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Artifact 5: Operation Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder was the first offensive the
United States inputted to the war, also the
longest lasting. The United States had
offered military aid and troops, but due to
the new theory of the Domino Effect we
entered the war. The Domino Effect
Theory in short terms means that if parts
of Asia fall to communism then the rest
will. Rolling Thunder instituted the mass
bombardment of Northern Vietnam cities
and known “hideout” to weaken morale.
Although they continued this effort and
destroyed many hideouts, it made attitude
towards western lands very resentful
leading to the loss of the war later on.
"What Was the Cold War?" WiseGEEK. N.p., n.d. Web. 24
Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 6: Battle of La Drang
On November 14, 1965, the 1st battalion
of the 7th Cavalry was ordered to the Ia
Drang Valley of South Vietnam with a
simple mission - find and kill the enemy
(search and destroy). The 450 man
battalion, led by Lieutenant Colonel Hal
Moore, was pitted against over 2000 North
Vietnamese regulars entrenched in the
valley. Without reliable roads the men had
to be flied in on hueys, these hueys were
the biggest part of the war. Due to the
hueys support and the bombings the
United States only lost 79 soldiers while
the PAVN lost 634 fighters. This was the
first major of the Vietnam war and it only
lasted 2 days. (This was the battle based
on the movie We Were Soldiers).
"History Greatest Military Defeats [Archive] - Military
Photos." History Greatest Military Defeats [Archive] Military Photos. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 7: Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was the turning point in
Vietnam War. At 3 in the morning of Jan.
31, 1968, North Vietnamese and Vietcong
forces launched a wave of simultaneous
attacks on South Vietnamese and
American forces in major cities, towns and
military bases throughout South Vietnam.
This led to the unanimous disapproval of
the Vietnam War by the American public.
With the American forces and South
Vietnamese in ruins the war beginning
turning for the Vietcong.
"Tet Offensive." History.com. A&E Television Networks,
n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 8: Battle of Koh Tang/ Mayaguez Incident
The last battle was Koh Tang, a rescue
mission to recover the 40 crewmembers
under hostage on the SS Mayaguez went
very badly. A fresh out of training battalion
was sent into the island 29 miles off of
Cambodia and Vietnam. Badly numbered
and badly outmatched led to the height of
200 marines to be surrounded. Once the
rescue was over the marines began
extraction and while most of the alive
marines got out they ended up leaving
three men behind on the island covered
with enemies.
"Welcome to the Koh Tang/Mayaguez Veterans
Organization Website." Koh Tang / Mayaguez Home. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 1: Naktong Bulge
On August 5, 4th Infantry Division, North
Korean People's Army (KPA), crossed the
Naktong River in the vicinity of Yongsan,
attempting to cut US supply lines to the north
as well as gaining a bridgehead into the Pusan
Perimeter. Opposing it was the 24th Infantry
Division of the Eighth United States Army. Over
the next two weeks, American and North
Korean forces fought a bloody series of
engagements inflicting heavy casualties on one
another in a confusing series of attacks and
counterattacks, but neither side was able to
gain the upper hand. These brutal battles
became the first engagements and led the rest
of the war. In the end, the US forces, aided by
reinforcements, air support and heavy
weapons, destroyed the invading North Korean
force which was hampered by lack of supply
and high desertion rates.
"Korean War: First Battle of the Naktong Bulge." History
Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online
Korean War First Battle of the Naktong Bulge Comments.
N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 2: Operation Killer
20th February- 6th March 1951 Operation Killer
was the first big assault on the Chinese and
North Korean forces by the United Nations
forces. Three battalions, 2nd Division, 9th
Infantry, and 23rd Infantry attacked a main
sector in the North Korean’s defenses. Once
they were over ran the battalions forced them
over the Chucon River. From there the
battalions dispersed the remaining troops
northward. Only 59 United Nations troops were
killed, while 7819 Chinese and North Korean
forces died. It was a very productive
preemptive strike setting the tide of the war.
"Operation Killer." Operation Killer. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr.
2014.
