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Unit 5. How effective was the US at stopping communism (US Withdraw (Tet…
Unit 5. How effective was the US at stopping communism
Korea
Backgroud inf.
China becomes communist
China made the Americans worry about the "Domino Theory"
Roots of Korea war
Korea taken by Japan
USSR defeated Japanese in south and North Korea
North Korea run by Communist Kim Sungi
South Korea run by capitalist Syngman Rhee
Korean war
North Korea invades South and takes almost all of Korea
Truman sends Warships and supplies to South
Vietnam
US involvement
VC Tactics
Us Peasants farmers
Tunnel complexes more than 150 miles of tunnelss
"Hanging onto American Belts"
Booby Traps
Background
Colonization
Ngo Dinh Diem (puppet)
Viet Minh (fight for independence)
War starts
US Tactics
Strategic Hamlets
Operation Rolling Thunder
Search and Destroy
Chemical weapons
Cuba
Missile Crisis
Revolution
Cuba led by Fulgencio Batista
Batista was supported by the US
Batista allowed the US determinate from Cuba economy
Castro begins 5 years revolution with Batista
Castro ends with a victory in 1959
Nikita begins building the Nuclear missile
Kennedy prevent the Cubans with the blockade from the USSR delivering weapons to the island.
Kennedy removes the missiles and removes the missile of US from bases of Turkey
Cuba remains communist
US reaction
Cuban and American took action against Castro
US and Cuba trade restrictions (sugar)
C.I.A. launches the Bay of Pigs invasion to overthrow Castro
US Withdraw
Cost of war
$950 billion in 2011 US dollars
T. of V. $400 billion
Loss of US lives
58,148 killed
304,000 wounded out of 2.7 million who served
25% of soldiers were drafted (they choose not to go to war)
Tet offensive
attack of communists
took over 100's of towns is South Vietnam
US wins them back
communist are not going to quit war EVER!
Vietnamization
Richard made a plan to fight the communist without the help of the US
Richard train the Vietnamese
Richard took this as a cheaper way without loss of US life protest ( keep fighting)