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31 lip 2014 · Almost exactly eighty years after the French assault on Tonkin, and fifty years ago this weekend, the United States navy reported that its ships had been attacked some miles off the shore of...
The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ) was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. It consisted of a confrontation on August 2, 1964, when United States forces were carrying out covert amphibious operations close to North Vietnamese territorial ...
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution, essentially unchallenged by a Congress that believed it was an appropriate response to unprovoked, aggressive, and deliberate attacks on U.S. vessels on the high seas, would open the floodgates for direct American military involvement in Vietnam.
The publicity caused by the Tonkin Gulf incident and the subsequent resolution shifted attention away from covert activities and ended high-level debate over the wisdom of secret operations against North Vietnam.
The National Security Agency provided Sharp with what was then considered “smoking gun” information that finally convinced not only Sharp but almost everyone else connected with the Tonkin Gulf incident that North Vietnamese naval vessels had attacked the Maddox and Turner Joy on the night of 4 August. At 1725 EDT CINCPAC informed McNamara ...
17 wrz 2024 · Gulf of Tonkin incident, complex naval event in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of Vietnam, that occurred from August 2 to August 4, 1964, during the Vietnam War. It was described to the U.S. Congress on August 5, 1964, as two unprovoked attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on the U.S. destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy .
29 paź 2023 · Whether it's the infamous Reichstag Fire, the murky waters of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, or the digital veils of modern cyberattacks, false flag events have continuously evolved in their...
