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| conflict    = Lunar New Year Offensive of 1968<br/>Tet Offensive<br/>''Sự kiện Tết Mậu Thân''
| partof      = the [[Quenminese Theater]] of the [[War of Lorican Aggression]]
| image       = [[File:QuenmineseLNYO-Pic1.jpg|300px]]
| caption     = Imperial Quenminese Ground Force troops marching through the streets of [[Tâm Thiện]] during the [[Battle of Tâm Thiện|battle of the same name]], 25 June 1968
| date        = {{plainlist|
* Phase One: 30 January{{spaced ndash}}28 March 1968
* Phase Two: 15 April{{spaced ndash}}4 May 1968
* Phase Three: 22 May{{spaced ndash}}5 July 1968
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| place       = Northern and Central Quenmin
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| result      = Decisive Quenminese military victory; Heavy casualties on both sides, albeit Lorica's being much heavier; Ngoi Sang Bac temporarily depleted
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| combatant1  = {{flag|Quenmin}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the RVNMF.svg|22px}} [[Imperial Quenminese Armed Forces]]
* {{flagicon image|FNL Flag.svg|22px}} [[Ngoi Sang Bac|Ngôi Sáng Bắc]]
{{flagicon image|Great_Lucis_and_Accordo_-_Tristain.jpg|22px}} [[Great Lucis and Accordo|United Kingdom]]
* {{flagicon image|Lucis Hung Yen.jpg|22px}} [[Lucian Hưng Yên]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Concordia2.jpg|25px}} [[Concordia and the Soryu|Concordia]]
| combatant2  = {{flagicon image|Communist Lorica.png|22px}} [[Lorica]]
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| commander1  = {{plainlist|
* {{flagicon|Quenmin}} [[Sử Công Nguyên]]
* {{flagicon|Quenmin}} [[Hồ Ngọc Quyết]]
* {{flagicon|Quenmin}} [[Liễu Hung Gia]]
* {{flagicon|Quenmin}} [[Bùi Nhất Viên]]
* {{flagicon|Quenmin}} [[Vương Thị Lệ]]
* {{flagicon image|FNL Flag.svg|22px}} [[Phó Ðức Bằng]]
* {{flagicon image|FNL Flag.svg|22px}} [[An Minh Tuấn]]
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| commander2  = {{plainlist|
* {{flagicon image|Communist Lorica.png|22px}} [[Hippolyte Girard]]
* {{flagicon image|Communist Lorica.png|22px}} [[Ignatiy Ponomaryov]]
* {{flagicon image|Communist Lorica.png|22px}} [[Nicholas Adams]]
* {{flagicon image|Communist Lorica.png|22px}} [[Denis Barsukov]]
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| strength1   = ~1,100,000 
| strength2   = 1,300,000 
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| casualties1 = {{flagicon|Quenmin}} {{flagicon image|FNL Flag.svg|22px}}: 210,000 dead, 220,000 wounded
| casualties2 = 560,000 dead, 680,000 wounded
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| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox War of Lorican Aggression}}<br/>{{Campaignbox WoLA Quenminese Theater}}
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The '''Lunar New Year Offensive of 1968''', more commonly known as the '''Tet Offensive''' and officially named the '''The General Offensive of Tet Mau Than 1968''', was the largest coordinated military operation in the [[War of Lorican Aggression]]. It was planned by the [[Imperial Quenminese Armed Forces]] and the [[Ngoi Sang Bac]], and implemented on January 30, 1968 against the occupying military forces of [[Lorica]]. The Offensive lasted from January 30 to October 6, 1968 with gaps in between, and it has been comprised of surprise attacks and military offensives that have spread out from almost all of Northern and Central Quenmin.

==Background==

==Offensive==
{{quotation|''Nứt bầu trời, lắc trái đất'' (Crack the sky, shake the earth)|Code phrase towards the Quenminese army and the NSB for the commencement of the Offensive}}