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LBJ Goes to War

By: Kristen Brooks and Holton Parks. LBJ Goes to War. Johnson comes into office. On November 22, 1963, then President John F. Kennedy was assonated Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President Took control of keeping Communism out of Vietnam. North Vietnam vs. South Vietnam. Communist

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LBJ Goes to War

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  1. By: Kristen Brooks and Holton Parks LBJ Goes to War

  2. Johnson comes into office • On November 22, 1963, then President John F. Kennedy was assonated • Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President • Took control of keeping Communism out of Vietnam

  3. North Vietnam vs. South Vietnam Communist Led by Ho Chi Minh Strong leader Controlled 40% of the Vietnam countryside Allied with the Soviet Union, Vietcong, and China Anti-Communist The U.S supported and helped protect Had an unstable government

  4. Gulf of Tonkin Incident July 30, 1964, South Vietnamese commandos attacked North Vietnamese ports The U.S.S. Maddox simulates an air attack to drawl Northern forces away 5 days later North Vietnamese torpedo the Maddox

  5. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • Passed on August 7, 1964 • Gave Johnson the power to do whatever was needed in Southeast Asia • Allowed Johnson to wage war without a formal declaration

  6. Operation Rolling Thunder Long series of bombings in North Vietnam ordered by Johnson on February 13, 1965 Delayed by changes in power in South Vietnamese government until March 2 Aimed at preventing Northern supplies from reaching the South

  7. Sending in ground forces 3,500 Marines are sent in to defend the airbase at Danang Commander Westmoreland felt that Vietnamese troops couldn't do the job The first major American ground force to enter Vietnam There were 200,000 American troops in Vietnam by the end of 1965 U. S. troops were added slowly as not to startle Communist leaders in China and Russia, who had nuclear weapons

  8. Johnson proposes a deal • In early April, 1965, the U. S. offers Ho Chi Minh an economic development project • Johnson proposed creating a T. V. A. for the Mekong River Valley • The project had the potential to benefit all of Southeast Asia • Ho turns it down in favor of pursuing his cause

  9. Further U. S. involvement in Vietnam Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, presented President Johnson with three options for American involvement in Vietnam The options were to withdraw, a conservative course of further action, and a course of much more sever action. The first option was made to sound like it would weaken America and was rejected Both other options involved continuing to fight so the conflict went on

  10. "We will not surrender and we will not retreat." President Johnson's words on July 28, 1965

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