Korea And Vietnam
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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KOREA AND VIETNAM
COLD WAR TURNS HOT
NOT THE FIRST FOR NATO TROOPS
- Greece and Turkey
- In support of the Truman Doctrine
- Evidence of belief in the Domino Theory
KOREAN WAR
1950-1953
KOREA DIVIDED
- Ruled by Japan 1910-1945
- Split by USSR and US at 38th parallel
- North invades the South 1950
- UN Security Council Resolution 82
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COURSE OF THE WAR
- North marched all the way to Pusan
- UN troops resupplied the South and held the city
- General MacArthur landed at Inchon
- Pushed all the way to the Chinese border
- Soviets provided air support and reinforcement
THE DMZ
ARMISTICE ENDED THE WAR WITH NO TREATY
VIETNAM WAR
1956-1975
FRENCH INDOCHINA
COLONIALISM AND INDEPENDENCE
BACKGROUND
- Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh
- Seek and win independence from France
- Supported by the USSR
- Ngo Dinh Diem - Catholic leader in the South
- Viet Cong - Norther guerrilla forces
GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT
PRESIDENTIAL POWER TO SEND US TROOPS
COURSE OF THE WAR
- Search and destroy air missions
- US ground troops in 1965 peaking in 1968
- Tet Offensive failed to overthrow the South
- Vietnamization under President Nixon by 1973
- Vietnam unified under communism 1975
