Gulf of Tonkin Incident & Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (2 ago 1964 ano – 4 ago 1964 ano)
Descrição:
The USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnam patrol boats. A few days later a similar attack happened again. This rose alarms which gave President Lyndon B. Johnson a great amount of power. It gave LBJ authority to do whatever is necessary. He decided to increase the number of troops and military. In doing this what was a huge potential consequence, became the Vietnam war.
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Data:
2 ago 1964 ano
4 ago 1964 ano
~ 2 days
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