Gulf of Tonkin incident

Name: Gulf of Tonkin incident
Start: 1964-08-02
End: 1964-08-04

2 Aug 1964 – 4 Aug 1964 · 19.78° N, 106.52° E

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When: 2 Aug 1964 – 4 Aug 1964
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 19.78° N, 106.52° E
Description: 1964 naval confrontation between North Vietnam and the United States
Naval: yes

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Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Vietnam War – Gulf of Tonkin incident: United States destroyers Maddox DD-731 and C. Turner Joy are attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2 et 4 août : incidents naval dans le golfe du Tonkin ; un destroyer américain, le Maddox”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “первый инцидент в Тонкинском заливе: перестрелка между северовьетнамскими патрульными судами и американским эсминцем «Мэддокс»”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “美国两艘驱逐舰据称在北部湾受到北越的第二次攻击，引发越南战争全面升级的北部湾事件发生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ベトナムでトンキン湾事件発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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Vietnam War1 Nov 1955 · Civil war · Deaths 3,000,000

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