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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War I
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Germany invades Belguim first
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A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans.
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Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The United States enters World War I on the side of France and Britain.
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Genocide in which approximately six million Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime
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Operation Al by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
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Air raid by the United States on Japan
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I vasion of Normandy by the Allied powers
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Soviet soldiers liberated Majdanek Camp in Lublin, Poland
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The formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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An American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima
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Soviets maintained military presence in the North with American troops in the South. Temporary border at 38th parallel established
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The war officially begins
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U.S. forces push North Korean army back north of the 38th parallel
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Chinese troops push UN forces back across 38th parallel and capture Southern capital of Seoul
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Over 1,000,000 Koreans and 54,000 Americans killed in conflict plus thousands who die as prisoners of war
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Operation Ranch Hand was the military code name for spraying herbicides through out southeast Asia to reveal the enemy positions.
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It was the event that sparked the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. On this day, NVA patrol boats fired on the USS Maddox causing President Lyndon B. Johnson to declare war on the communist nation of North Vietnam and its allies.
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Operation Rolling Thunder was a aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the U.S. against Vietnam.
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It was the first major battle between the U.S. army and the North Vietnamese soldiers.
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North Vietnamese launched a large offensive against the United States garrison located at Khe Sanh. The battle carried out for 77 days, making it one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War.
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Huế was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of Vietnam, the city served as a base for the United States supply boats, the battle lasted a little over 2 months. More than 5,000 civilians were killed and 2,800 of that were executed by PAVN.
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It was against the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam and Vietcong against South Vietnam and the United States. It was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam war.
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United States Army, who were on a search and destroy mission for Vietcong in the area, attacked, tortured, raped, and murdered between 347 and 504 men women and children.
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Also known as Operation Apache Snow, Hamburger Hill was ten-day long battle between the U.S. and North Vietnam. It's purpose was to clear the Vietnam Army from A Shau Valley.
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Operation Lam Son 719 was an attempt to disrupt the communist supply and infiltration along Route 9 in Laos.
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It was another bombing against North Vietnam. The U.S. attempted to destroy all major target complexes.
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Operation homecoming was a series of negotiations that helped bring home prisoners of war that were captured during the Vietnam War.
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Nearly 150,000 Iraqi troops overrun Kuwaiti forces.
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The United States asks for Uraqi withdrawal from Kuwait.
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Preceded the full-scale invasion of Iraq.
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42 days of attacks which lead to the invasion of Kuwait and the Iraq war in 2003.
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Get rid of all WMD and recognize Kuwait
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Codename Operation Desert Sheild.
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Begins a civil war
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Milosevic responds by attacking Sarajevo.
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Authorizes humanitarian relief efforts.
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Want to avoid using the military in these humanitarian efforts.
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Humanitarian groups established camps for refugees so they didn't starve to death.
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U.S. troops go to Somalia to help citizens who are experienceing famine and a civil war.
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Military effectivness takes hold.
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Agreed to Democratic elections and two main portions: Bosnian Serb Republic and Muslim-Croat Federation.
