Confrontations between the US Navy & North Viet Navy in the Tonkin Gulf in 1964.
The Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam; during the war...N & S Vietnam.
The Vietnam War is the event that occurred in the Tonkin Gulf.
Vietnam War.
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
Tonkin Gulf Incident
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution .
Started a war between North Vietnam and the US.
Approved war between North Vietnam & the US.
The August, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
Because it changed what had been a simple guerrilla war in South Vietnam into an open conventional war in both South VN and North Vietnam. There was no open direct hostilities against NORTH Vietnam prior to the Tonkin Gulf.