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1950-1991 timeline (3) Flashcards

1
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1867

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br formally make Malaya a colony

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1886

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Burma colonised + becomes province of India

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1920

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new reforms introduced in India but not Burma

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1920s

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Malays voice opposition

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5
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1927

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Indonesian National Party established

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1930

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Burmese peasants rebel + resist br troops for 2 yrs

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7
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1930s

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Thakin movement

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1936

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Xi’an Incident

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1937

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br separate burma from India, Ba Maw comes in power, china notes value = $2060m

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1938

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Burma declares state of emergency in Rangoon

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1939

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U Nu forms new government in Burma as Ba Maw resigns, few school-aged children in education in Vietnam, only 1 uni in Vietnam

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1940

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japan station troops in Indochina, japan occupy Tonkin area in n.V

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1941

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japan troops reach Bangkok in Burma, japan invades Malay, KMT ruin alliance with CCP, USSR send Mao a telegram

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1942

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japan fully occupy Burma, Aung San introduced Burma Defence Army, Malay under japanese control, Vietnminh established

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1943

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Burma is declared as a puppet state for Japan

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16
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1944

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Koiso (PM) promises Indonesia independence

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17
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1945

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  • Aung San + his army join Br side
  • allies drive out japanese from Burma
  • Sukarno declares indonesia independent
  • japan drive out french from indochina
  • japan surrenders in indochina
  • japan leaves PRC
  • George Marshall sent to China
  • sino-soviet treaty of friendship, alliance and mutual assistance talked about
  • korea divided at 38th parallel
  • Kim II Sung in power
  • PC leaders arrested
  • rice costs 9.4 yen
  • n.koreans move to s.k
  • many political parties formed in korea
  • MacArthur became Supreme commander for the allied powers in the pacific
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18
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1945-1949

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Indonesian war of Independence

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1946-48

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communists organise many strikes e.g. 24h strike in 1946 + 300 strikes in 1947)

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1946

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  • rice costs 2800 yen in Korea
  • uprisings in Korea
  • United Malays National Organisation formed
  • Fontainebleau agreement
  • USSR withdraw from Manchuria
  • Linggadjati agreement
  • Truman under pressure from state department
  • agreements made in China
  • communists have 1/10 of china
  • 9t yuan in circulation in china
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21
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1947

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Aung San assassinated, CCP defeat KMT’s new 1st army, George Marshall leaves China, Truman suggests holding Korean elections, Korea under UN security council protection

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22
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1948

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  • Burma independent
  • Malayan Emergency
  • Renville agreement
  • Truman stops dutch attempts to regain control
  • korean division permanent
  • Marshall asks to send aid to China
  • communists control 1/3 of china
  • 700t yuan in circulation in cina
  • shanghai executions
  • value of chinese notes increases to $375t
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1949

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  • Dean Acheson threatens Dutch if they don’t pass on authority to Sukarno, so they do
  • Indonesia independent
  • Vietminh continue guerrilla war
  • Bao Dai appointed
  • Elysee Accords
  • PRC established
  • KMT flee to Taiwan
  • USSR has atomic bomb
  • Stalin stops Kim from attacking south
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24
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1950-1953

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Korean War

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25
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1950s

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the Red Scare

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1950

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  • br stop MCP from accessing help from rural chinese settlements
  • DRV (n.V) recognised by USSR + PRC
  • france finally gain foreign support in vietnam
  • Battle of Route Coloniale 4
  • PRC sends aid to n.V
  • Sino-soviet treaty of friendship, alliance and mutual assistance signed
  • n.K invades south
  • MacArthur becomes commander in chief of the UN forces in s.K
  • 1st/2nd/3rd Battle of Seoul
  • Truman convinces congress to increase military spending
  • Inchon Landing
  • delegate from USSR returned to his seat in the Security council
  • UN resolution demands unification of Korea
  • s.K cross parallel
  • Mao forms CPV
  • Pyongyang captured
  • CPV and s.K fight, s.K win
  • US send aid to s.K
  • truman receives NSC-68 document
  • Tibet crisis
  • Truman states no desire to be involved in Taiwan
  • PRC push back US forces to 38th parallel
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27
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1951

