Cold War Flashcards
Stalin dies
March 1953
Korean peace treaty
27 July 1953
DMZ Width
3km
North Korean invade South Korea
25 June 1950
Truman decided USA should join Korean war
27 June 1950
US deaths in Korea
37,000
China deaths in Korea
600,000
North Korean deaths:
South Korean deaths:
North : 600,000
South: 1,000,000
Korean peace talks begin
July 1951
US deaths in Vietnam
58,000
NVA + VC soldier deaths
900,000
ARVN soldier deaths
250,000
Civilian deaths in Vietnam
2 million
Vietnamese refugees after war
11 million
Number of “boat people” who left Vietnam after 1975
1 million
Vietnamsitation announced
3 November 1969
US soldiers home by end of 1969
85,000
Nixon begins bombing of Cambodia
March 1969
Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia
April 1970
Nixon meets with USSR (end vietnam war pls)
1970 (also May 1972)
Nixon meets with China (end vietnam war pls)
1972
My Lai Massacre
16 March 1968
My Lai reported civilian deaths
22
My Lai deaths
500
William Calley sentenced and released
1971 and 1974
Washington D.C. protest: date and number
15 November 1969 - 500,000
Tonnes of bombs dropped during Operation Rolling Thunder
> 1 million
Cluster bombs explode and release…
600 smaller bombs
Average age of US soldier in Vietnam
19
Operation Rolling Thunder starts
February 1965
Number of US troops in Vietnam by end of 1965
200,000
US cost of Vietnam / year
$30 billion
US cost of Vietnam in today’s money
$1 trilion
% of US households with TV during Vietnam War
93%
Number and average age of US soldiers dying each week in Vietnam war
300/week. Average age 23
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
2 August 1964
Guld of Tonkin resolution passed by Congress
7 August 1964
Tet offensive
30 January 1968
NVA casulties during TET:
Vietcong casualties during TET:
NVA: 50,000
Vietcong: 10,000
For how long was US embassy held by Vietcong?
6 hours
How many in US embassy TET suicide squad?
15
Time for towns and cities taken in TET to be regained
1 month
Attackers in TET
85,000
US aid given to French by 1954
$3 billion
Dien Bien Phu
Spring 1954
Vietminh attackers at Dien Bien Phu
50,000
French surrender at Dien Bien Phu
7 May 1954
Geneva Agreement (year)
1954
French reinvasion of Vietnam
1946
China turns communist
1949
Diem assassinated
November 1963
Diem calls election
October 1955 (one year early)
Nixon elected
November 1968
Vietnam peace talks begin
Janary 1969
Secret Vietnam peace talks start
August 1969
Number of troops Nixon requests to invade Cambodia
150,000
North Vietnam proposes ‘in place’ ceasefire. (their troops will keep territory they have gained)
October 1972
Paris Peace Accord signed
27 January 1973
Last US troops leave Vietnam
March 1973
North Vietnamese attacks begin again
December 1974
Vietnam becomes unified and communist
April 1975
Kent State Shooting
May 1970
Nixon informs America of secret peace talks
January 1972
