Bay of Pigs- They wanted to take down Fidel Castro's Government, most people were killed or captured, they hoped that the people of Cuba would join against the Government, results were that the Cubans were mad at Kennedy, It led to the Cuban Missile Crisis,
Korean Conflict- Korea was invaded and ruled by Japan from 1910 until 1945, after WW2 Korea Was Split in 2, north was USSR, and South was US, Election was going to be held to eventually reunify the country, UN held the election in 1948, Soviets refused to allow participation in the election in their occupied zone, Instead the handed over power to North Korean Communist Part,
Back and Forth War, North Korea pushes South Korea to the coast then the US deployed troops into South Korea, pushed North Koreans up and almost to China, China invades and pushes South Korea back to Sol,
Stalin and Mao- both supported North Korea invading of South Korea, Douglas MacArthur was the military leader in the US push back, north wanted to reunify the country under communism,MacArthur was removed from command because he badmouthed president Truman, most of the war was peace negotiations, combat continued as the negotiations continued, South Korean and allied forces wanted to recover all the land they lost,
No peace treaty was ever signed, demilitarized zone created between both countries, Korean war was the first armed conflict, we bombed North Korea, still have troops stationed there today, Kim Jong-un leader today,
Today- NK- larger military, higher birth death rates, no internet, less GDP, China does not like North Korea actions today, 2006, North Korea detonated its first nuclear weapon, North Korea say they will compromise but then become threatening again,
Vietnam War- US fighting Vietcong, wanted to stop the spread of communism, Geneva Conference, Ho Chi Minh, Escalation, VietCong, Guerrilla Warfare, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Lyndon Johnson, General William Westmoreland, Tet offensive, Pentagon Papers Operation Rolling Thunder, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Agent Orange, Napalm, My Lai Massacre, Vietnam War Protesters, Kent St University Protest Massacre, President Richard Nixon, Vietnamization, Paris Peace Accords,
Ho Chi Minh- well educated(in France), dressed as a peasant, after WW2 Vietnam was split into north and south,
French Connection- gained control of Indo-China, French are defeated in Vietnam, Geneva Conference- country split, Southern leader was Mgo Dinh Diem, Northern leader was Ho Chi Minh, Diem was assassinated, wanted an election but neither wanted to lose, US gets involved, US fighting South Vietnamese Army/Vietcong, Guerrilla Warfare- Retreating and fighting, Retreating and fighting, very effective, bombed North Vietnam but never invaded because USSR and China, Escalation- 5 presidents dealt with Vietnam war, small steps, President Truman sent aid to French to fight Communism, President Eisenhower sent military advisers to train south vietnamese, Kennedy sent advisers and Green Beret to do small operations, President Johnson got US majorly involved in Vietnam, De-Escalation- opposite of Escalation, Gulf of Tonkin- Several Ships were supposedly attacked by North Vietnamese torpedoes in the Gulf of Tonkin, Tonkin Resolution gave Johnson power to take all necessary measures to assist South Vietnam, Johnson said that he wasn't going to send troops into Vietnam but he did,
Mid 1960s Tet Offensive- Massive offensive on every city in the south, Massive victory for US, war became unpopular after Tet Offensive, Public reaction, people thought govt was lieing about the war, Pentagon Papers- Talked about how the govt mislead people, Nixon elected, promised to end the war, Operation Rolling Thunder- Started bombing Laos and Cambodia along with the Ho Chi Minh trail, Americans did not support the war because of the media,
Media exploited- Napalm- explosive fire, Agent Orange- herbicide to kill plants, John Kerry said Vietnam veterans were terrible people, Jane Fonda famous actor- she was spit on by Vietnam war veterans,
My Lai Massacre March- 504 Vietnamese were killed by US soldiers, women raped and people were mutilated,
College Protests- Kent State University, rioting, burning down buildings, National Guard was pushed down a hill, Guard opened fire on college students,
People getting out of going to survive? People went to other countries, going to college, people got married, medically unfit, people joined the national guard, coast guard, claim to be homo, get in trouble,
Ending of the War- Nixon called for pulling out of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh Trail- jungle trail, went through Laos and Cambodia, Supplied the Vietcong, Paris Peace courts- officially ended US involvement in the Vietnam Conflict, Peace- Ho Chi Minh died 6 years before independence, 1975 North invaded south,
US deaths- 58,000
ARVN deaths- 223,000
Vietcong deaths- 1,100,000
War Powers Act 1973- Limits the power of the President of the US to wage war,
USO tour- Bob Hope, John Wayne, entertainers in the war,
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