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In response to a Vietcong attack on US Military installations in February 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a significant escalation of American military involvement in Vietnam. He authorized the bombing campaign known as Operation Rolling Thunder, aimed at targeting North Vietnam and the Vietcong. This marked a shift in US policy, transitioning from advisory support to active combat engagement in the Vietnam War. Johnson's decision set the stage for a major increase in American troop deployments in the following years.
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When did vietcong attack pleiku?
The Air Base was attacted in Jan. 1967
What tactics did the Vietcong use to make them hard to beat?
The Vietcong were masters at guerrilla warfare. They would come and attack by surprise, then retreat before we had a chance to fight back.
What did president Nixon attempt to do in 1970?
By ordering a ground attack on Vietcong bases in Cambodia
Was president Johnson killed in office?
President Lyndon Baines Johnson died of a massive heart attack on January 22, 1973.
What authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to take all necessary measures to repel armed attack in Vietnam?
congress
What was the most significant reason for Lyndon B. Johnson's air strike on North Vietnam in August 1964?
President Johnson wanted to respond to a North Vietnamese attack on an American warship.
Which President has had domestic policy to create the Great Society and attack the poverty that plagued minorities especially in the nation's urban centers?
Lyndon Johnson
Why did the Vietcong attack the Bien Hoa AFB in November 1964?
Disrupt the airfield (by making holes in it) and destroying parked aircraft.
Why did President Johnson enter the Vietnam War.?
There was an apparent attack on US ships by the North Vietnamese Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin in July, 1964. LBJ pushed for a US military response against the North. On August 7, Congress authorized the President to commit US aircraft and ground troops to the war, which still consisted mainly of the guerrilla war in the South.
The CBRN attack actions include prepardeness recovery and?
response
Germany's response to President Wilson's protests over the Lusitania incident was to?
announce in September 1915 that submarine commanders would not attack passenger vessels without warning.
What is the national response to the Attack on Lawrence in 1856?
The national response to the Attack on Lawrence in 1856, which was part of the "Bleeding Kansas" conflict, was mixed. President Franklin Pierce initially viewed the incident as a local issue and did not intervene. However, the attack helped to further highlight the tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States, contributing to the lead-up to the Civil War.
