Tonkin Gulf Incident between Vietnam & America

Tonkin Gulf Incident

On 5 August 1964, the American Naval destroyer Maddox suddenly attacked ships of the Vietnamese patrol, caused Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ (Tonkin Gulf Incident).

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident

On the pretext of having themselves been attacked the Americans bombed several places in Việt Nam thus beginning the escalation of the US air war against North Việt Nam.