ABSTRACT
This summary of the 1972 Easter Offensive is from ARVN Lieutenant-General Ngo Quang Truong.
The importance and decisiveness of this effort were readily apparent by the forces Hanoi had committed – at least ten infantry divisions and hundreds of tanks and artillery pieces. The Hanoi leadership always timed its major efforts to exert maximum impact on American domestic politics. The 1972 Easter Offensive was in line with this policy. And true to their doctrinal precepts, the Communist leaders of North Vietnam evidenced little concern for personnel and equipment losses, provided that the ultimate objectives set forth by their Politbureau could be attained.
