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when was korea occupied by japan
1910-1945
who occupied korea before
japan
korea what parallel
38th
partition of korea temporary until when
until free elections took place
why did stalin say no to free elections
end of soviet influence
start of korea when
june 1950
name for start of korea
‘battle of the pusan perimeter’
truman’s fp in korea initially
marshall plan
korea para themes
context
us response
us response + china
consequences
under what name do us troops fight in korea
under the UN
un troops capture what
pyongyang
reach yalu river
who invades north korea
china
mao zedong
who was fired by truman
general mcarthur
what did mcarthur want to do in korea
use atomic bomb on china
quote by truman on mcarthur
‘wrong war, wrong time, wrong place, wrong enemy’
when was 38th parallel re-established
june 1951
how long was korea stalemate
2 years
when does leadership shift during korea
1953
new leaders at the end of korea
eisenhower
khrushchev
end of korea when
jul 1953
38th parallel becomes what in korea
permanent
no peace treaty
heaviest militarised zone in the world
consequences of korea
1st proxy war
blueprint for future conflicts - vietnam
vietnam won’t be same
huge propaganda win for usfp
vietnam para themes
context
us advisory involvement
gulf of tonkin
us escalation
my lai + tet
opposition + vietnamisation
vietnam ruled by who
france
vietnam ruled by france since when
1858
country vietnam referred to as
french indo-china
us presidents in charge for vietnam
eisenhower
jfk
lbj
nixon
when does japan invade vietnam
during ww2
anti japanese resistance group
vietminh
vietminh led by who
ho chi minh
geneva agreement signed when
1954
war between who
france and vietminh
french-vietminh war dates
1946-1954
what did geneva agreement show
french couldn’t win
vietnam split into 2
vietnam what parallel
17th parallel
south vietnam led by who
ngo dinh diem
rich catholic
democratic
support of us
north vietnam led by who
ho chi minh
vietminh
communist
support of china + russia
what did vietnam see the us as
another coloniser
what did the us see vietnam as
another korea
when did jfk take action
1961
how many advisors did jfk send
400
diem’s gov becomes more what
dictatorial and unpopular
bans buddhist holidays
when is diem overthrown
nov 1963
how is diem overthrown
by a military coup
lbj steps of vietnam
sends more green berets
orders more bombings (ORT)
sends 20k ground troops
air + artillery
search + destroy
quote what does lbj promise not to do in vietnam
promises not to send ‘american boys 9000 miles away from home to do what asian boys ought to be doing for themselves’
lbj’s 2 options in vietnam
back out
send more us troops
lbj quote about sending more troops to vietnam
‘most of the nations in asia cannot by themselves… resist the growing might and grasping ambition of asian communism’
what was gulf of tonkin used as
an excuse to escalate US involvement in vietnam
when was the gulf of tonkin
1964
boat named on gulf of tonkin
uss maddox
gulf of tonkin claim
uss maddox claimed nv boats fired when patrolling
what was passed as a result of tonkin
gulf of tonkin resolution
gulf of tonkin quote
take ‘all necessary steps’
what was tonkin essentially
a declaration of war
when does us start bombing vietnam
asap
how many troops sent from 1964-73 to vietnam
2.8 million
aim of step 2 vietnam
destroy nv industry + ho chi minh trail
aim of ORT
aerial bombardment
bomb nv
ORT quote
bomb nv ‘back to the stone age’
change in FP vietnam
advisory to direct conflict
how long did ORT last
3 years instead of 8 weeks planned
how many raids per month in vietnam
12000
how many ground troops sent to vietnam by 1966
500k
how many tons of bombs during ORT
864k tons
what was a huge propaganda win for ho chi minh
ORT
why did my lai happen
lack of morale within us soldiers
took drugs to cope
savage behaviour from drugs
when did MLM happen
1968
how many killed in MLM
348
1 mission
when did news of MLM come out
12 months after it happened
by when did US think they were winning
by 1968
tet offensive
31 jan 1968
south vietnamese branch of vietminh
vietcong
what was vietnam war referred to as
‘living-room war’
what did tet lead to
credibility gap
flip of public opinion
turning point
how many anti-war protestors in 1969
700k
700k AW protestors when
1969
credibility gap is too…
too big to close
what does nixon promise
to end the war
détente
vietnamisation
by when how many troops withdrawn from vietnam
1971
250k
by when how many troops remained in vietnam
1972
40k
who opposed the war in vietnam
muhammad ali
martin luther king jr
example of an AW student protest
university of michigan 1965
cuba para themes
context
bay of pigs
soviet involvement
us quarantine
ussr response to quarantine
end + consequences
how many miles from us is cuba
90
us embargo on cuba + trade cut off when
jan 1961
castro overthrows gov when
1959
what does castro do
overthrows gov
introduces communism
nationalises us business
who assured jfk that BOP would be a success
allen dulles
when did allen dulles assure jfk
mar 11 1961
who is allen dulles
director of cia
when is BOP
14-15 apr 1961h
how many and who invade cuba
1400 exiled cubans
not airbacked
how many killed in BOP
100
rest of exiled cubans surrender after how long
72hrs
who trains the exiled cubans
CIA
results of BOP
disaster in jfk’s 1st major fp test
spotlight on jfk
cubans didnt support BOP
leaders during cuba
jfk and khruschev
quote by khrushchev in cuba
‘i know for a certain that kennedy doesn’t … have the courage to stand up to a serious challenge’
how did khrushchev feel about berlin when tackling cuba
was a fail
wanted clear victory