fighting occurred at Phu Lam, (where it took two days to root out the 267th NLF Local Force Battalion), around the Y-Bridge, and at Tan Son Nhut. By 12 May, however, it was all over. NLF forces withdrew from the area leaving behind over 3,000 dead and 7,500 wounded.