Korean War
Why was the Korean operation authorised by the UN?
The USSR was boycotting over the refusal to recognise Mao
The CIA installed Joseph Kasavubu as Prime Minister in which African country?
Congo
Khrushchev gave Kennedy a six-month ultimatum to leave Berlin when they met where?
Vienna
What was the name of the failed US-sponsored Cuban counter-revolution in 1961?
Bay of Pigs
Which US president began the policy of Vietnamisation?
Richard Nixon
Which US general wished to attack Chinese cities?
Douglas MacArthur
The CIA unsuccesfully tried to overthrow the Sukarno regime in which Asian archipelago?
Indonesia
Kennedy famously said that a wall was a lot better than a....
War
What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
1962
The Rural South Vietnamese were moved into what by the NRVA and the US?
Strategic Hamlets
North and South Korea were divided along which line?
38th Parallel.
In which country was the Jacobo Arbenz government overthrown in 1954?
Guatamala
What years were the two Berlin crises?
1958 and 1961
What name did Kennedy give to his naval operation to prevent Soviet ships from reaching Cuba?
Quarantine
North and South Vietnam were divided along what line?
17th Parallel.
How many US troops were killed in Korea?
33,000 (30,000-40,000)
A counter-revolution where saw Britain and the US send troops to Lebanon and Jordan in 1958?
Iraq
What was Kennedy's military policy of dealing with the USSR?
Flexible Response
Soviet Missiles in Cuba could hit every US city aside from?
Seattle
How many US troops were killed in Vietnam?
55,000 (50,000-60,000)
Where did the US launch a successful amphibious counter-attack in September 1950?
Inchon
The CIA overthrew which democratically elected government in Iran in 1953?
Mohammad Mossadegh
Where in Berlin did US and Soviet tanks face off against each other?
Checkpoint Charlie
How did Khrushchev agree to Kennedy's telegram?
Radio Moscow
President Johnson forbade the bombing of what North Vietnamese harbour?
Haiphong