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Artifact 3: Operation Ripper
Operation Ripper, also known as the
Fourth Battle of Seoul, was a United
Nations military operation conceived by
the commander US Eighth Army, General
Matthew Ridgway, during the Korean War.
The operation was intended to destroy as
much as possible of the Chinese
communist People's Volunteer Army and
North Korean military around Seoul and
the towns of Hongch'on, 50 miles (80 km)
east of Seoul, and Ch'unch'on, 15 miles
(24 km) further south. The operation also
aimed to bring UN troops to the 38th
parallel. This plan also had the largest
artillery strike in the Korean War.
"Operation Ripper." Operation Ripper. N.p., n.d. Web. 24
Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 4: Battle of Kumsong
The Battle of Kumsong was the last battle
in the Korean War and marked the end of
the conflict between the two halves of
Korea. The leader of Republic of Korea
(South Korea now) refused to participate
in the peace negotiation, this led to the
Chinese forces to attack. This battle was
held in the Kumsong sector, Chinese
forces first came in the river salient and
took the “White Tiger” division prisoners.
The ROK 4th, 6th, and 8th division attacked
the Chinese forces, this battle was one of
the longest. While neither side one the
battle was continued until the Korean
Armistice Agreement was signed ending
the war.
"SCHIELE.US Battle of Kumsong River Salient Page."
SCHIELE.US Battle of Kumsong River Salient Page. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 9: Missiles in Turkey and Italy
The Cuban Missile Crisis was
started by the United States when
they erected missiles in
neighboring countries of the Soviet
Union. The nuclear missiles were
medium range ballistic missiles
called Jupiter IRBM’s were placed
with nuclear warheads and aimed
at Moscow. While these were
stated “are only to protect
American interest” the Soviet Union
initiated a counter plan.
"Cuban Missile Crisis." Cuban Missile Crisis. N.p., n.d. Web.
24 Apr. 2014
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Artifact 10: Soviet Union’s Missile
After the United States’ big move of
putting missiles with nuclear
warheads in Turkey and Italy the
Soviet Union retaliated in a very
threatening way. Khrushchev met
with Fidel Castro and made a deal
to transport nuclear warheads to
Cuba. Immediately Soviet
engineers began constructing
missile silos, even though the war
heads would never reach Cuba.
The Soviet Union’s navy started
the long journey to take the
missiles across the Atlantic.
"Cuban Missile Crisis." History.com. A&E Television
Networks, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 11: On the Brink of Nuclear War
U-2 Pilot Major Rudolf Anderson
was on a routine spy mission over
Cuba that have been conducted for
many years when he was hit by a
Cuban S-75 Dvina surface-to-air
missile. Before shot down
Anderson transmitted that he saw
missile silos being made. More
information was recovered leading
to the Americans learning of the
nuclear warheads. A blockade was
made and many phone calls
between United States and Soviet
Union led to nuclear war being on
the next step.
"Nuclear War." Liberty References RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 24
Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 12: Moscow-Washington Hotline
With Soviet Union ships miles off the coast
of Cuba and United States Navy blocking
their path, nuclear war was on the verge of
destroying the world. Behind the scenes
Kennedy and Khrushchev made secret
agreements, soon the Soviet Union ships
docked and publically dismantled their war
heads. The United States publically
announced never to invade Cuba, but
behind the scenes they removed their
missiles in Turkey and Italy. Due to the
very fast paced calls the Soviet Union and
the United States created the MoscowWashington Hotline, which is still being
used and denoted in public culture as the
“Red Phone”.
"About the Crisis | Cuban Missile Crisis." Cuban Missile
Crisis. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 13: Iraq Invades Kuwait
On August 2nd, 1990 Iraq invaded
the oil rich Kuwait, this erupted into
a huge coalition to save 34
countries precious oil bank. The
coalition was the largest since
World War II, the main leaders
though were the United States,
Britain, and Saudi Arabia.
Immediately sanctions were placed
on Iraq while the troops gathered to
make quick work of the lone
country.
