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Sunday, May 3, 2020
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*After WWII ended, Korea was Divided into
2 Countries at the 38th parallel
*North Was – communist
*South Was - democratic
**1950 North Korea invades South Korea hoping to unite
The Korean peninsula into One Country
•The Soviet Union & Communist China Supported North
Korea with Weapons & Supplies
•The United Nations and the U.S.A.
•Sent Troops, Waepons & Supplies to SOUTH KOREA
* The War ended in 1953 with a Cease-Fire
*Korea remained divided at 38th Parallel
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38th Parallel
* Demilitarized Zone
**In The Island Nation of Cuba
Fidel Castro Becomes the leader of
Soviet Supported Communist Cuba
*An American Spy Plane flies over Cuba and Records
pictures of Soviet Soldiers assembling Missiles and then
pointing them at the U.S.A.
*President John F. Kennedy orders a naval blockade
around Cuba forcing them to remove their
Nuclear Missiles from Cuba.
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*In exchange for the Soviet Union’s Missile-
Removval Agreement…..
*The United States Removes their missiles
from the N A T O country of Turkey,
Which is very close to the Soviet Union .
** Before WW II began France controlled
Vietnam. The French called it French Indo China
* North Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh
was a Communist and wanted to Unite Vietnam
into a Communist Country.
*Ho Chi Minh and his Military Defeated the French
Colonial Military and Vietnam was Split in half.
** After the French are Defeated North Vietnam invades
South Vietnam at the 17th Parallel
*After President John F. Kennedy is assassinated
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President.
Pres. LBJ Sends American troops to South Vietnam. American
Troops end up fighting the North Vietnamese in North
Vietnam and
Fighting the Viet Cong Soldiers nicknamed the “VC” in South
Vietnam. Note* the VC were Communist Rebels in the South
17th Parallel
L A O S
*With little support for more war from an America
involved in a heated civil rights movement the USA
Withdrew From the Conflict.
*NORTH Vietnam Ends up controlling
SOUTH Vietnam.
RESULT: Vietnam is United into a COMMUNIST
COUNTRY.
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