Korea, Vietnam and Cuba Flashcards
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CAUSES OF KOREAN WAR:
Domino Effect
China
Border
Losing?
MacArthur
October
Witch Hunt
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CONSEQUENCES OF KOREAN WAR:
Two million dead
Border
Relations
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Japan
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CAUSES OF VIETNAM WAR:
Independence
Civil war
Domino effect
(weak) Government
(Gulf of) Tonkin (64)
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TACTICS USED BY US IN VIETNAM:
(Operation) Trail Dust
(Strategic) Hamlets
(Operation) Rolling Thunder
Search and Destroy Raids
My Lai Massacre
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TACTICS USED BY VIETCONG:
Guerilla warfare (home turf)
‘Hearts and minds’
Tunnel systems
Support (China/USSR)
Tet (68)
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CONSEQUENCES OF VIETNAM WAR:
Nixon’s actions (bleh)
Soviets
Losses
Humiliation
Relations
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N, I, S
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THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS:
E - Evidence taken to the Congress of the missile site in Cuba. (22nd)
S - Khrushchev sends a telegram. ‘Security threat to the people’. (23rd)
N, I, S - Naval Blockade, Invasion Plans, Ships turned away. (24th)
R - Kennedy sends telegram placing responsibility on the Soviet Union. (25th)
C - Khrushchev negotiates that Kennedy can publicly announce to never invade Cuba, missiles removed. (26th)
A - Kennedy Agrees. (27th)
E - Missiles removed. End. (28th)
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