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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