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Archduke Ferdinand assassinated
Gavrilo Princip assassinates the Archduke, one of the many things that started WW1 -
The Lusitania is sunk
A German sub sinks the Lusitania -
Zimmerman note
Britain interprets a note from Germany to Mexico asking Mexico to join the war with Germany -
US declares war on Germany
The US declares war on Germany -
Russia leaves the war
Russia signs a treaty with Germany declaring peace between the two countries -
Germany comes to an armistice
Germany agrees to an armistice and the fighting comes to an end at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month. -
WW1 Comes to an end
Treaty of Versailles is signed by Germany -
Japan Invades China
Japan invades China, marking the beginning of the war in the Pacific -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invades Poland, marking the beginning of WWII -
The Air Battle of Britain begins
The air battle of Britain begins, the Germans eventually are defeated -
Pearl Harbor
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor -
Axis surrender in North Africa
German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa -
Italy surrenders
Italy surrenders to the allied forces -
D-Day
Invasion of the Normandy landing -
Battle of Saipan
The US stormed a strongly strategic island of Saipan -
Paris is liberated
Allied forces liberate paris -
VE-Day
Germany surrenders -
Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
August 6 and August 9 the US dropped nuclear bombs on Japan -
Japan Surreneders
Japan surrenders after US nuclear bomb strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
North Korea crosses the 38th Paralllel
North Korea crosses the 38th Parallel, invading South Korea. -
Truman sends support
Truman commits US Naval and Air support to south Korea. -
US and South Korea retreat from Pusan
U.S. and South Korea retreat from the Pusan perimeter -
US goal in Korean war
US announces in UN its goal of a unified, anti-Communist Korea. -
Peace talks begin
Peace talks begin at Kaesong -
US occupies Pyongyan
The US forces occupy Pyongyang -
Peace Treaty Signed
A peace treaty was signed at Panmunjom. The 38th Parallel is reset as the boundary. -
JFK is elected
John F. Kennedy is elected and is warned by Eisenhower regarding Vietnam and Laos. -
VC is formed
National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, aka the Viet Cong, is formed -
President Kennedy meets with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna
President Kennedy meets with Soviet leader in Vienna to discuss the attacks made by North Vietnam in Laos. -
JFK sends General to Vietnam
Kennedy sends Genereal Maxwell Taylor to Vietnam. Taylor recommends sending combat troops, but Kenneddy does not approve. -
Agent Orange
U.S. Air Force begins using Agent Orange to defoliate trails used by Vietcong force. -
Diem regime is overthrown
The Diem regime is overthrown. The next day, Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother, Ngô Ðình Nhu were assassinated. -
JFK assassination
JFK is assassinated in Dallas Texas -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
North Vietnamese torpedos were reported to be fired at American destroyers. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Johnson expanded the American involvement and started sustained bombing. -
American Troops Greatly increase
After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was signed, Johnson began sending more troops over doubling the previous amounts of troops. -
Anti-Draft Protests
Many college students believed the draft was unfair, and many refused to go to the war. -
Tet Offensive
The Vietnamese New Year, the sent weaponry through neighboring countries to then surprise attack the South, and the Americans. -
Hawks and Doves
Hawks were people who favored the war, and Doves were people who wanted the war to end. -
Nixon is elected
Nixon won the election by a slim 1%. -
Vietnamization
Nixon starts a strategy called vietnamization, which is where US troops train South Vietnam, and eventually lead to the US to leave. -
The US Pulls out of Vietnam
Nixon negotiates with the South Vietnamese president and decides to pull the US out of Vietnam, after Vietnamization. -
Fall of Saigon
Without the US aid, South Vietnam falls to the North. The Fall of Saigon is when the North captured the South's Capital. -
Iraq invades Kuwait
Iraq invades Kuwait because they think that Kuwait was stealing oil from their fields by slant drilling. -
U.S. led coalition launches an air war against Iraq
The U.S. leads the coalition in an all air war against Iraq because they invaded Kuwait and refused to withdraw. -
Bush's ultimatium
President George H. W. Bush declares suspension of offensive combat and sets up a permanent cease fire -
Iraqi retreat on the highway of death
Before the Iraqi accepted the U.N.'s resolutions they made a retreat and their was word of the retreat in Kuwait so the Kuwait told their country men to not go on this road, so then coalition forces then struck the beginning and end of the convoy to then attack the center. They killed over hundreds or even thousands of Iraqi soldiers. This remains on of the most controversial attacks during the Gulf war. -
Iraqi ceasefire
Five weeks after the U.S. led coalition attacked, the Iraqi government called out for a ceasefire, and it will accept the U.N.'s terms. -
Mohamed Siad Barre is ousted
Power struggle between clan warlords kills or wounds thousands of civilians. -
Slovenia and Croatia split from Yugoslavia
Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia and it begins a civil war, -
Evidence of an attempt building a bomb
The U.N. weapons inspectors found documents detailing Iraq's nuclear weapons program, and say Iraq was close to building a bomb. -
Somaliland breaks away
Former British protectorate of Somaliland land declares independence. -
Serbs boycott Independence referendum
Bosnia's Muslims and Croats voted for independence and it was boycotted by the Serbs. -
Bosnia's Independence and the Serbs attack
Ueropean union recognizes Bosnia's independence. War then breaks out, the Serbs then occupy 70 precent of the country persecuting Muslims and Croats. -
Serbs gained ground
They systematically rounded up Muslims and they commited mass shootings, forced re-population, and raped females in order to clean the ethnics. -
US Marines land near Mogadishu
US Marines land near Mogadishu ahead of a UN peacekeeping force sent to restore order and safeguard relief supplies -
Bosnia peace efforts fail
Bosnia's peace efforts fails, and immediately war breaks out between Muslims and Croats previously allied against Serbs -
Black Hawk Down
US Rangers are killed when Somali militias shoot down US helicopters. -
End of Muslim-Croat war
U.S. brokered agreement ends the Muslim-Croat war and creates a federation -
UN peacekeepers leave
They failed their mission and then leave. -
Mohamed Farah Aideed dies
Warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed dies of wounds and is succeeded by his son, Hussein.
