1965

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File:Vietnam deployment.jpg U.S. Marines' 163rd Helicopter Squadron discharges South Vietnamese troops for an assault against the Viet Cong hidden along the tree line in the background.

1965 saw the US commit ground troops to Vietnam, following up on the casus belli of the faked Gulf of Tonkin incident the previous August.

Vietnam War

After the mendacious Gulf of Tonkin incident, on February 9, 1965, the United States deployed its first combat troops to South Vietnam, significantly escalating its role in the war.

Indonesia coup attempt

Full article: 1965 Indonesia coup attempt

Perhaps 1,000,000 Indonesians were murdered in the aftermath.

Chagos Islands

UK diplomatic cable in which D.A. Greenhill refers to the Chagos Islanders as "Tarzans of Men Fridays"

In 1965, the UK granted independence to Mauritius, and paid £3m as compensation for its continued occupation of the Chagos Archipelago.