Answer:
1. Began battle for France --- Battle of Normandy
2. WWII with Japan --- Pearl Harbor
3. Brought Japan defeat --- Hiroshima
4. Military involvement in Vietnam --- Gulf of Tonkin resolution
5. Withdrawal from Vietnam --- Vietnamization
6. Settle world problems peacefully --- United Nations
7. Defense against Communism in Europe --- NATO
8. Defense against Communism in Asia --- SEATO
9. Between West and East to influence neutral nations --- Cold War
Explanation:
1- The Battle of Normandy was the military operation carried out by the Allies during World War II whose primary objective was to initiate the liberation of France, and which culminated in the liberation of the territories of Western Europe occupied by Nazi Germany.
2- The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military offensive carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, which was the determining factor that ended up involving the United States in the World War II.
3- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks ordered by Harry S. Truman, president of the United States, against the Empire of Japan, which led to the surrender of the latter and the end of World War II.
4- The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is a law issued by the Congress of the United States of America on August 7, 1964, in which President Lyndon B. Johnson was authorized to act in a comprehensive manner against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, whom it accused of aggression against US ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
5- Vietnamization consisted of a process to withdraw the US troops from Vietnam, while the fighting was returning to the Vietnamese in the south. The withdrawal of US troops began in July 1969.
6- The United Nations is the largest existing international organization. It was created to maintain international peace and security, foster friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation to solve global problems and serve as a center that harmonizes the actions of nations.
7- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance governed by the North Atlantic Treaty or Washington Treaty, signed on April 4, 1949. The organization constitutes a collective defense system, in which member states agree to defend any of its members if they are attacked by an external power.
8- The Southeast Asian Treaty Organization was a regional defense organization, in force from 1955 to 1977, consisting of Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Great Britain and the United States. It was founded as part of the Collective Defense Treaty of Southeast Asia, in order to protect the communist region of the USSR and China.
9- The Cold War was a political, economic, social, military, informative and scientific confrontation initiated after the end of the Second World War between the Western bloc led by the United States, and the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union.
