Military History- Cold War/Korea/Vietnam/Iraq Flashcards
Atomic bomb has max temp of ___ degrees C at burst point. 15-m fireball formed in ___. 300,000 degrees C expands to max size in ___. Cloud reached height of ___. ___ fell for an hour leaving 66,000 dead.
several million .1 milisecond 1 sec 10.1 miles black rain
3 Allied leaders met at the ___ and decided what the world would look like after WWII.
Yalta Convention
MAD (Cold War)
Mutually Assured Destruction
NATO (war)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The ___ was signed in 1955 in direct response to the decision to allow ___ to join NATO, and allowed for the Red Army to be based in member States (East Germany and others), unified command and mutual assistance
Warsaw pact, West Germany
In 1946, ___ warned that a ___ was descending through the middle of Europe.
Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain
___ asserted in 1946 that WWII was an unavoidable and inevitable consequence of ___ and implied that such a War might reoccur.
Joseph Stalin, Capitalist Imperialism
USSR (Soviet Union), ended in ___
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1991
___ , led by ___, was the first combat formation to deploy from Japan to South Korea during the Korean War. They were greatly outnumbered.
Task Force Smith, Colonel Charles Bradford Smith
The ___ was introduced in the ___ War, mostly for medivac
helicopter, Korean
On June 25th, 1950, the DPRK opened fire on the RK along the __ Parallel. This started the ___ War.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, 38th, Korean
UN troops and materials were supplied to South Korea through the Port of ___. Gen ___ wanted to use Nuclear Weapons in Korea. President ___ relieved him to avoid all-out War. US, North Korea and China sign ___ and North and South Korea sign ___
Pusan, MacArthur, Truman, Armistace, non-aggression treaty
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of ___, ___ decided to place intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba with the permission of ___. President ___ discovered what was happening and threatened Soviet Union and placed Naval quarantine around Cuba. Soviet Union removed the missiles.
1962, Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro, Kennedy.
In 1945, following surrender of Japan to Allies, ___ and his People’s Congress create the National Liberation Committee of ___ and declare independence from France.
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
4-star General ____ led Vietnam’s Armies for decades.
Vo Nguyen Giap
In 1954, The Battle of ___ was a major turning point for Vietnamese over the ___ and ___ forces who were under constant fire and flooded by monsoon rains.
Dien Bien Phu, French Airborne, Foreign Legion
____ became Prime Minister of South Vietnam in 1954. America’s objective in the War was to preserve an independent, stable, non-communist South Vietnam.
Ngo Dinh Diem
Americans struggled in Vietnam because of the Viet Cong’s ___ tactics. Americans utilized ___ which made it easy to deploy and evacuate troops in the middle of battle.
guerrilla, helicopter
In 1962, The US Air Force launched Operation ___, denying Vietcong use of roads and trails and destroying over 10% of vegetation (food and cover) by spraying ___
Ranch Hand, Agent Orange
The 3 stages of revolutionary warfare, defensive, equilibrium, and counteroffensive was inspired by ___ written by Mao Zedong
On Protracted War
The _____ was approved by Congress and allowed President ___ to wage all-out War against North Vietnam without securing a formal Declaration of War from Congress. This was in response to North Vietnamese firing torpedoes at US Destroyer ___
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Lyndon Johnson, USS Maddox
Operations ___ and ___ were sustained air/bombing raids against North Vietcong.
Flaming Dart, Rolling Thunder
What was another name for the National Liberation Front? (Vietnam)
Vietcong
What years did the Vietnam war take place?
1954-1975 (US withdrew in 1973)
Operation ___ was the largest US operation of the Vietnam war.
Junction City
In 1968, The ___ was the largest operation of the Vietcong involving the raiding of 100 cities. This crushed US morale.
Tet Offensive
Vietnamization:
Under Nixon, US withdrawal from Vietnam, tried to help SVN fight for themselves.
Easter offensive:
1972, NVA offensive with little gain and high casualties. Nixon declared Vietnamization a success
Nixon was besieged by the ___ scandal. Congress cut funding for RVN for FY ___
Watergate, 1974
Anticipating the fall of ___ to Communist forces, US President ___ announces US involvement in Vietnam War is finished.
Saigon, Gerald Ford
Major helicopter during the Vietnam War:
2 other major tech advances were the ___ and ___
Bell UH-1
smart bomb
infrared
On Aug 2, 1990, Iraqi forces, led by ___ , invaded ___.
Saddam Hussein, Kuwait
The overall objective in ___ was to liberate Kuwait.
Operation Desert Storm
Who was the commander of CENTCOM during the Gulf War?
General Schwarzkopf
What technological advancements were first used during the Gulf War?
GPS
computer viruses (against air defense)
J-STARS
stealth technology
Describe Coalition’s Aerial Attack during Gulf War:
Successful attack on Baghdad Used AH-64 Apache F-15s and F-117s Tomahawk missiles from ships computer viruses for air defense
What was the “left hook” ? (Gulf War)
The final 4-day assault on Iraq
Over 500,000 troops, Tanks, and Aircraft
cut off highway between Kuwait and Baghdad.
J-STARS (plane)
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
