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ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE IS ASSASSINATED IN SARAJEVO -
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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA. WORLD WAR I BEGINS -
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GERMANS CONDUCT AIR RAID ON PARIS -
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German women demonstrate for peace -
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GERMAN U-BOAT TORPEDOES THE LUSITANIA -
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Anti war demonstrations begin to take place in Germany -
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UNITED STATES IS ALERTED ABOUT THE ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM, WHICH REVEALS GERMAN PLOT AGAINST AMERICA -
WW2
Nazis invade Poland -
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Soviets invade Poland -
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Rationing begins in Britain -
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Battle of Britain begins -
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Hitler declares blockade of the British Isle -
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British begin a western desert offensive in North Africa against the Italian -
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President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act -
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Germany attacks Soviet Union as operation Barbarossa begins -
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US and Britain declare war on Japan -
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Hilter declares war on the United States -
WW2
Operation Torch begins -
Korea is divided into two countries
After World War II, Korea is divided into communist North Korea and anti-communist South Korea at a spot called the 38th parallel. Russia controls North Korea and the U.S. controls South Korea. -
Leading to Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh creates a provisional government -
Leading to Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh declares independence in Vietnam -
Leading to Vietnam
IndoChina war begins -
Harry S. Truman promises to fight communism
President Harry Truman gives a speech and says that that the U.S. will help any country that is threatened by communism. The speech is called the Truman Doctrine. -
North Korea invades South Korea
With permission from Russia, North Korea invades South Korea and continues on to the capital of Seoul. South Korea does not have a strong enough army to stop it -
The US joins the Korean War
President Harry Truman sends U.S. troops to Korea. The U.S. and other countries in the United Nations join the war because they want to stop communism from spreading to South Korea -
China joins the Korean War
China joins the war to fight on the side of North Korea. China's army, called the People's Volunteer Army, wins several important victories and pushes the U.S. and South Korean troops back across the 38th parallel. -
Peace Talks Begin
With neither side gaining ground, peace talks begin. However, it takes two years to come to an agreement as the war drags on. -
Leading to Vietnam
Battle of Dien Bien Phu -
Leading to Vietnam
Geneva Conference Begins -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Giap defeated the French force based there; a ceasefire was agreed at Geneva that split Vietnam at the 17th Parallel; France withdrew her military from Vietnam; US promises aid worth $100 million to the anti-communist Diem -
New President
Ngo Dinh Diem, who was pro American becme president of South Vienam -
President Diem
President Diem was killed in a military coup -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Americans bomb targets in North Vietnam, NFl attacked US air bases -
Operation Rolling Thunder
first US combat sent to Vietnam, first major clash between the USA and NVA at Ia Drang -
My Lai Massacre
Between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam were kille -
Tet Offensive
Protests began back home because the war was not ending soon -
Woodstock
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—was a music festival -
Vietnamization
Nixon orders the secret bombing of Cambodia. -
Kent State
Students threaten to set ROTC building on fire. Guardsmen show up and shoot into the crowds of students killing 4 -
POW's Released
the last of the US troops return home and the ceasefire is signed in Paris -
Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War, Jan.–Feb., 1991, was an Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Kuwait in early August 1990. Many nations were alarmed by these actions and wanted to intervene. The US led the massive air offensive invasion and the war bgean. -
Operation Desert Shield
This is when the US first arrives in Saudi Arabia. The order prepared American troops to become part of an international coalition in the war against Iraq -
Iraq is warned to leave
UN is allowed to use any force necessary to get Iraq out of Kuwait. They are given 15 days. -
Air Campaign
Air campaigns begin against military forces in Kuwait and Iraq -
Military Force
Congress gives President Bush permission to use military force -
Desert Sabre
Desert Storm begins as coalition ground forces drive on Iraqi forces in Kuwait -
Bosnia War
Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence -
Recognition
The EC recognized Bosnia-Herzegovina and the US followed and also recognized Slovenia and Croatia -
UN resolution 751
They authorize humanitarian relief efforts and establish UN operations in Somalia -
Relief Supplies
President Bush ordered the Pentagon to begin emergency airlifts of food to Somalia which was suffering from severe famine and factional warfare. -
Arrival in Mogadishu
US Marine and Navy Seals arrive in Mogadishu to help secure the area -
First Mission
Three U.S. planes carried out the first mission to drop relief supplies over Bosnia-Herzegovina -
Attacks
Aidid gets bold and starts to attack soilders -
Troops
Dozens of US troops were killed or wounded in fighting in the capital city of Mogadishu. -
Dayton Peace Accords
Bosnian Muslims and Croats sign peace accords drawn up by the United States. This paved the way for the arrival of a 66,000-strong NATO peacekeeping Implementation Force in Bosnia. -
Bosnia War
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter makes a peace agreement between Bosnian Serbs and Muslims. -
President Clinton
President Clinton asks for support in sending 20,000 American troops to Bosnia -
US Operations restore hope
U.S. Marines landed in Somalia to ensure that food and medicine reach the deprived areas of that country
