Hello everyone, our group is going to introduce these three pictures, which are about the Cuban missile crisis, McCarthyism and the Vietnam War.
The Cuban Revolution was On January 1, 1959, Cuba won the victory of the people's revolution and overthrew the Batista dictatorship. And following the Cuban Revolution, the US has sponsored the Bay of Pigs Invasion,
Pig Bay incident
On April 15, 1961, under the planning of the United States, Cuban exiles flew US B-26 bombers to bomb Cuba for two days. More than 1000 mercenaries boarded Cuba's Bay of pigs in an attempt to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro's new government with violence. However, the U.S. government did not expect that within 72 hours, the invaders would be killed by the Cuban people.
After Fidel Castro seized the power of Cuba in 1959, the small island country quickly allied with the Soviet Union and requested military assistance and supplies in the process of seeking to establish a communist government. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, as tensions in the subsequent cold war continued unabated, Cuba became the focus of attention of the two superpowers, as the Soviet Army invested a lot of resources in the early stages of the Cuban government to provide economic and military stability. That’s Why Cuba is willing to let the Soviet Union deploy missiles.
With the implementation of the blockade by the Navy, the US air force continued to conduct reconnaissance flights over Cuba, providing the CIA and the Pentagon with important information on the deployment of troops on the island and the location of other missile bases. However, the tragedy occurred on October 27, when major Rudolf Anderson's plane was shot down over Cuba, and Anderson died before a safe ejection. As the two sides get closer to a nuclear war, the tension caused by the incident has reached an all-time high
This event is seen as the pinnacle and turning point of the cold war. Never in the history of the world have mankind been so close to the brink of a nuclear war.
Facing the blockade and threat from Kennedy, the Soviet Union's attitude changed greatly. The Soviet Union was tough at the beginning. But As tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union continued to intensify,
Khrushchev and Kennedy finally reached an agreement to end the deadlock before it got out of control.
The key word in the second picture is McCarthyism,
He is Joseph McCarthy。He was a Republican Senator from Wisconsin who is infamous for his attacks on suspected
communists without sufficient evidential support. His practice of accusing Americans who have no evidence of affiliation with Communists became termed McCarthyism。
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence . The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late1950s and characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents
During the McCarthy era ,thousands of Americans were accused of being Communists or communist sympathizers and became the subject of aggressive investigations and questioning before government or private industry panels, committees and agencies. The primary targets of such suspicions were government employees , those in the entertainment industry , educators and union activists.
Finally, the Vietnam War, which has the closest relationship with us
Where Is Vietnam? Vietnam is located in Indochina Peninsula, bordering China in the south
Brief介绍,
Background
Vietnam was a French colony before World War II, and was occupied by Japan in World War II. Around the end of World War II in 1945, the Vietnamese League led by Ho Chi Minh（胡志明） established “Vietnam Democratic Republic” in Hanoi, known as “North Vietnam”. France took the emperor Baoda to establish his country in Saigon in the south. In order to compete for control over Vietnam, France and Vietnam fought for 9 years in France and Vietnam (also known as the first Indochina war). In 1954, with the military assistance of the people‘s Republic of China, North Vietnam won a decisive victory over the French army in the battle of Dien Bien Phu（奠边府）
and France withdrew from southern Vietnam. According to the resolution of the Geneva conference, the north and South Vietnam were divided into two parts: the northern part was ruled by Ho Chi Minh and the South was
controlled by Emperor Boada. In 1955, Ngo Dinah Diem（吴庭艳）launched a coup in Saigon to establish the Republic of Vietnam, known as South Vietnam.
Stepping into war
process of war five stages From 1955-1960……..
Kennedy launched \
After Kennedy’s death, 林登Johnson Fully involved in the Vietnam War。 From 1969-1973 Nixon involved“ Vietnamization.”
After the withdrawal of US troops，The North Vietnamese finally conquered South Vietnam 读图片
This is the most famous photo of the Vietnam War。
America Withdrawal
Participating in the Paris Conference on Vietnam, the Quartet formally signed the agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Acoord) . and Within the next two months, all U.S. forces withdrew from Vietnam. End of Vietnam War
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