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This was significant because the United States and South Vietnam would continue to fight this power for the whole length of the war.
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Congress passes Tonkin Gulf Resolution, giving the president broad military powers in Vietnam.
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The U.S.S. Maddox is attacked by North Vietnamese PT boats. The Maddox has been sailing in the Gulf of Tonkin since July 28, 1964. South Vietnamese forces operating against North Vietnamese shore installations.
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This attack on the Maddox and American's retaliation made the war all the more real. It was no longer America helping South Vietnam but America protecting themselves.
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This event is important because it solidified America's involvement in the fight against communism in North Vietnam.
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President Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia to destroy enemy supply bases and it erupt in protest.
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Facing the South Vietnamese were elements of five NVA divisions, as well as a tank regiment, an artillery regiment, and at least nineteen antiaircraft battalions. The result was near-disaster.
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These peace talks were steps toward negotiation and compromise. They are significant because these talks were steps in the right direction.
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this is when they had surrendered two years after the american combat soliders had left and they werent able to get there to win over in time in the war.
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A law on foreign investments marks the beginning of the liberalization of the economy
