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Phase III offensive
Part of the Vietnam War
Date17 August – 27 September 1968
Location
South Vietnam
Result U.S./South Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
Phase III offensive United States
Phase III offensive South Vietnam
Phase III offensive North Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
United States Creighton Abrams
Keith L. Ware 
Ellis W. Williamson
Carl A. Youngdale
South Vietnam Cao Văn Viên
North Vietnam Lê Duẩn
  Văn Tiến Dũng
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Hoàng Văn Thái
  Chu Huy Mân
Units involved
  • United States 1st Infantry Division
  • 25th Infantry Division
  • 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
  • 1st Marine Division
  • South Vietnam 2nd Division
  • 5th Division
  • 6th & 8th Airborne Battalions
  • 1st, 2nd & 3rd Marine Battalions
  • Military Region 5
    • 1st Division
    • 2nd Division
    • 3rd Division
  • B2 Front
    • 5th Division
    • 7th Division
    • 9th Division
Casualties and losses
unknown U.S./South Vietnamese body count: 29,000+ killed or wounded
Civilian: 1,036 dead
2,536 wounded

Phase III of the Tet offensive of 1968 (also known as the August offensive or Third offensive) was launched by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) from 17 August to 27 September 1968. The offensive was divided into two waves of attacks from 17 to 31 August 1968 and from 11 to 27 September of that same year.

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