he sent in further advisors and by 1963 there were 16,000
wanted covert action in Vietnam, still wanted to intervene so Vietnam would not be overthrown byt he communist north but did not have intensions of Americanising Vietnam.
3 North Vietnamese boats attacked the USS maddox on the Gulf of Tonkin, however the attack failed as the US retaliated and the ships were either destroyed or badly damaged. the resolution was granted by congress and gave the US the power to take whatever means necessary to prevent further attacks. this then led to the bgeining of real US involvement in the war.
attack led by the leader of the VC on a US military base in Holloway. led to opperation rolling thunder and gaining US public support in the Vietnam war.
- 1965 operation Rolling thunder
US plan to try and bring an end to the war, was continuos bombing on the North in the attempt to shatter their economy, lasted for 3 years. However it didn;t really work as the majority of the North was rural areas and any army bases were well hidden. Also any Bases that were actually hit, funding for them was replaced by the USSR and China.
was a series attack by the VC on the south and all of their main cities.
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