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Berlin Wall
Fall of U.S.S.R.
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Vietnam- 1961
Assuming a more active role in 1961, the United States sent the first of 11,000 military advisors to South Vietnam. When advice failed to stem the Communist tide, the United States in 1965 launched an air war against North Vietnam and committed ground troops to combat guerrilla insurgency in the south. American strength peaked at 540,000 in 1969, then rapidly declined.
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