Conflict and Tension in Asia 1950-1975 Timeline

Question 1

What dates where the Cold War?

Answer 1

1947-1991

Question 2

When was Korea divided into 2 countries?

Answer 2

1945

Question 3

When did US President Truman vow to fight communism?

Answer 3

1947

Question 4

When did communist North Korea invade South Korea?

Answer 4

1950

Question 5

When did General Douglas MacArthur lead the UN invasion into South Korea at Inchon?

Answer 5

1950

Question 6

When did China join the war on North Korea’s side?

Answer 6

1950

Question 7

When was Eisenhower elected as US president (and vowed to end the war in Korea)?

Answer 7

1952

Question 8

When did North Korea and South Korea sign a ceasefire?

Answer 8

1953

Question 9

When was Vietnam split into 2 countries?

Answer 9

1954

Question 10

When was The National Liberation Front (also known as Vietcong) formed in Hanoi?

Answer 10

1960

Question 11

When were there 12,000 US Military advisers in South Vietnam (an increase from 700)?

Answer 11

1962

Question 12

When was South Vietnam’s President Diem killed?

Answer 12

1963

Question 13

When were there 16,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam?

Answer 13

By 1963

Question 14

When was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

Answer 14

1964

Question 15

When did ‘Operation Rolling Thunder’ start?

Answer 15

1965

Question 16

When were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam?

Answer 16

1965

Question 17

When was the TET Offensive?

Answer 17

1968

Question 18

When did the My Lai Massacre happen?

Answer 18

1968

Question 19

When were 540,000 US troops in Vietnam?

Answer 19

By 1968

Question 20

When did Vietnam War peace talks begin in Paris?

Answer 20

1969

Question 21

When did US President Nixon order the secret bombing of Cambodia?

Answer 21

1969

Question 22

When did the US troop withdrawal start?

Answer 22

1969

Question 23

When did ‘Vietnamisation’ begin?

Answer 23

1969

Question 24

When did 4 student demonstrators get shot dead at Kent State university?

Answer 24

1970

Question 25

When was Paris Peace Accord signed?

Answer 25

1973

Question 26

When did the last US troops leave Vietnam?

Answer 26

1973

Question 27

When did North Vietnam army capture Saigon - Vietnam becomes a united communist nation?

Answer 27

1975

Question 28

When was the My Lai Massacre made public?

Answer 28

1969