What larger war was the Vietnam War a part of? Call Barnard 8:03 AM Add class comment

The war, considered a Cold War-era proxy war by some, lasted 19 years, with direct U.S. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. The congress then passed a resolution that opened the way to the escalation that resulted in the Vietnam war, in which millions of Vietnamese lost their lives and tens of thousands of young Americans died, too.Wikipedia Rate this definition: 1.0 / 1 vote The executive branch of the US government combined the August 2 report with the FIRST August 4th report (which they it knew had been withdrawn) and made no mention of the withdrawal message, and sent a message to the congress that a US Warship (which was not described as engaged in spy activities) had been attacked by a hostile state.

Soon afterward, the captain of the ship withdrew that report, citing the weather and the 'over zealous' character of those sailors. Some sonar operators on the ship generated messages that the ship was under attack, and a message was sent. Two days later (on August 4) there was a storm out there. On August 2nd, in a defensive move, the navy of North Vietnam sent torpedo boats to drive away the US Navy ship. Those operations would support the sovereign nation of South Vietnam, with which North Vietnam was at war.

A US Navy Warship, the USS Maddox, was in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin conducting spy operations on the sovereign nation of North Vietnam.

What larger war was the Vietnam War a part of? Call Barnard 8:03 AM Add class comment