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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany declares war on France.
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Woodrow Wilson announces that the United States will remain neutral.
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German U-Boat "RMS Lusitania" sunk by a British ocean liner.
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Woodrow Wilson issues his 14 points to try to achieve peace.
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Treaty of Versailles was signed and officially ends World War 1
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Germany started World War 2 by invading Poland
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U.S. declares neutrality in European conflict.
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German forces invaded Norway and Denmark. Poland was defeated.
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U.S. government spends millions of dollars on a new defense program because they wanted to try to strengthen the current force.
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France signed an armistice with Germany.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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U.S. declares a State of War with the Empire of Japan.
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Germany declares war o the United States.
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Battle of Stalingrad-Germany was fighting the Soviet Union for control over the city.
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Battle of the bulge-Germany was pushed back because of the amount of troops the allies had, getting the name "battle of the bulge"
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V-E day. German troops start to surrender. Eisenhower doesn't want them to surrender informally, so on May 7th they formally surrendered.
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Ho chi Minh declared independence on Vietnam
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V-J day. Japan surrenders.
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British forces arrive in Saigon, South Vietnam.
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War began and North Korea went out with 75,000 soldiers across the 38th parallel.
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President Truman orders first ground troops into battle.
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First U.S. troop is killed. Kenneth Shadrick of West Virginia.
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U.S sends $15 million for military aid and assistance to France.
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36,574 U.S. soldier killed, 103,284 wounded.
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217,000 South Korean killed and missing. 406,000 North Korean killed and missing. 1,000,000 South Korean civilians killed and missing. 600,000 North Korean civilians killed and missing.
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Creation of the demilitarized zone.
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Korean war ended
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Vietnam is divided at the 17th parallel. North and South Vietnam are now divided.
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France falls at Dien Bien Phu. Because of this, France gives Laos independence.
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Ngo Dinh Diem regime is overthrown
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Tet offensive- largest military campaign of the Vietnam war.
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My Lai Massacre- mass killing of citizens of south Vietnam.
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Vietnamization-U.S. policy of withdrawing troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the South Vietnamese government.
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Kent State university students were shot and killed.
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South Vietnamese attempt to take Tchepone which was to be a major NVA weapon supply area. 12,000 SV went into Laos. Firth time SV lead war by themselves.
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26th Amendment ratified.
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North Vietnam released POW's
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Last U.S. soldiers leave Vietnam
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Richard Nixon resigns from the office of the President
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Many tensions were created between Serbs and Muslims in Kosovo
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300,000 troops in Kuwait. Hussein declares holy war. Created a peace treaty with Iran.
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42 days of attacks. Cease fire occurred.
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Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt ask the United States and the International community for help.
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No permanent treaty by Iran and Iraq, peace seemed imminent
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Operation Desert Storm began
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Milosevic responds by attacking sarajevo
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Serbs gained ground. They systematically rounded up Muslims
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UN resolution 751
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38,000 troops from 23 countries and reps from 49 humanitarian groups
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U.S. marine and Navy Seals arrive in Mogadishu to help secure the area
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U.S. attacks Aidid compound by helicopter. 4 Western journalists are killed.
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Aidid starts to attack soldiers. 24 Pakistani soldiers killed and 44 wounded.
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Dozens of U.S. troops killed or wounded in fighting in the Capital city of Mogadishu
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Sarajevo attacked. 68 killed and 200+ wounded. International call for help.
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Military effectiveness takes hold. Massive NATO bombing forces
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Wright Patterson Air force base agreed to democratic elections, Bosnia Serb republic, Muslim-Croat Federation, and War criminals
