Conflict and Tension in Asia
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When did North Korea invade South Korea?
June 25, 1950
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When did MacArthur lead a UN invasion into North Korea at Inchon?
September 1950
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When did China join the war?
October 1950
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When did peace talks begin?
July 1951
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When was Eisenhower elected US president?
November 1952
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When did North and South Korea sign an armistice?
1953
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When did Vietnam split into two?
July 1954
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When was the Ho Chi Minh trail first used?
August 1959
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When was the National Liberation Front (Vietcong) formed in Hanoi?
December 1960
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When did the number of US military advisers in South Vietnam increase from 700 to 12000?
December 1962
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When was South Vietnam president Diem killed?
November 1963
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When did the number of US military advisers in South Vietnam increase to 16000?
December 1963
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When was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
August 1964
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When did Operation Rolling Thunder begin?
March 1965
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When were there 200000 US troops in Vietnam?
December 1965
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When was the Tet Offensive?
January 1968
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When was the Mai Lai massacre?
March 1968
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When did large scale demonstrations against the war start in in the USA?
October 1968
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When did peace talks begin in Paris?
January 1969
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When did Nixon order the secret bombing of Cambodia?
March 1969
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When did US troops start to withdraw, leaving 455000 troops in Vietnam?
June 1969
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When did Vietnamisation begin and when was the My Lai massacre made public?
November 1969
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When were four student demonstrators shot at Kent State?
May 1970
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When was the Paris Peace Accord signed?
January 1973
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When did the last US troops leave Vietnam?
March 1973
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When did the North Vietnamese army capture Saigon?
April 1976
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When did the two Vietnams reunite?
April 1975
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