Cold War

By schlengerpaige

  • United States used atomic bomb to end war with Japan

  • Soviet Union invaded the northeastern Asian country of Manchuria and continued South towards Korea

  • End of eight years between French and Viet Minh battle

  • United Nations declared South Korea an independent nation

  • MacArthur and South Korean forces reclaimed Seoul

  • Soviet Union tests their first nuclear weapon

  • Truman created North Atlantic Treaty Organization with Canada and other Western European nations

  • Kim II- Sung led his troops across 38th parallel into South Korea with support from Soviet Union

  • Peace talks in South Korean city of Kaesong

  • Peace Agreement signed

  • End of French rule in Indochina (Vietnam)

  • South Vietnamese military overthrew unpopular president by assassinating him along with his wife and brother

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    Gulf of Tonkin Incident

    https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/gulf-of-tonkin-resolution-1

  • First American combat troops arrived in Vietnam

  • Tet Offensive, massive attack on Viet Cong by North Vietnam turning more Americans against the war

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