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The National Security Council recommended a three-stage escalation of the bombing of North Vietnam. On March 2, 1965, following an attack on a U.S. Marine barracks at Pleiku, Operation Flaming Dart and Operation Rolling Thunder commenced. The bombing campaign, which would ultimately last three years, was intended to force North Vietnam to cease its support for the NLF by threatening to destroy North Vietnam's air defenses and industrial infrastructure. As well, it was aimed at bolstering the morale of the South Vietnamese.[47]
In 1954, the Vietminh forces of Vietnam defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and the nation was temporarily divided into two sections, north and south. The people of the south chose Ngo Dinh Diem as their ruler and Ho Chi Minh ruled the north. Diem refused to go along with the planned elections in 1956 to unite the nation so the Vietminh members in the south created the Viet Cong and the war between north and south for control of the country began. The government of South Vietnam requested military advisors from the United States to help train the South Vietnamese army. Ho Chi Minh was a communist and during the Cold War of the 1950s and 60s, the aim of the US government was containment of communist power and not to let it spread. The Eisenhower administration provided South Vietnam with money and advisors to help stop the threat of a North Vietnamese takeover. The United States also was pledged by treaty (SEATO) to aid the member nations in southeast Asia, if they were attacked by a foreign (communist) power. Following the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, President Lyndon B. Johnson also believed in containment and the domino theory. If one nation falls to communism, the next nation will fall, and the next, etc. It became the aim of the Johnson administration to prevent a communist takeover in Southeast Asia. In August, 1964, President Johnson reported to the nation that American ships had been attacked by North Vietnam gunboats in the Gulf of Tonkin, in international waters. The Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving the President the power to use whatever force necessary to protect our interests in the area. At the time, the truth was not reported. > http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2261 In February, 1965, the Viet Cong attacked an American military base near Pleiku. Using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Johnson sent in 3,500 Marines, the first official troops, to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam.
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The Vietnam War was between the Vietnam and the who?
Technically between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Actually between the US and North Vietnam.
How many US troops were stationed in Vietnam by the end of 1965?
By the end of 1965, the United States had 184,300 troops in Vietnam.
What was the purpose of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
Changed Vietnam from a guerrilla war into a conventional war when conventional US combat troops were deployed there in March 1965 & and the bombing of North Vietnam commenced under the code name of ROLLING THUNDER.
The date of the Vietnam war?
There are two dates for the American involved Vietnam War: 1955-1964 is the guerrilla war SOUTH Vietnam. 1965-1975 is the conventional war in both NORTH & SOUTH Vietnam. Note: North Vietnam was not bombed prior to 1965. NVA and USA regulars did not officially tangle prior to 1965.
What was the beginning of the US' active military campaign against North Vietnam?
North Vietnam threatened South Vietnam. I.S.
Why did the US bomb North Vietnam in 1970-72?
To make them sue for peace.
Why did the US bomb North Vietnam in February 1965?
The North Vietnamese began to move their regular army troops and weaponry into the South at that time. President Johnson ordered air attacks on the North to try and prevent this movement.
What was the first action the US took against north Vietnam?
Naval actions and covert operations (which included some of the naval actions) were conducted against North Vietnam prior to 1965. The first "real" official (offensive) action against North Vietnam was in 1965, when the US launched an AIR CAMPAIGN against North Vietnam, titled "Operation Rolling Thunder."
When did the US and North Vietnam do the most fighting?
In 1965, on the ground at the Ia Drang, and in the air with operation Rolling Thunder.
When did the US join the war in Vietnam?
The US joined the Vietnam War in 1960 or 1955because there was a civil war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, and the US was good friends with South Vietnam's goverment, so they helped out.
In what year did the US troops go to Vietnam for War?
The United States went into war with Vietnam in the year 1965.
The escaltaion of the Vietnam war?
Johnson sends US Regulars to Vietnam in 1965.
The Vietnam War was between the Vietnam and the who?
Technically between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Actually between the US and North Vietnam.
What year were US troops sent to Vietnam?
1965
How many US troops were stationed in Vietnam by the end of 1965?
By the end of 1965, the United States had 184,300 troops in Vietnam.
What was the purpose of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
Changed Vietnam from a guerrilla war into a conventional war when conventional US combat troops were deployed there in March 1965 & and the bombing of North Vietnam commenced under the code name of ROLLING THUNDER.
What was America's role in the bombing campaign during Vietnam?
The US used every aircraft (to include U-2's & SR-71's) in it's inventory to bomb North Vietnam into submission. To destroy Hanoi's means of conducting the war in South Vietnam and to bring North Vietnam to peaceful negotiations (peace talks).
