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North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonking Gulf in '64. The US retaliated.
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Did Vietnam deserve to be attacked by the US?
yes
What did The US in 1964 charged that North Vietnam had attacked American destroyers in the?
Gulf of Tonkin
What was the name of the bay that north Vietnam attacked US Navy Ships?
Not a bay; a gulf...the Gulf of Tonkin.
Why did Lyndon Johnson esclate us role in Vietnam?
Because the North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.
Why did Johnson enter the Vietnam war?
Because the North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.
In the Vietnam war who attacked first?
Communists.
Why did Congress agree in 1964 to go to war in Vietnam?
Because the North Vietnamese Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.
What event led to the US involvement in the Vietnam war?
The buildup of US troops in South Vietnam was accelerated after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, in which North Vietnamese gunboats attacked ships of the US Seventh Fleet off the coast of North Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
Location off the coast of communism North Vietnam where US ships were attacked and lightly damaged by North Vietnamese ships
What allowed the US to fight in Vietnam without being in war?
Johnson the united states president ordered the u.s navy and the air force to strike back at north Vietnam after they attacked U.S ships.
Who was the president of the U.S. that gave permission to launch the first military attach on Vietnam?
Military attacks had been going on in SOUTH Vietnam since '55. LBJ was the first US President to launch an attack on NORTH Vietnam in August 1964; after the North Vietnamese Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf
Why did the Germans attack Vietnam in World War 2?
I don't believe Germany ever attacked Vietnam.
