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South Vietnam had been bombarded by aircraft for years. North Vietnam was bombed by US jets during the first week of August 1964 in retaliation for their navy's torpedo boat attacks on the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy on 2 & 4 August '64; known historicially as the "Tonkin Gulf Incident." The 04 August attack may have been "Tonkin Ghosts."
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause of the Tonkin Gulf Incident in '64. The Tonkin Gulf Incident resulted in open warfare between North VN and the US. US jets began bombing North VN in 1965 (Operation Rolling Thunder), US Infantrmen and Tanks were deployed to RVN (Republic of South Vietnam) to battle North Vietnamese Army troops which had infiltrated into RVN.
The war had transitioned from a guerrilla war fighting only the Viet Cong in RVN to also fighting the NVA (North Viet Army) in RVN, and an air war over North Vietnam, in which the US Air Force and US Navy (air units) were tangling with North Vietnamese Air Force MiG17, MiG19, and MiG21 jet interceptors.
Bottom line: Vietnam went from a guerrilla in South Vietnam (RVN) to a conventional war in South VN and the skies over North Vietnam.
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∙ 13y agoBecause the North Viet Navy attacked the USN in the Tonkin Gulf.
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∙ 12y agoBecause the North Vietnamese Navy attacked the US Navy on the high seas (Tonkin Gulf).
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Did we drop the hydrogen bomb on Vietnam?
No hydrogen bombs were dropped on Vietnam. No nuclear weapons of any kind were used in Vietnam.
Where did Richard Nixon bomb in Vietnam War?
Cambodia
What president was responsible for the escalation of the Vietnam war?
Of the five commander in chiefs (US presidents) involved with the Vietnam War only two used B52s to bomb North Vietnam & launched extensive bombing campaigns over the North: LBJ & Nixon. Nixon was by far the most aggressive "B52 man." It was his favorite weapon. While LBJ (Johnson) was far more cautious and took great pains to avoid hitting Haiphong Harbor & Hanoi. LBJ didn't want to involve Red China nor the USSR in Vietnam, hence his caution; apparently Nixon made some secret agreements with the USSR/Red China when he visited them in about 1972, because his Linebacker bombing campaigns commenced that year. They didn't call President Nixon "Tricky Dick" for nothing!
In goodbye Vietnam what happened to kims father?
A bomb goes off
How did the Vietnam War effect to the crop failure in Vietnam?
Bomb craters tended to make swimming holes out of agricultural fields.
Who said a man's got to do what he's got to do?
Lyndon B. Johnson when he was asked why the US had to bomb Vietnam on Christmas eve
Did the warren commission give Lyndon B. Johnson authority to increase us involvement in the Vietnam war?
The Warren Commission was about the JFK assassination of 1963. You're probably confusing this topic with the Tonkin Gulf Incident of 1964 which gave the authority for LBJ to bomb North Vietnam.
Why did America not drop the Atomic Bomb on Vietnam in the Vietnam War?
Because we weren't stupid!
Did we drop the hydrogen bomb on Vietnam?
No hydrogen bombs were dropped on Vietnam. No nuclear weapons of any kind were used in Vietnam.
How did the Johnson administration's foreign policy between 1964-1965 transform the Vietnamese civil war into an international war?
President Johnson was, unlike his predecessor Kennedy, will to break the unwritten rules of the cold war, that is, he was willing to go to war with Vietnam. In 1964, after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, when North Vietnamese fired at American ships, Lyndon passed th Tonkin Gulf Resolution. This allowed him to "take all necessary measures to prevent further agression and acheive peace and security". Basically, he could wage war with Vietnam. This turned it from a war between the French and the Viet Minh into an international war involving America. In 1964, the USA began to bomb Vietnam
Where did Richard Nixon bomb in Vietnam War?
Cambodia
Was the hydrogen bomb used in a war?
no but it was almost in Vietnam
How and why the cold war begin?
A-Bomb.
How do you think people in Texas town felt about the Vietnam war?
They probably felt like most of the rest of the nation...conquer (invade) North Vietnam and use "the bomb" if necessary. The term, "the bomb" was the common phrase back in the 1950' and 1960's for "using nukes." "The bomb" was slang for "A-Bomb" which was short for "Atomic Bomb."
What president was responsible for the escalation of the Vietnam war?
Of the five commander in chiefs (US presidents) involved with the Vietnam War only two used B52s to bomb North Vietnam & launched extensive bombing campaigns over the North: LBJ & Nixon. Nixon was by far the most aggressive "B52 man." It was his favorite weapon. While LBJ (Johnson) was far more cautious and took great pains to avoid hitting Haiphong Harbor & Hanoi. LBJ didn't want to involve Red China nor the USSR in Vietnam, hence his caution; apparently Nixon made some secret agreements with the USSR/Red China when he visited them in about 1972, because his Linebacker bombing campaigns commenced that year. They didn't call President Nixon "Tricky Dick" for nothing!
What was America's response to the Vietnam war?
"we can/will bomb them back to the stone age"
In goodbye Vietnam what happened to kims father?
A bomb goes off
