korea/cuba/vietnam

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

1. sends more green berets

2. orders more bombings (ORT)

3. sends 20k ground troops

4. air + artillery

5. 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

1. back out

2. 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