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How long was the Korean war?
1950 - 1953 (3 Years)
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How long did peacetalks take for the Korean War?
1951 - 1953 (2 Years)
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When did North Korea assault South Korea?
1950
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Who was in power during the Korean war in North Korea?
Kim Il Sung
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Who was in power during the Korean War in America?
Harry Truman
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Who lead the UN in the Korean War?
Douglas Macarthur
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What was the Cold War?
The USA and USSR in conflict despite there being no obvious direct conflicts.
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After North Korea pushed back the South Korean troops, where did American troops land?
Inchon
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How long did it take US to take back all of south Korea?
Weeks
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True or False, UN & USA pushed North Korea back to the chinese border?
True
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Why did America become weak when reaching China in the Korean War?
Different Temperatures (cold) and strained supply line.
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How many chinese troops attacked the US after they reached the border ?
200 000
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Who was in charge of China during the Korean War?
Mao Zedong
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Why was Douglas Macarthur sacked in 1951 (Korean War)?
Wanted to attack china and use nuclear weapons.
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After reaching the chinese border what happened to the American forces?
Pushed back to the 38th Parallel
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How many chinese casualties were there in the Korean War?
500 000
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What was the SEATO?
Anti-communist group of countries (South East Asia Treaty Organisation?
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Why was an armistice signed in 1953?
Stalin dies, making North Korea and China more wary.
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Who replaced Truman in 1952 as US president?
Eisenhower
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How much did US defence spending increase after the Korean war?
$48 000 000
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How many troops did the US lose?
30 000
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How many casualties did North and South Korea have combined?
1.3 Million including civillians.
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What was the impact of the Korean war on the Cold War?
Heavily increased US and Communist tension
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When were the Frecnh defeated at Dien Bien phu in the Vietnam War?
1954
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How many French soldiers were killed at Dien Bien Phu?
8000
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What were the Vietnamese soldiers called?
Viet Minh
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What was the Geneva Agreement?
Ceasefire in vietnam, and temporary divide into south Vietnam (non-communist) and North Vietnam (communist)
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Who took control of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
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Who took control of South Vietnam?
President Diem
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Why was Diem disliked?
Very anti-buddhist, main religion of vietnam, and ruled harshly.
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When was Diem betrayed and killed by his troops?
1963
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What type of warfare did the Viet Cong use?
Guerilla Warfare
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What did Ho Chi Minh form to fight Diem?
National Liberation front, Viet Cong
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By 1961, how many Viet Cong soldiers were in south Vietnam?
20 000
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How did the Viet Cong transport supplies into South Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
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What did local South Vietnamese people think of the Viet Cong?
Symathised and stood by them, generally hiding them in their towns and villages.
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What was the 38th Parallel?
Border dividing North and South Korea
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What was Agent orange?
Chemical weapons used by the US
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What was a Bouncing Betty?
A hidden explosive used by the Viet Cong
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What was the domino theory?
If one country fell to communism they all would eventually.
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What was fragging?
Troops killing their own officers.
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What was the Gulf Of Tolken Incident?
An apparent attack on US ships by North Vietnam
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Why were Americans so unaware of what was going down in Vietnam?
Barely any journalism on the war.
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What was the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam?
Controlled the access to news about the Vietnam War in America.
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What was the My Lai massacre?
The controversial murder of 400 civillians by US troops.
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What was the National Liberation Front?
The force established by Ho Chi Minh to resist Diem and the US in south Vietnam.
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What was operation Linebacker?
A large bombing operation by the US in 1972
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What was operation Rolling Thunder?
A heavy bombing campaign by the USA in vietnam
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What was Strategic Hamlet?
A US programme of moving peasant villages into fortified settlements preventing Viet Cong Influence?
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What was the Tet Offensive?
A major attack on South Vietnam by the Viet Cong, attempting to start a revolution by attacking radio towers to broadcast a message.
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
The policy of USA trying to stop the spread of communism.
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What was Vietnamisation?
Nixon's policy of training South Vietnamese troops to take over the fighting whilst slowly removing American troops.
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What was the Watergate Scandal?
A scandal involving the use of listening devices by Nixon's party to spy on their main rivals, the Democrats
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What is Impeachment?
Immediate removal of the president.
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