Listen to the sound clip On August 2, 1964, the USS Maddox was fired upon. This allowed Johnson to pass the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, removing limits on US involvement. Within a year there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam. Overwhelming bombing campaigns decimated the North. From 1965 1975, 7.5 million tonnes of explosives were dropped on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, twice the amount dropped on all of Europe and Asia during WW2. Many unexploded bombs render the farmland unusable to this day. Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh... from Travis Scott HiFi TTS Computer AI Voice:
On August 2, 1964, the USS Maddox was fired upon. This allowed Johnson to pass the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, removing limits on US involvement. Within a year there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam. Overwhelming bombing campaigns decimated the North. From 1965 1975, 7.5 million tonnes of explosives were dropped on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, twice the amount dropped on all of Europe and Asia during WW2. Many unexploded bombs render the farmland unusable to this day. Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh...
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