Demobilization
After WWII, tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union escalated into a global conflict known as this.
What was the Cold War?
The Korean War began in 1950 when this country invaded its southern neighbor.
What was North Korea?
President Eisenhower’s foreign policy relied heavily on this agency to conduct covert operations abroad.
What was the CIA?
In 1961, U.S.-backed Cuban exiles attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro in this failed invasion.
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
This resolution, passed in 1964, gave President Lyndon B. Johnson broad authority to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
After World War II, this country was placed under U.S. occupation, during which General Douglas MacArthur oversaw its democratization and economic reforms.
What is Japan?
This major amphibious assault, led by General Douglas MacArthur, helped turn the tide of the war in favor of the United Nations forces.
What was the Inchon Landing?
In 1954, the U.S. helped orchestrate a coup in this Central American country, overthrowing President Jacobo Árbenz.
What was Guatemala?
This 1962 crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war when the U.S. discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This battle in 1965 was the first major engagement between U.S. troops and the North Vietnamese Army, later depicted in We Were Soldiers.
What was the Battle of Ia Drang?
After WWII, the U.S. significantly reduced its armed forces, but growing tensions with this country led to an increase in military spending again.
What was the Soviet Union?
The harsh winter battle at this reservoir in late 1950 resulted in a dramatic retreat but showcased the resilience of U.S. Marines.
What was the Battle of Chosin Reservoir?
In the late 1950s, the U.S. covertly supported rebels in this Southeast Asian country in an attempt to overthrow its leader, Sukarno, due to his perceived alignment with communism.
What is Indonesia?
Kennedy's administration utilized this word instead of "blockade" to make their use of naval power against Cuba seem less aggressive.
What is "quarantine?"
The 1968 military offensive by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces that shocked the American public and media, not in the way the military had planned.
What was the Tet Offensive?
In response to fears of communist expansion after WWII, the U.S. implemented this policy to contain Soviet influence worldwide.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The war ended in 1953 with an armistice, creating this heavily fortified boundary between North and South Korea.
What was the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)?
The U.S. backed a coup in Iran in 1953 to protect Western oil interests and restore this leader to power.
Who was the Shah of Iran?
Kennedy increased the U.S. presence in Vietnam by sending this type of military personnel instead of combat troops.
What were military advisors?
The U.S. strategy of sending troops into Vietnamese villages to eliminate communist forces by drawing them out into the open and utilizing superior firepower was called this.
What was the Search and Destroy strategy?
The division of Germany after WWII led to the blockade of this city in 1948, prompting a massive U.S.-led airlift operation to provide food and supplies.
What was Berlin?
The first U.S. ground battle in Korea, fought by Task Force Smith, highlighted the military’s lack of readiness for war.
What was the Battle of Osan?
This ethnic group fought alongside U.S. forces in Laos during the covert conflict known as the Secret War, assisting in intelligence gathering and combat operations against communist forces.
Who were the Hmong?
The U.S. helped orchestrate the overthrow and assassination of this South Vietnamese leader in 1963.
Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?
President Nixon’s plan to gradually withdraw U.S. troops while increasing South Vietnam’s ability to fight was called this.
What was Vietnamization?