Involvement in the Vietnam War
Escalation rose quickly after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Johnson now has the authority to escalate the U.S. in the involvement in Vietnam. Authority overpowered and on March of 1965, Johnson ordered U.S. ground troops to Vietnam.
President Lyndon B. Johnson only had one goal: not to win the war, but to boost South Vietnam's power until South Vietnam overpowered and could take over. The U.S. was not directly in war with Northern Vietnam. Once South Vietnam had enough forces, the U.S. had done its work.
The U.S. fought against the Vietnamese Congress by a series of jungle wars which were constructed of ambushes, booby traps, and underground tunnels which gave the Congress an obvious greater advantage. U.S. forces admit locating enemies was just as difficult as the war itself. U.S. troops had to determine the enemies in every village. Some enemies included women mothers and children who were used to built traps and house the Congress. Because of this, soldiers' fighting conditions were at most unbearable and they suffered from low morale and confusion.
However, on the 30th of January, 1968, North Vietnamese coordinated an assault together with the Congress attacking around 100 S. Viet cities. This was known as the Tet Offensive and turned around the Vietnamese War and Johnson decided to no longer escalate the feud.
President Johnson was relived by Richard Nixon and his plan "Peace With Honor" in 1969 as the withdrawal of troops in from Vietnam. The Vietnam War however did not relax until 1975 by S. Vietnam surrendering to North Vietnam as a once again communist country.
President Lyndon B. Johnson only had one goal: not to win the war, but to boost South Vietnam's power until South Vietnam overpowered and could take over. The U.S. was not directly in war with Northern Vietnam. Once South Vietnam had enough forces, the U.S. had done its work.
The U.S. fought against the Vietnamese Congress by a series of jungle wars which were constructed of ambushes, booby traps, and underground tunnels which gave the Congress an obvious greater advantage. U.S. forces admit locating enemies was just as difficult as the war itself. U.S. troops had to determine the enemies in every village. Some enemies included women mothers and children who were used to built traps and house the Congress. Because of this, soldiers' fighting conditions were at most unbearable and they suffered from low morale and confusion.
However, on the 30th of January, 1968, North Vietnamese coordinated an assault together with the Congress attacking around 100 S. Viet cities. This was known as the Tet Offensive and turned around the Vietnamese War and Johnson decided to no longer escalate the feud.
President Johnson was relived by Richard Nixon and his plan "Peace With Honor" in 1969 as the withdrawal of troops in from Vietnam. The Vietnam War however did not relax until 1975 by S. Vietnam surrendering to North Vietnam as a once again communist country.