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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution enabled the United States to conduct military operations in Vietnam without declaring war. This resolution was enacted by Congress at the behest of then President Johnson.

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What name was given to this US-backed invasion?

The Nixon administration to escalate the Vietnam War came under the objectives to destroy enemy supply lines through the neighboring Cambodia and Laos. The common name for this escalation is accordingly the US Invasion of Laos and Cambodia.


What year did the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion by US-backed troops take place?

1961 April


What countries did the US fight because of the Cold War?

Vietnam, Korea, China (in Korean War) and they backed the Bay of Pigs Invasion into Cuba.


What was the name of the planned US invasion of Russia in the 1950s?

To my knowledge, There was never a planned invasion of Soviet Russia by the US.


What does the word US-backed region mean?

Us-backed regions are countries that we back up during wars.


What was the name of the World War 2 operation that planned the us invasion of japan?

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What was US's name for the conflict that resulted from the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq?

Operation Desert Storm


What is the US dollar backed by?

sadly it is backed only by promises. It used to be backed by gold but that was taken away and now it is backed by nothing.


In 1961 the US backed what unsuccessful invasion of Cuba?

{| |- | The event is referred to as The Bay of Pigs. It is the place that Cuban's landed with help from the US in an attempt to take control of Cuba from the government. The US helped those that had been kicked out of Cuba in an attempt to regain US property that the government there had taken away. |}


What was another name for operation urgent fury?

The US invasion of Grenada to rescue US students and prevent a Cuban foothold there.


What name is given to a coffin in the US?

casket


What is the name given to people who can operate on us?

A surgeon