proxy wars Flashcards
1
Q
DMZ
A
demilitarized zone, heavily armed, separates N & S Korea
2
Q
38th parallel
A
DMZ was along it
3
Q
armistice
A
brought the war to an end, signed in 1953
4
Q
bay of pigs
A
invasion of cuba in april 1961 by cuban exiles opposed to fidel castro
5
Q
cuban missile crisis
A
US & USSR had missiles pointed at eachother
6
Q
13 days
A
during the cuban missile crisis they didn’t sleep for 13 days, closest to a nuclear war
7
Q
hotline
A
speed up written exchanges and slow down verbal exchanges
8
Q
ho chi minh
A
vietnams leader
9
Q
vietcong
A
their army
10
Q
tet offensive
A
turning point that showed the war was far from over
11
Q
soviet occupation in afghanistan
A
afghanistan asked USSR for help and instead the USSR invaded them
12
Q
mujahideen
A
the fighters who helped oppose the USSR