"Persian Gulf War." History.com. A&E Television Networks,
n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 14: Coalition Strikes Back
The war or Operation Desert Storm
began with a huge aerial
bombardment on the 17th January,
1991. Then the ground assault
began and drove the Iraq forces
out of Kuwait. This war was very
fast and simple, but the cease-fire
made by the United Nations was
very controversial and eventually
led to the 2003 Iraq War. But in the
end of the Cold War this was a
swift victory leaving the investors
oil fields free for business.
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Persian Gulf War
(1991)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia
Britannica, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 16: The Controversial Cease Fire
At the end of the Persian Gulf War
the United Nations set certain
limitations and searching right
against Iraq. These seemed like a
very just and productive conclusion
to the Gulf War, but it would
eventually lead to the Iraq War.
Due to the United Nation’s
limitations on types of weapons
and the weapon searching in the
country a new war broke out that
would dwarf the Gulf War.
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Artifact 17: How Nukes Work
Nuclear weapons are very complicated
bombs, not only do you have to worry
where you aim them, but also at what
altitude, the time of detonation, and the
velocity of the speed of the atoms. The
first atom bombs were made by the
Manhattan Project, and used a gun-type
reaction. A large mass of Uranium was
held in a separate tank and when the
explosion was ready to take place it was
shot out of the storage tank into another
mass of Uranium. This caused a nuclear
reaction of fission, meaning nuclear
radiation and thermonuclear heat to be
propelled out of the hypocenter of the
explosion. This creates an explosion as
large of fourteen kilotons of TNT.
"How Do Nukes Work?" Yahoo! Answers. Yahoo!, n.d. Web.
24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 18: First Lightning
The United States was very cocky
about having the first nuclear
weapons, and when the Cold War
began they began conducting more
test and mass producing nukes.
They estimated the Soviet Union
would not have nuclear weapons
until the 1950’s, but on August 29th,
1949 the Soviet Union exploded
their first nuke: First Lightning. Just
as the nuclear bomb, the arms race
erupted leading to the most fast
paced nuclear weapons output the
world had seen.
PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014
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Artifact 19: The U.S. Hydrogen Bomb
The United States in the arms race
were relentless and brutal, they
immediately looked for a way to oneup the atom bomb. The answer was
nuclear fusion using heavier
positively charged hydrogen atoms.
Due to all positively charged ions the
force separating the atoms are
greater, and in the bomb the atoms
are on opposite sides. But when the
bomb is detonated pressure and
heat send the atoms together
ignoring polarity, this creates an
explosion equal to 10.4 megatons of
TNT.
"Concorde." Info. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 20: S.U.’s Hydrogen Bomb
The Soviet Union was of course as
determined as the United States to
dominate in weaponry and would
use any methods to dominate in
the arms race. Espionage is what
brought the Soviet’s their hydrogen
bomb, after the copy of fat man,
the Soviet’s then used the same
formula to create their first
hydrogen bomb. While this was a
far nuclear weaponry came in the
Cold War this was still a high
tensioned discovery.
"Publishers | Become An Affiliate | L J Processing."
Publishers | Become An Affiliate | L J Processing. N.p., n.d.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Artifact 21: Tsar Bomba
The hydrogen bomb was the
pinnacle of thermonuclear warfare,
but did anything surpass it? Not
exactly, this bomb was different
because by changing the type of
fission occurring. Now the
hydrogen bomb used slow-fission
reaction to greatly increase the
explosion, but decreases the
fallout. This being ideal not only for
testing, but for real battle use so
that the land would be ready to
reused in the invading country.
Anissimov, Michael, and Bronwyn Harris. WiseGeek.
Conjecture, 20 Mar. 2014. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Back Wall: Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was the leader
in making nuclear weapons for World
War II and are credited with creating
nuclear weapons as we know it.
Although the project was started years
before the war began, after the war it
was booming. At the pinnacle of the
project it had 130,000 employees and
$26 billion dollars in our term today.
Manhattan Project founded Little Boy,
Fat Man, the first hydrogen bomb, and
the U.S. equivalent of the Tsar Bomba.
The effort was a mix between Britain,
Canada, and the United States.
•The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Manhattan Project
(United States History)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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