THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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The French lost control of Vietnam to the Vietcong
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A group of South Vietnamese army officers killed Ngo Dinh Diem
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U.S. ships off the North Vietnamese coast reported being attacked
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Laos and Cambodia fell to Ho Chi Minh’s fascist rule
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Detailed explanation-1: -In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina.
Detailed explanation-2: -In August 1964, as a result of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, in which U.S. naval vessels were attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats, President Johnson ordered retaliatory air strikes (Operation Pierce Arrow) launched against the north.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred in August 1964. North Vietnamese warships purportedly attacked United States warships, the U.S.S. Maddox and the U.S.S. C. Turner Joy, on two separate occasions in the Gulf of Tonkin, a body of water neighboring modern-day Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -Much of the reason for the escalation dates back to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. On August 2, 1964, the U.S.S. Maddox fired upon several North Vietnamese torpedo boats which were following the American vessel.
Detailed explanation-5: -Alleged North Vietnamese attacks on the US destroyer, USS Maddox, led to the escalation of the Vietnam War and led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.