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Question 0

Name the three conferences that place to determine what the world would look like after World War II.

Answer 0

Tehran in 1943
Yalta in February 1945
Potsdam in July – August 1945

Question 1

Characteristics of the Atomic Bomb.

Answer 1

1. Max temperature at burst point: several million degrees centigrade.
2. Fireball of 15m radius formed in 0.1 ms.
3. Fireball temperature of 300,000°C
4. Fireball expanded to max size in one second reaching out to an altitude of 17,000 m.
5. Blackrain: radioactive debris was deposited by black rain that fell for over an hour leaving 66,000 dead,

Question 2

When was the Warsaw Pact signed, and by who?

Answer 2

1955

Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.

Question 3

When did the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan?

Answer 3

1979

Question 4

What technology emerged for the United States as a result of the competition with Communism?

Answer 4

Army missiles
The Davy Crockett
The Atomic Annie
Helicopters
The United Nations
The first Jet versus Jet combat

Question 5

Earmarks of the Korean War

Answer 5

1. US forces were poorly equipped, badly trained, and totally unprepared (Task Force Smith).
2. Heavily equipped American troops were unprepared to move on foot.
3. American troops were too dependent on support from tanks and artillery.
4. Introduced the helicopter for scouting purposes.

Question 6

When did the Korean War began?

Answer 6

25 June 1950

North Korean artillery and mortars opened up on southern Korea units south of the 38th parallel.

Question 7

Earmarks of the Vietnam War

Answer 7

1. Following World War II, French gifted Vietnam as colonial territory.
2. French got handed their butts by the Vietnamese general Vo Nguyen Giap.
3. French left – 9 October 1954.
4. South Vietnamese request US assistance against North Vietnamese.
5. US financial and military aid increases, and by 1961 US heavily involved in Vietnam.
6. Operation Ranch Hand -1962
7. US sanctioned military coup of South Vietnam’s Pres. Diem – Diem was killed.
8. Gulf of Tonkin – 2 August 1964
9. Initial agreement to end the war – 23 January 1973

Question 8

Notable Technology from Desert Storm.

Answer 8

M-1 Abrams tank
F-117 stealth bomber
Patriot missile system
Computer viruses – Iraqi air defense system
GPS
J – Stars

Question 9

Notable Technology from the Vietnam War.

Answer 9

1. The “smart bomb”, laserguided with pinpoint accuracy
2. Infrared scopes the could see the enemy in the dark.
   3 The use of the helicopter (Bell UH-1) as infil, exfil, and MEDEVAC.