then plz. explain these wars? wasn't america the 1st country that fought in those countrys in those years?
All info from wiki (mostly
here):
China 1945-46
"In October 50,000 US Marines were sent to North China to assist Chinese Nationalist authorities in disarming and repatriating the Japanese in China and in controlling ports, railroads, and airfields. This was in addition to approximately 60,000 US forces remaining in China at the end of World War II."
That wasn't a war. That was cleanup after a war.
Korea 1950-53 (
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"The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China (PRC), with military material aid from the Soviet Union." "After debating the matter, the Security Council, on 27 June 1950, published Resolution 83 recommending member states provide military assistance to the Republic of Korea."
Americans were the bulk of the forces, but many countries in the UN sent troops, even yours.
1954 Guatemala (
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"In 1954, Arévalo's freely elected Guatemalan successor, Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état. He considered himself a socialist. After his land reform, the CIA intervened because it feared that a socialist government would become a Soviet beachhead in the Western Hemisphere."
Not a war. Reforming of their government.
1958 Indonesia (
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"A coup in 1958 failed to affect the rule of President Sukarno"
Again, not a war, a government reform.
1959-61 Cuba
"Fidel Castro purged the first post-revolution Prime Minister José Miró Cardona and President Manuel Urrutia Lleó, assuming power. On 11 December 1959, Colonel J.C. King of the CIA recommended assassinating Fidel Castro. Specifically, the CIA began to send weapons to guerillas that were against Fidel Castro."
Again a government reform attempt, not a war. The fighting was already going on.
Congo 1964
"The United States sent four transport planes to provide airlift for Congolese troops during a rebellion and to transport Belgian paratroopers to rescue foreigners."
Transport for a rescue mission, not a bombing or something.
Peru 1965
"Throughout Latin America in the 1960s, communist movements inspired by the Cuban Revolution sought to win power through guerrilla warfare."
This time it was for keeping the government the way it was.
Laos 1964-73
"From October 1962 until 1975, the United States played an important role in military support of anti-Communist forces in Laos."
An extention of the Vietnam War.
Vietnam 1961-73
"US military advisers had been in South Vietnam for a decade, and their numbers had been increased as the military position of the Saigon government became weaker. After citing what he termed were attacks on US destroyers in the Tonkin Gulf, President Johnson asked in August 1964 for a resolution expressing US determination to support freedom and protect peace in Southeast Asia. Congress responded with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, expressing support for "all necessary measures" the President might take to repel armed attacks against US forces and prevent further aggression. Following this resolution, and following a Communist attack on a US installation in central Vietnam, the United States escalated its participation in the war to a peak of 543,000 military personnel by April 1969."
This is the only one that is really classified as a war.
1969-70
"U.S. starts secret bombing campaign against targets along the Ho Chi Minh trail in the sovereign nations of Cambodia and Laos. The bombings last at least two years."
Only places along a well-known enemy route. An extention of the Vietnam War.
This is a lot of work so I'll do the rest later.
