Vocabulary
A prisoner of war
POW
Why did the United States enter the Korean War?
To prevent the spread of communism
Why did the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba?
The Soviets wanted to intimidate the United States in its own backyard.
After World War II, witch country tried to regain control of its colonies in Indochina— Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?
France
The Soviets developed a fighter Jet to fight in Vietnam War, what was the designation of the jet used?
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
a line marking the original boundary between North and South Korea.
38th parallel
When was the Korean War cease-fire signed?
1953
What did President John F. Kennedy order in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A naval blockade of Cuba
1954 France withdrew from Vietnam after a serious military defeat. The Geneva Accords of 1954, an international agreement, split Vietnam in half along the which paralle?
17th paralle
What U.S. fighter jet originally designed to carry nuclear weapons, it operated in Vietnam as a strike fighter and later against enemy anti-aircraft sites?
F-105 Thunderchief
A region under the political control of a distant country
Colony
Was a crucial part of modern war
Airpower
Who was the only American to die in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Major Rudolf Anderson Jr.
How did the Tet Offensive get its name?
The offensive got that name because it occurred over the Tet holiday, which is when the Vietnamese celebrate the lunar new year.
Which fighter jet fought in aerial combat against North Vietnamese MiGs as well as flying ground attack missions?
F-4 Phantom II
A competition for military supremacy in which each party tries to produce larger numbers of weapons and a better military force than the other.
Arms Race
What did the Korean experience make US planners understand?
The Korean experience made US planners understand that there were now two types of war: total war, like World War II, and limited war, like the Korean War.
What order did Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev tell his Generals?
Khrushchev ordered the missile sites dismantled. American U-2s flew over Cuba to make sure the Soviets kept their word
What did the U.S. call the limited tactical air strikes on railroads, oil depots, and warehouses. Their purpose was to wear down the North Vietnamese without provoking the Soviets and Chinese?
Operation Rolling Thunder
transport helicopter used to perform combat search and rescue (CSAR) during the Southeast Asia war?
Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant
A war in which opposing sides try to avoid a worldwide war and the possible use of atomic bombs by fi ghting with each other outside their own lands and sometimes through troops who aren’t their own.
Limited war
All branches of the military learned?
The importance of flexibility.
What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis between the U.S. and Soviet Union?
Started an arms race between the Americans and Soviets
What operation did President Richard Nixon took office in 1969, US tactics in Vietnam changed. Nixon wanted to get American troops out of Vietnam?
Operations Linebacker I and II
What aircraft was used to refueling in flight made long-distance flying operations possible in Southeast Asia?
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker