On August 2, 1964, USS Maddox was conducting an intelligence-gathering mission in the volatile waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. The patrol had been uneventful so far, and foul weather had been the only rival for the 2,200-ton beast armed with a main battery of six 5-inch guns and more than 40 additional guns. But peace was short-lived.
Under the cover of darkness and the crash of waves, the distant sound of boats approaching turned higher. Maddox first ignored them, but the destroyer suddenly detected torpedoes slicing through the water. An instant later, three North Vietnamese patrol boats were sighted, closing in fast.
The crew scrambled into action, their training kicking in as they fought to defend their ship against the unseen enemy. Maddox then began maneuvering at top speed while the rival boats approached from behind at over 50 knots.
A warning shot was fired, but the enemies kept pressing forward. The Sumner-class destroyer then opened fire without hesitation and tore two boats apart with her powerful 5-inch guns. A third one then fled the scene as soon as air support showed up.
The skirmish had ended, but it kickstarted the Vietnam War, and soon enough, more torpedo boats were coming Maddox’s way…
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MacArthur's ego killed more Americans than the Japanese.
Or… It was all made up.😅😅😅
The Vietnam war was being thought, and you can bet the American oligarchs wanted in, and so staged this in order for an excuse to enter that war. I was well documented that the U,S, Liberty came under attack, in 1966, by Israeli ships and fighter jets, pushed, to put it mildly, by some within the American administration, McNamara being one such
The incident at the Gulf of Tonkin was a "false flag" one instead of what the video claims… 🤔🐻❄🐾
It did not happen just am excuse
The video is mistaken. We now know from American records that the report of an attack on the Turner Joy, two days after the attack on the Maddox, was incorrect. Either the Turner Joy incident was the result of confusion and friendly fire, or it was a fabrication. The resulting legislation passed by the US Congress in response to the "attack" allowed the Johnson administration to massively build up US military forces in South Vietnam and set off the Vietnam War for the USA..
Didn't Dark Seas declare the Gulf of Tokin Incident all BS by the Johnson Régime? A few yrs ago.??? Most others have concurred….Maybe It was Dark Docs….
100% Bull
At 6:03 you state that the projectile velocity of the 40 mm Bofors was 2,600 feet per MINUTE. That works out to almost 30 MPH. Actual velocity is in the order of 2,800-2,900 feet per SECOND or about 1,900 MPH. Edit the script for accuracy please.
More pathetic AI narration
58,000 dead Americans due to a false flag operation so the military industrial complex could sell and profit from weapons of war. Don’t believe the bullshit.
Sumner "Battleships"? Really?
It never happen , C.I.A. , Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, …,
6:02 "Firing shells @ 2600 feet per minute" seems kinda slow yeah? Or maybe I'm miscalculating?
This absolutely positively never happened
It never happened
You should have talked about another Sumner class that has a better WWII story: SS Laffey "the ship that wouldn't die." It survived a massive Kamakazi attack. It's at Patriots Point in Charleston, SC.
Lolol. Wasn't this already proven to be a false flag?
FALSE FLAG
For the US, WW2 started Dec 7, 1941. May ‘43 wasn’t 6 months later. It was 18 months later. Sorry to be nit picking, but the story loses some of its flow for me.
Very interesting. My Dad and uncles fought in Nam.
✂️ the 🐂💩 ‼️ IT WAS ALL 👽🛸☄️
Was the Gulf of Tonkin incident real or fake?
It was tantamount to a declaration of war, but it was based on a lie. After decades of public skepticism and government secrecy, the truth finally came out: In the early 2000s, nearly 200 documents were declassified and released by the National Security Agency (NSA). They showed that there was no attack on August 4.
you replaced cannons with missiles and gave it to china
Lol lol lol
Get your facts straight.
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident never took place. It was all a lie!! The North Vietnamese claimed adamantly that they were never there. It was just an excuse to get involved in thw war in Vietnam.
The DOD have been proved to have lied about an attack…..😮
We lost that war. Agent Orange killed thousands of US troops years later.
One of the best you have done to date thank you
this was a set up… poor effort for a good channel
China Wants to Rule the World. My colleague once questioned why China is currently so developed. I said that they have been working extremely hard to surpass the rest of the world, including the US.