THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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Korean War
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Chinese Cultural Revolution
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Suez Crisis
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Vietnam War
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Detailed explanation-1: -March 1965: President Johnson launches a three-year campaign of sustained bombing of targets in North Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Operation Rolling Thunder. The same month, U.S. Marines land on beaches near Da Nang, South Vietnam as the first American combat troops to enter Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-2: -The increase would be financed by the United States. Approximately 900 U.S. military personnel were in South Vietnam on this date. Five American soldiers were killed in Vietnam during 1960.
Detailed explanation-3: -The US justified its military intervention in Vietnam by the domino theory, which stated that if one country fell under the influence of Communism, the surrounding countries would inevitably follow. The aim was to prevent Communist domination of South-East Asia.