The Vietnam War really began with the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which was the attack on the USS Maddox by Communist North Vietnamese naval forces. This was the impetus for the justification of a war, as well as the escalation in terms of the numerical increase of American forces in South Vietnam. The first major battle between US and NVA forces was Operation Starlite in late August 1965.
The war in South Vietnam began by infiltration (slowly like cancer). The war against North Vietnam commenced after the Tonkin Gulf incident (two sea battles in August '64).
The most common request made by US commanders during the Vietnam War, was a constant request to the President for: More men. (40,000 men a month were being drafted by 1968). This was called the "escalation of the war."
With the massive build up of men, from 1965 onward, 500,000 men at the peak of the war.
escalation. Keep Calm and Carry On, good PLATO friend.
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Johnson escalated the war.
Tonkin Gulf Incident
No US President wanted to be the FIRST to lose a war.
One event that caused an escalation of troop involvement in Vietnam was the incident in 1964 at the Gulf of Tonkin.
Vietnam war began in 1955 and ended in 1959
The most common request made by US commanders during the Vietnam War, was a constant request to the President for: More men. (40,000 men a month were being drafted by 1968). This was called the "escalation of the war."
To put an end to the communist threat that was uprising in Vietnam, which was started by Ho-Chi-Mihn. Also to support the democratic South vietnam.
Johnson.
The students for a democratic society, in 1964, focused on the escalation in the Vietnam War. They also focused on the civil rights movement.
President Nixon was associated with both the escalation of and end of the Vietnam War.
bob Marley and justin bieber
Instead of exchanging words, they began exchanging bullets in Vietnam. It went from talk (cold war) to shooting (Vietnam).