The Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm Flashcards

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What is Black Rain?

A

Radioactive debris that fell heavily for over an hour over a wide area leaving 66,000 dead!

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Altitude the top of the atomic cloud reached

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17,000 meters (10.1 Miles)

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What convention decided what the world would look like after WWII?

A

Yalta Convention

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4
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Winston Churchill warned that a _____ ______ was descending through the middle of Europe.

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Iron Curtain

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5
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What are Proxy Wars

A

Wars fought by allies rather than the country itself such as allies fighting for USSR during the cold war

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5
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When was NATO formed?

A

1949

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5
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When was Warsaw Pact formed?

A

1955

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5
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8 Countries in the Warsaw Pact - 1955

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Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union

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Q

Hand Carried Atomic Bomb

A

Davy Crockett

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After dropping of the atomic bomb the _____ _____ reached a height of 17,000 Meters.

A

Atomic Cloud

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Black Rain, otherwise known as _____ _____ fell heavily over a wide area after the bombing left 60,000 dead

A

Radioactive Debris

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9
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The preparation of nuclear arsenals and East-West competition during the Cold War led to policies of what?

A

MAD - Mutual assured destruction

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10
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First helicopters were used during which war?

A

Korea

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11
Q

Korean Conflict exposed what weakness?

A

reliance on bombs brought the neglect of basic infantry skills

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12
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What did North Korea Army utilize during the conflict?

A

Fluidity, surprise, and concealment

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13
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Armed conflict short of general war, exclusive in incidents, involving the overt engagement of the military forces of two or more nations

A

Limited War

14
Q

Early Turning point of the Korean War

A

Amphibious landing on Inchon

15
Q

What did the U.S impose on Cuba during the missile crisis?

A

A naval quarantine

16
Q

How did the US military adapt to innovative and technical challenges during the Cold War due to nuclear arsenals and policies of MAD?

A

Limited Warfare was introduced to US doctrine

17
Q

China’s military intervention in the Korean War lead caused the UN War aim in Korea to be changed to a?

A

A Negotiated Settlement

18
Q

President Truman fired General MacArthur for what reasons?

A
  • MacArthur wanted to use Nuke
  • Truman wanted to avoid provoking soviets/ China
  • Truman wanted to avoid an all-out war
19
Q

Mosaic art of war

A

War that used all facets of power: Military, political, diplomatic, economic, and psychological

20
Q

Last battle of the Indochina war?

A

Dien Bien Phu

21
Q

Air forces used what in Operation Ranch Hand?

A

Agent Orange

22
Nixon wanted to do what during the Vietnam War?
Vietnamization
23
What Southeast Asian country was recognized as a free state as part of what nation's territory?
Vietnam and France
24
During the battle of la Drang Valley the ____ ____ ___ learned that guerrilla operations, rather than an attempted force on force encounter, was more effective in fighting the technologically superior and well-armed US Army
NVA
25
President Nixon's push for Vietnamization, the turning over of the war to the South Vietnam's forces involved?
Pacification, Withdraw, Paris Pease talks, increase the size of the RVNAF
26
SCUDS
Surface to Surface missiles
27
The principle of war that best illustrates Desert Storm was?
Maneuver
28
Iraq's invasion of its neighbor in August 1990 saw who driven into exile?
the Emir of Kuwait
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True or False: The principle of War: Mass, best illustrates Desert Storm.
False - Maneuver