why the us got increasingly involved in vietnam by 1965 Flashcards
how many military “advisors” where there south vietnam in 1962 and 1964
- 1962 = 11 500
-1964 = 23 000
who sent military advisors into south and wehn
kennedy in 1962
why was the gulf of tonkin significant
- allowed the us congress to pass the tonkin gulf resolution that gave johnson power to take
-“ all nesseccary meausres to prevent further aggression and ahcieve peace and security” - could now tak evietnam into a full scale war
when was the gulf of tonkin
august 1964
how many combat troops landed at Da Nang in sv whihc started the veitnam war on march 2nd 1965
3500 us marines
what was the date of 3500 us marines startign veitma war
8th march 1965
how mnay soldiers were there in vientam by the end of 1965
125 000
how did us get politically involved in veitnam
-prevented elections due to fear of communist victory
what was set up in 1955 by the us
anti communist republic of south vietnam under ngo dinh diem
why was diem a bad leader
- against buddhists
- corrupt and gave money to family and freinds
-refused to hold elections
how did usa respond to diem’s ruling
- gave around 1.6 billion in 1950s to support the regime
- the knew he was a bad leader but said they “knew of no better”
when was the Viet Cong set up
1960
- started a guerilla war against sv forces, officials, buildings, us supply bases
how did usa get financially involved in veitnam whereby they supported and failed the french
- gave money to french to help war effort
how muhc money did usa give to french
500 million
how mnay french soldiers were consantly attacked by the viet minhs hit and run aids
190 000 attacked
over 90 000 casualties
