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minus-squareBernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoOkay, but not with massive amounts of troops on the ground doing frontline fighting. The justification for that came from Tonkin.
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoThat was the public war, yes.
minus-squareBernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoIf you have a source for there being a large-scale frontline american involvement, or anything beyond advisors or the air force before Tonkin, then I’m all ears.
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoThere wasn’t a large scale, it was just secret operations.
minus-squareBernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoOkay… but that’s not the start of the American Vietnam War. That was America covertly aiding the French in their war.
Okay, but not with massive amounts of troops on the ground doing frontline fighting. The justification for that came from Tonkin.
That was the public war, yes.
If you have a source for there being a large-scale frontline american involvement, or anything beyond advisors or the air force before Tonkin, then I’m all ears.
There wasn’t a large scale, it was just secret operations.
Okay… but that’s not the start of the American Vietnam War. That was America covertly aiding the French in their war.