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The commander in chief asked for and received authority to use whatever force was necessary to protect US forces abroad. The commander in chief thus escalated the war from a guerrilla war into a conventional one; starting with fresh troops and commencing with Operation Rolling Thunder, the air war against North Vietnam.
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Where is Gulf of Tonkin?
South China Sea: which is a part of the Pacific Ocean
What was the name of the bay that north Vietnam attacked US Navy Ships?
Not a bay; a gulf...the Gulf of Tonkin.
When the North Vietnamese torpedoed two American destroyers Congress passed the?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (officially, the Southeast Asia Resolution, Public Law 88-408) .
What year did us troops start fighting in Vietnam?
In August, 1964, President Johnson reported to the nation that American ships had been attacked by North Vietnam gunboats in the Gulf of Tonkin, in international waters. The Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving the President the power to use whatever force necessary to protect our interests in the area. At the time, the truth was not reported. In February, 1965, the Viet Cong attacked an American military base near Pleiku. Using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Johnson sent in 3,500 Marines, the first official troops, to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam.
Why did president Johnson believe that it was important for the US to in in Vietnam?
We had been in Vietnam since Eisenhower and JFK had sent in advisors. The government policy was the containment of communism and Vietnam was part of that policy because it feared the the Chinese communist were spreading through Southeast Asia. Johnson was part of the containment thinking and when the Gulf of Tonkin incident happened it drew the US more directly into the war and he began to draft more and more men. Nixon expanded the war into Laos and before he was elected had stopped a peace treaty. It was to his advantage to have the war.
Did NATO happen before Gulf Tonkin resolution?
NATO existed well before the Tonkin Gulf incident.
What incident did President Johnson react to in 1964 that escalated the Vietnam War?
Tonkin Gulf ships were attacked ( this was LBJ who made it up).
Escalation of the war in Vietnam begin with what?
Tonkin Gulf Incident
What incident prompted congress to increase American involvement in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Who was president during the gulf on tonkin incident?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was the president during tonkin gulf incident?
Lyndon B. Johnson
When did Gulf of Tonkin incident happen?
The date of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was August 7th, 1964.
What nation did Johnson accuse of provoking the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
North Vietnam.
What did the gulf of tonkin incident do?
Started a war between North Vietnam and the US.
What event inspired an increase in public support for the war in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin "Incident".
What countries were in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
North Viet Navy vs US Navy.
What were the major descisions which lead to the vietnam war?
The big one was the Tonkin Gulf Incident.
