01 TET HITS HUE
On 31 January, during the Tet Lunar New Year ceasefire, North Vietnamese agents emerge from hiding, opening up the gates to the Citadel, while 10,000 North Vietnamese troops pour into the city. Within two hours, Hue has fallen.
02 OPERATION HUE CITY
On 1 February, still in control of a base in Hue’s South Side, the Americans bring in Marines to begin retaking the city. They move at a gruellingly slow pace, taking the South Side back street by street.
03 ARVN REACH AN HOA GATE
On February 4, still in control of the Citadel’s northeast, ARVN reinforcements breach the Citadel’s northwestern gate but are later repelled by an NVA counter-attack and driven back to Tay Loc airfield. That evening, as the fog lifts, the South…