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Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo
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Kaiser William the 2nd promised German support for Austria to get to Serbia
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The "Lusitania" was sunk by a German U-boat
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Italy declared war on Germany and Austria
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US declares war on Germany
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Turkey made peace
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Germany signed an armistice with the Allies- the official date of the end of the war
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party
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Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party
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Soviet leader Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals.
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Nazi's take Czechoslovakia
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Nazis invade Poland
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German troops enter Romania
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President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease act
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; also attacks the Phillipines, wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghi, and Midway
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US and Britain declare war on Japan, Japanese land near Singapore and enter Thailand
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Japanese bomb Manila
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First US troops arrive in Australia
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Bataan Death march begins as 76,000 allied POWs including 12,000 US are forced to walk 60 miles
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North Korea invades South Korea with 135,000 men
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President Harry Truman deploys the 7th fleet to the waters off Taiwan to prevent the spread of conflict
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First US Infantry arrives in Korea. Two reinforced rifle companies of the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, and the 24th Infantry Division. Along with Battery A of the 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, it comprises Task Force Smith.
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The first marine corps aviation against are flown from the USS Sicily by Corsairs
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1st Marine division participates in routing enemy guerilla forces in Masan-Pohang
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President Truman relieves General MacArthur for insubordination and replaces him with General Ridgway. LTG James A. Van Fleet, the Commanding General of Second Army, is assigned as the new commander of Eighth Army.
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Vietnam forces French command post at Dien Bien Phu and the French Commander orders his troops to cease fire. It lasted 55 days
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He was inaugurated as the 35th president. He mentioned about sending troops to Southeast Asia
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American helicopters arrive at South Vietnam with 400 US personnel and they will maintain and fly the aircraft
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In Operation Chopper, helicopters flown by U.S. Army pilots ferry 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers to sweep a NLF stronghold near Saigon. It marks America's first combat missions against the Vietcong.
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Bombed by two renegade South Vietnamese pilots flying American-made WW2 fighter planes
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At the hamlet of Ap Bac, the Vietcong 514th Battalion and local guerrilla forces ambush the South Vietnamese Army's 7th division.
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Was riding a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas TX.
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Three North vietnamese PT boats fired torpedoes at the USS Maddox, 30 miles off the coast of North Vietnam.
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A US helicopter base and advisory compound in the Central Highlands in South Vietnam are attacked by NLF Commandos. Nine Americans were killed more than 70 were wounded
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A Vietcong placed bomb explodes in a hotel killing 23 Americans in the Qui Nonh hotel
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U.S. Operations set out Operation Crimp. deploying nearly 8,000 troops.It is the largest American operation of the war. Goal was to capture the Vietcong's headquarters in the Saigon area
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196th Brigade and 22,000 South Viet, troops begin and aggressive search and destroy sweeps through Tay Ninh Province. Immediately huge caches of supplies belonging to the NLF 9th Division are discovered. There is no head to head contacts. Mission ends after 6 weeks more than 1,000 Vietcong and 150 Americans were killed
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Drive Vietcong forces from the Iron Triangle, 60 square mile area lying between the Saigon river and Route 13. 60,000 Americans troops and 14,000 south Viet troops move into the Iron Triangle. Encounter no major resistance. Huge amounts of enemy supplies are taken. 19 days 72 Americans were killed, mostly snipers emerging from concealed tunnels and body traps. 712 Vietcong are killed
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240 helicopters sweep over Tay Ninh Province. Goal is to destroy Vietcong bases and the Vietcong Military headquarters for South Vietnam. Located in war zone C, north of Saigon. 30,000 U.S. troops to part and 5,000 South Viet. troops. After 72 days Junction city ends. American forces succeed in capturing large quantities of stores, equipment and weapons. There was no large decisive battles.
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Charlie company, 11th brigade Americal Divison entered the village of My Lai. Later after they entered the killing began then when the news of the atrocities surfaced it scared the US political establishment.
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President of Egypt negotiates between Iraq and Kuwait to avoid intervention with the United States.
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Schwarzkopf asks for Army planners to begin work on the ground offensive
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Bush decides to double the US forces in Saudi Arabia, it was kept a secret until November 8th
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Prevent possible attack on Saudi Arabia
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There was a 42 day attack and on February 28th there was a cease fire. Which, leads to the Iraq War in 2003
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Massive allied ground offensive heading from North eastern Saudi Arabia into Kuwait and Southern Iraq
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George H. W. Bush declares a cease fire. Most Iraqi forces in Kuwait have fled
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Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence
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The first American forces arrived to help protect the US food airlift
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Bush visits Somalia, where he saw first hand the famine racking the east African Nation. He praised the US troops who helped
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Clinton sent secretary of state to consult with NATO allies and Russia to gain support for the "lift and strike" strategy
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Battle between US troops and the Somalian Militiamen.
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Killed 68 and 200 were wounded, international call for help
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NATO shoots down four Serbian aircraft over Bosnia, intervening for the first time since the war began
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Military effectiveness takes hold and massive NATO bombing forces.
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Milosevic is ready to become peaceful. Wright Patterson Air Force Base agrees to democratic elections and war criminals be handed over for prosecution
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George W. Bush declared that he step down from power and leave Iraq within 48 hours.
