The Vietnam War - Johnson
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- The Vietnam War - Johnson
- 1964-68
- FOCUS - FURTHER MILITARISATION
- Didn't get involved:
- 'Many Flags' campaign (1964)
- Other allies to provide troops and military support
- Didn't invade N. Vietnam
- Didn't bomb near China
- Didn't want to provoke them
- Avoided official declaration of war
- Operation Rolling Thunder was gradual
- 'Many Flags' campaign (1964)
- Involvement:
- GROUND TROOPS
- 125,000 IN 1965
- 500,000 IN 1967
- 125,000 IN 1965
- Operation Rolling Thunder and Steel Tiger
- First Airmobile Calvary Division (400+ helicopters)
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)
- Bomb tonnage: 63,000 (1965)
- Bomb tonnage: 226,000 (1967)
- Tet Offensive (1968)
- Worst year in war - 14,000 dead
- Heavy bombing (incl. napalm) of Hue
- GROUND TROOPS
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