(4 points)

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MacArthur fired, UN spring and summer offensives in Korea, cease-fire negotiations at Kaesong, Operation Strangle

28
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1951-1952

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air war

29
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1952

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Pyongyang bombed

30
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1953

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armistice over Korea, 48% chinese budget spent on military, eisenhower

31
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1954

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geneva accords, Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 1st Taiwan crisis, SEATO

32
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1955

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Bandung conference

33
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1956

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Eisenhower blocks election in Vietnam

34
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1956-1958

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Vietnamese communists imprisoned

35
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1957

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Malaya independent

36
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1958

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2nd Taiwan crisis

37
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1959

(2 points)

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Sino-Indian war, Vietnamese communists killed

38
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1960s

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growing US anti-war feeling, many in US military

39
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1960

(5 points)

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communist leaders gather in Bucharest, Vietnamese peasants relocated, Vietnamese petition for reforms, JFK advocates for greater Cold War activism, Nixon expresses support for Chiang

40
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1959-1961

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Diem’s officials killed

41
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1955-1961

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US send $2-$3b to Diem

42
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1961

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Kennedy, Soviet-Albanian split, JFK sends advisors

43
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1962

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JFK sends advisors, agent orange

44
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1963

(5 points)

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LBJ, Buddhist campaign, Battle of Ap Bac, ARVN coup, Diem flees

45
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1964

(8 points)

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china get atomic bomb, Gulf of Tonkin incident, LBJ sends troops to s.V, US elections (LBJ elected), Mao deploys troops in s.China, Mengzi airfields constructed, bilateral agreement between DRV and PRC, USSR send aid to n.V

46
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1964-1969

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china sends aid to n.V

47
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1965

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US deficit relatively low, Operation rolling thunder, protest at Washington, USSR signs defence treaty with n.V

48
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1966

(2 points)

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many vietnamese prostitutes, Dean Rusk outlines policy towards china

49
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1967

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tens of thousands of protests across the US

50
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1968

(9 points)

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Tet-offensive, Nixon and Kissinger, US deficit high, Battle of Khe Sanh, many US troops in Vietnam, My Lai Massacre, many Vietnamese relocated, USSR aid to n.V, many US troops killed

51
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1968-1972

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Operation Phoenix

52
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1969

(5 points)

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Ussuri river dispute, n.V launch offensive, vietnamisation, fewer US troops killed, many US troops involved

53
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1969-1971

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US officers killed

54
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1970

(5 points)

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US begin withdrawal, many US troops on drugs, s.V army increases, Search and Destroy missions ended, Nixon promises Taiwan he won’t make compromises with Mao

55
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1971

(7 points)

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Nixon gives withdrawal date, most US troops needing treatment because of drug abuse rather than injury, ARVN invades Laos, Pentagon papers leaked, Kissinger secret meeting with Zhou over Taiwan, Kissinger accepts recognition of PRC, PRC block bangladesh joining UNSC

56
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1972

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Nixon running out of time and money, fewer US troops involved, n.V launch East offensive, Moscow Summit, Christmas bombings, Taiwan summit, Shanghai communiqué, Nixon re-elected

57
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1973

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US withdraw from Vietnam

58
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1974

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n.V offensive against the south

59
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1975

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reunification of Vietnam

60
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1977

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Carter as President

61
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1978

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Japan and China sign friendship treaty, n.V invades cambodia

62
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1975-1990

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1m vietnamese fled vietnam

63
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1979

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china help cambodia, Taiwan Relations Act

64
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1989

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Tienanmen Square

65
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1991

(2 points)

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Zhenbao becomes China, China join Nuclear non-proliferation treaty

66
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2008

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sino-USSR border agreed upon

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