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Did president Johnson decide to send American troops into Vietnam during the battle at dien bien phu?
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No , this decision came later during his presidency .
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Who convinced president Johnson to wider the war in Vietnam?
Army General William Westmoreland, who was the supreme commmander of all U.S. forces in Vietnam, asked Johnson in 1965 for more troops. This widened the war and the first major battle in Vietnam was the Battle of Ia Drang in the Pleiku Province of South Vietnam.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and why is it significant?
The two incidents (one actual sea battle, and one questionable sea battle) allowed President Johnson (LBJ) to transition the Vietnam War from a guerrilla war into a conventional open war against Hanoi (Capital of North Vietnam).
Did America withdraw or lose the battle of Vietnam?
American withdrew
When did Johnson send fighting troops to Vietnam?
The easy and often repeated belief. US troops had been in RVN (Republic of South Vietnam) before Johnson (LBJ) was president; before his former boss JFK (Kennedy) was president. US servicemen were being killed in battle in South Vietnam long before LBJ took office in Washington. The Johnson administration commenced open war (via the Tonkin Gulf Resolution) with North Vietnam in August 1964. No other US president prior to LBJ conducted open hostilities with North Vietnam. Open hostilities=Open aerial bombing/bombing campaigns (Operation Rolling Thunder, etc.).
Who were some of the important Vietnamese and Chinese participants in the Vietnam War?
North Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh North Vietnamese GEN Giap (Battle of Dien Bien Phu against the French in 1954, and Battle of Khe Sanh against the US in 1968) South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu South Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Co Ky (GEN and fighter pilot)
The longest war in a America history was?
The longest war against another recognized government was the Vietnam War which took place from 1955 (President Eisenhower's administration) through 1975 (President Ford's administration).
How significant dien bien phu battle on the piece process?
Separate war from the American Vietnam War.
What caused the American involvement in Vietnam?
Most people accept the spread of communism as the prime cause of the Vietnam War, a battle of the cold war.
During the Battle of Shiloh who was the president?
Abraham Lincoln was president for the entire duration of the American Civil War.
What was Lyndon B Johnson's reputation during the Cold War?
Johnson was unwillingly caught up in the hot battle (Vietnam War) of the Cold War. Johnson was the US's only Presidential Administration to be destroyed by the war. He went on nation wide television and flat out said he would not run for president again, and would NOT ACCEPT nomination for the presidency of the United States. He was truly fed-up with the war.
What effect did the 1964 joint resolution of congress have regarding the deployment of us troops to vietnam?
It authorized the president to send troops into battle
What was the Tonkin Gulf incident?
it caused president Johnson to send more troop to Vietnam
