The Gulf of Tonkin and Vietnam
- Vietnam divided along the 17th parallel
- A fabricated incident was set up; American destroyer was torpedoed
- President Johnson installed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution
- 200,000 troops in 1965
- 600,000 in 1968
Summary
Following Vietnam's division along the 17th Parallel a fabricated incident was put in place by which an American destroyer ship was hit by torpedo's. As a result President Johnson put the Tonkin Gulf Resolution in place in which 200,000 troops were installed in Vietnam in 1965, with an additional 600,000 following in 1968.