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62 Cards in this Set
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Describe the effects of the Bomb
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Maximum temp burst several million degrees centigrade, Fireball of 15 meters radius formed in 0.1 millisecond, with a temp of 300,000 degrees centigrade expanding to max size in one second.
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Define "Black Rain"
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Radioactive debris that fell heavily for over an hour over a wide area leaving 66,000 dead.
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Name three conferences that decided what the world would look like after WWII.
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Tehran (1943), Yalta (Feb 1945), and Potsdam (Jul-Aug 1945)
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What did Churchill warn in 1946?
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that an "iron curtain" was descending through the middle of Europe.
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How did Stalin deepen the estrangement between the US and the Soviet Union?
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He asserted in 1946 that WWII was unaviodable and inevitable consequences of "capitalist imperialism" and implied such a war might reoccur.
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Define Cold War
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a period of East-West competition, tension, and conflict short of a full scale War.
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Define Mad
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Mutual Assured Destruction
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Define Proxy Wars
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Real wars that were fought by Soviet allies rather than by the USSR itself
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What is the Warsaw Pact?
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Direct resonse to the decision to allow West Germany to join NATO
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When was Warsaw Pact signed
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1955
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What did the Warsaw Pact allow
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Red Army to be based in member states and provided unified military command and system of mutal assistance.
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When did Stalin die?
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March 1953
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Through what challenges did US and Soviet Union go?
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were driven by complex interplay of ideological, nuclear, and conventional arsenal compiled, political, and economic factors, which led to shifts between cautious cooperation and over the years often bitter superpower rivalry.
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What was task Force Smith?
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was the first US combat formation to deploy from Japan to South Korea in the opening days of the Korean War to stop Southward progress of North Korean combat units
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Tactically speaking what were the differences between the American Army and Korean Army
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American troops were too dependant on the support of tanks and artillery. North Korean army utilized fluidity, surprise, ans concealment to compensate for their inferiority in firepower.
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What piece of equipment became important in the Korean War?
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the Helicopter
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What did North Korea do on 25 June 1950
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the Democratic People's Republic of Koreaarmy (DPRK- North Korea) opened fire on the Republic of Korea (ROK- South Korea) with artillery and mortars
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What were the results of COL Charles Bradford Smith's division advancement?
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Outnumbered Smith withdrew
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Describe the moral and rationale for the moral of American Troops
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demoralized they found themselves trapped in the southeastern corner of Korea
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Why was Inchon Landing early turning point in the Korean War?
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UN troops and material were flowing through the port of Pusan and the North Koreans stretche dits resources too far
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What were the differences in how General McArthur and President Truman wanted to handle the Korean War?
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General McArthur wanted to use nuclear bombs but President Truman wanted to unify the Korean penisula and avoid provoking the Soviets or Chinese
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USSR leader Khrushcev's concieved the idea of placing what in Cuba?
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intermidiate-range nuclear missles
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What were two purposes behind Khrushcev's conception?
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means of countering an emerging lead of the US in devolping and deploying strategic intercontinental missles, also to protect Cuba from another US sponsored invasion
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How and through what medium did President Kennedy respond to the Cuban Missle Crisis
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Television, letters, formal and "black Channels".
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The Cuban Missle Crisis was the closest the US ever came to what?
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an all-out nuclear War
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Who wanted to reestablish their colonial rule in Indochina
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the French
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Why and When did the war in Indochina begin?
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Negotiations between French and Vietminh brokdown war began in 1947
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What was General Vo Nguyen Giap responsibility?
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lead the Vietnam's Armies from their inception
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What 2 strategies did he have for defeating superior oppents?
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outmaneuver them in the field and to undermine their resolve by inflicting demoralizing political defeats with his bold tactics
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What happen in Dien Bien Phu?
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Giap lured the overconfident French into a turning point battle and won a stunning victory with brilliant deployments
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What three things did the Geneva Accords of 21 July provide at end of Indochina War?
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Vietnam divided at 17th paralle
Elections to be held in two years 300 days allowed free movement between North and South |
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Who was in charge of North Vietnam
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Viet Minh
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Who was in charge of South Vietnam
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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What were the results of vice predident Johnson's visit to Southeast Asia
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US must either help the countries of Southeast Asia or pull back its defenses to San Francisco
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How did Vietnam add to the art of war?
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placed the US in the first non-linear enviroment making it difficult to find the enemy because of their guerrilla style tactics
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Describe the US Air Force operation Ranch Hand
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denied the Vietcong use of roads and trails
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How was South Vietnam President Diem overthrown?
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military coup, Dien was killed in the coup
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What inspired the three stages of War in Vietnam? What is the concept?
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Defensive, equilbrium, and counteroffensive. Inspired by "On Proacted War" written by Mao Zedong
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How was President Johnson able to take all neccessary measures repel any attacks
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The Gulf Tonkin Resolution
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What was Operation Flaming Dart?
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Air Raids the beginning of a new round of escalation in the War
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WHat was Operation Rolling Thunder
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sustained American bombing raid of North Vietnam
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What was the use of Ho Chi Minh Trail
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web of different jungle paths that enabled communist troops to travel from North Vietnam to areas close to Saigon
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Describe the Air Cavalry
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born during La Drang Campaign in Nov 1965 the new concept or role the helicopter brought to the Vietnam War
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What technology did the US add to its arsenal?
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Smart Bombs
Laser guided with pinpoint accuracy Infared Scopes |
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What was the largest operation of the Vietnam War?
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Operation Junction City
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How did President Johnson proceed after TET
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administration lost total crediability and he decided not to run for re-ellection
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What is Vietnamization
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Pacification, troop withdrawals, and Paris Peace talks
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What were the political objectives of LAMSON
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Show the communist that Vietnamization was working and Pressure Communist officials to Paris to respond more favorably to Kissingers peace initiative
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What were the provisions if Kissingers and Le Duc Tho agreement
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ceasefire in place, US cease all military operations against DRV, withdrawl of all US troops within 60 days, repatriation of all POW's, and the US to contribute to healing the wounds of war and postwar reconstruction of DRV
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What presidental crisis is going on concurrent with end of Vietnam War
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Watergate scandal
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What did President Ford do in New Orleans
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ended the war
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What three technology pieces boosted the war, but didn't secure victory
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Bell UH-1 Helicopter the workhorse aircraft
Smart Bombs Infared Scopes |
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Identify changes in war during the Gulf War
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advanced weapon systems were introduced to include: Satellite (GPS, Communication), Computer Viruses, and Stealth Technology
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What did Saddam Hussein do on 2 August 1990
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invaded and occupied Kuwait
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What resulted in announcement of annexation of Kuwait
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the largest coalition force ever assembled was forged
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What is CENTCOM and what did it represent?
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Central Command created from all services branches to develope palns for speedy movement of US ground, naval, and air forces to middle east
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Who made up two coalition involvedin the Gulf War
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US and UN-Arab
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What was General Schwarzkopf's four stage plan
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Phase I- air attacks would strike Iraq
Phase II- coalition air attacks would gain superiority over Kuwait Phase III- air attacks would reduce Iraq ground forces and their ability to use chemicals Phase IV- ground forces with support from Air Forces would eject Iraq from Kuwait |
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What new weapon disabled the Iraq Defense system
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Computer Virus
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By what means was the coalition air attacks
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AH-64 Apache
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What weapon provided decisive in operation left hook?
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M1A1 Tank
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From beginning to end what was the length of Gulf War?
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2 August 1990 to 28 February 1991
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