(Baonghean.vn) - After 1945, to serve its great power interests, the US government carried out dozens of military interventions in countries around the world.
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| In 1950, under the name of the United Nations, a 16-nation coalition led by the US sent troops to intervene militarily in the Korean peninsula to save the South Korean regime from the threat of collapse before the North's attack. They pushed the North's army back to the Chinese border, forcing the Chinese Volunteer Army to cross the Yalu River to rescue them. This fierce war ended when the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement on July 27, 1953. Since then, the two Koreas have remained technically at war. Photo: Four US landing ships bring soldiers and equipment to Incheon beach, North Korea on September 15, 1950. |
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| Since 1945, the US began to support and help the French invade and reoccupy Vietnam. After 1954, it gradually ousted and replaced France, expanding the war of aggression to the entire South, dividing the country into two regions. This led to the Vietnam War, one of the most brutal and costly wars in American history. In the end, the US was completely defeated on April 30, 1975, when the Liberation Army advanced to Saigon, reunifying the country after decades of division. Photo: Vietnamese father holding the body of his son - Pulitzer Prize-winning photo in 1965 by photographer Horst Faas. |
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| On April 17, 1961, with the support of the US military and the CIA, a US-trained Cuban exile army landed in the Gulf of Giron, Cuba, to carry out an invasion and overthrow the government of leader Fidel Castro. The war lasted until April 19, with the total defeat of the exile force. This event was considered a great shame for the CIA and the administration of President John F. Kennedy, who had just taken office four months earlier. Photo: Prisoners of war captured by the Cuban Revolutionary Army. |
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| Since 1979, relations between the US and the island nation of Grenada have been strained due to the Grenada government's apparent support for Cuba and the Soviet Union. Under the pretext of "protecting the safety of US citizens" and preventing the influence of the Soviet Union and Cuba in the Caribbean region, on October 25, 1983, the US military invaded Grenada, setting up a new pro-US government. The US intervention was opposed by the UN General Assembly and many of America's Western allies. Photo: US Marines in action in Grenada. |
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| Due to diplomatic tensions and conflicts between Panamanian soldiers and US military forces stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, on December 20, 1989, 27,000 US troops invaded Panama to overthrow President Noriega and install Guillermo Endara in power. On December 29, the United Nations General Assembly voted 75–20 with 40 votes against, condemning the invasion as a blatant violation of international law. Photo: US troops in Panama. |
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| In 1994, the US, under the pretext of protecting democracy, sent troops to Haiti to overthrow the military government of General Raoul Cédras and brought back to power the deposed pro-US former dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Since then, Haiti's key economic sectors have been controlled by American corporations, and today Haiti is the poorest country with the lowest standard of living in the Americas. Photo: US troops operating in Haiti. |
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| In 1999, to reinforce Kosovo's secession, the US and NATO led a coalition of 13 countries to launch a 78-day and night airstrike on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. After the Kosovo war, the US and NATO further solidified the disintegration and division of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Photo: A building in the Yugoslav capital Belgrade was destroyed by a Western airstrike. |
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| In 2001, under the pretext of fighting terrorism after 9/11, the US led a five-nation coalition to attack Afghanistan, defeating the Taliban army and the Al-Qaeda extremist force of leader Osama bin Laden and sending troops to occupy this Central Asian country. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda then retreated into the mountains of Afghanistan to continue to hold out. The situation in Afghanistan today remains extremely unstable. Photo: US soldiers in Afghanistan. |
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| In January 1991, President George Bush Sr. sent US troops and 33 other countries to the Gulf region to carry out a military campaign to pressure Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. Although the coalition won, it did not overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. 12 years later, President George Bush Jr. did this after sending troops to attack Iraq on the grounds that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction - something that has never been proven to be true. Photo: The Iraqi capital of Badda was engulfed in flames after a US airstrike in 2003. |
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| In 2011, taking advantage of the uprising of Libyan rebels, the US and NATO sent air force, navy, and marines with modern heavy weapons to attack Libyan territory. The war ended with the collapse of the Libyan regime and the death of anti-American leader Gaddafi. After the war, Libya, from one of the countries with the highest economy and living standards in Africa, became devastated and immersed in violence. Photo: Explosions near Tripoli, the capital of Libya in 2011. |
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