KQ5 Flashcards
What was the name of the dictator in Cuba? And when was he overthrown?
Batista
1959
Despite Castro kicking out america, what was it allowed to keep in Cuba? What year did USA break of diplomatic relations with Cuba?
- keep the naval base
- 1961
What was the bay of pigs, and when was it?
- April 1961
- Kennedy sent 1400 Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro
- as a result soviet arms came to Cuba
What were the 5 reasons why ussr place missiles on Cuba?
- bargain with the USA
- test the USA (on their policy of containment)
- trap the USA
- get the upper hand in an arms race
- defend Cuba
What parallel was Korea split on and who were the north and south leaders?
38th parallel
Syngman rhee - south
Kim il sung - north
Why did the north of Korea invade the south and in when?
- wanted to unite Korea under communist rule
- June 1950s
What was USAs response to Korea? And what were the events of the Korean War?
- sent troops
- general macarthur attempted rollback, angered china
- china sent army and pushed america back
- ended in stalemate on 38th parallel (america threatened china with atomic bomb)
When did china become communist?
1949
Why was Vietnam split into north and south by 1954?
- Vietnam ruled by France since 19th century
- taken over by japan after ww2
- north wanted to take over whole of Vietnam ( so started war with France)
- 1949 china gave assistance to Viet minh
- France set up non communist gov but couldn’t put up with viet minh
- conference at Geneva decided to split to north and south
What was the gulf of Tolkien incident? And when was it?
- august 1964
- when north viet boats fired on us ships
- became the trigger for war
When did america send military advisers to veitnam?
1962
What were the American tactics?
- search and destroy (high civilian casualties)
- chemical weapons
- bombing
What was the text offensive and when was it?
- 1968
- viet cong took over capital city and renamed ‘ho chi minh city’
- got into American embassy
- left viet cong weak and hoped south would rise up to help
What happened after the USA left Vietnam?
- fell to communism in 1973?
What was the mai lai massacre?
300-400 innocent civilians killed by us troops
What line was Vietnam separated on?
17th parallel
What were nixons contributions to the Vietnam war?
- peace negotiations
- ‘vietnamisation’ - south forces were built up as American troops left
- increased bombing campaigns
- invaded Vietnam cong base in Cambodia
- pressure on the USSR
- put pressure on the ussr and china to end the war
- withdrew us forces
Who was Diem and why did America cut him off?
- leader of south Vietnam
- was Catholic and persecuted Buddhists
- strategic hamlet program destroyed homes in 1962
How did Johnson help in Vietnam?
- operation rolling thunder
- increased military action
How did Eisenhower act in Vietnam? And what years did he serve in presidency?
- didn’t send atomic bombs to Vietnam
- limited aid to french but did give some aid
1953-1961
How did Kennedy help in Vietnam and when was he president?
- accelerated military aid to south
1961-1964
Who was William Calley in Vietnam?
Was blamed for the mai lai massacre
Who was henry Kissinger in Vietnam?
Nixons military advisior
What was operation rolling thunder?
The widespread bombing campaign over the Ho Chi Minh trail, initiated by Johnson
