Tonkin

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Meaning

Tonkin (plural Tonkins)

A surname transferred from the given name.

(history) The northern part of Vietnam, a former French colonial region

A gulf in northern Vietnam: the Gulf of Tonkin

The Gulf of Tonkin incident, in 1964

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Although Congressmen at the time denied that this was a full-scale war declaration, the Tonkin Resolution allowed the president unilateral power to launch a full-scale war if the president deemed it necessary. Source: Internet

ELVING: The peak in the pattern was Lyndon Johnson's Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 that led to the escalation of the Vietnam War. Source: Internet

Establishment French marine infantrymen in Tonkin, 1884 The expansion of French Indochina (in blues). Source: Internet

According to DA Ray Tonkin, drug arrests rose significantly in 2015, while arrests like burglary and theft, commonly related with drug addiction went down. Source: Internet

" Gulf of Tonkin incident ", writes Louise Gerdes, "is an oft-cited example of the way in which Johnson misled the American people to gain support for his foreign policy in Vietnam." Source: Internet

Major battles were fought such as those at Ty-ho Bay and the Tonkin River though pirate junks continued operating off China for years more. Source: Internet

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