THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Viet Cong attacked 13 cities in South Vietnam including Saigon
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Nuclear weapons were banned from being tested aboveground
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U.S. Ships were attacked off the North Vietnamese Coast
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500 Innocent civilians were killed.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The outcome of the incident was the passage by U.S. Congress of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which granted U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to assist any Southeast Asian country whose government was considered to be jeopardized by “communist aggression".
Detailed explanation-2: -On 2 August 1964, North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats attacked the USS Maddox (DD-731) while the destroyer was in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin. There is no doubting that fact.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a naval event off the coast of Vietnam that ultimately gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the power to greatly escalate the U.S. military’s direct involvement in Vietnam in 1964. Encyclopaedia Britannica presents some key points on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam.