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Franz Ferdinand was killed by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip. The Austrian government suspects that Serbia is responsible.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia causing ww1 to begin
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Germany declared war on Russia
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Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.
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USA enters war by declaring war on Germany
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany.
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Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One.
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Japan invades Manchuria.
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Germany and Japan sign the anti-Comintern pact directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.
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Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.
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world war 2 starts in Europe when Germany invades Poland
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Soviet Union invades Poland from the east
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Almost at the same time, Japanese warplanes attack the Philippines and two U.S. islands: Wake and Guam, which are later occupied.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe.
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British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
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The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin. Known as the battle of Berlin
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies. (may 7) and surrendered to the soviets (may 9)
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Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9).
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The war officially starts this day and ends July 27, 1953
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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.
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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.
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General Douglas MacArthur leads an invasion into South Korea at the city of Inchon. From there, the United Nations troops go to Seoul and take it back from North Korea.
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American and French troops start a battle with North Korean and Chinese troops in a part of South Korea known as the Punchbowl. The U.S. and France win the month-long battle. Over 25,000 Chinese and North Korean soldiers die.
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North Korea and South Korea sign an agreement to stop fighting. Korea is still divided, but the two countries agree to create a neutral zone called the Demilitarized Zone to separate the countries.
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The Vietcong was a member of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government with the support of the North Vietnamese army and US forces in the Vietnam War.
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During a tour of Asian countries, Vice President Lyndon Johnson visits Diem in Saigon. Johnson assures Diem that he is crucial to US objectives in Vietnam and calls him "the Churchill of Asia."
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US Air Force begins using Agent Orange - a defoliant that came in metal orange containers-to expose roads and trails used by Vietcong forces.
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14 nations agreed to the neutrality of Laos.
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United States, operatives within the South Vietnamese military overthrow Diem. He and his brother Nhu are shot and killed in the aftermath.
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Aerial fight against North Vietnam began and would last more than 3 years
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By the end of 1965, the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam exceeded 200,000.
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N. Vietnam began the Tet Offensive attacking 100 South Vietnam cities after the holiday of Tet
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U.S soldiers killed over 300 Vietnam citizens in the town of My Lai. Didnt come to light until 1969.
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North Vietnamese and American negotiators agree on a location and start date of peace talks.
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Festival held in Bethel, NY to promote peace and love. People gathered to protest the harshness of the war. Had an audience of an estimated 1/2 million people. Had many singers and performers come which drew large crowds.
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North communist leader dies at the age of 79
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Nixon announced invasion of Cambodia. U.S and South Vietnam troops invaded to destroy bases that may aid Vietcong
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Protests started because of the invasion in Cambodia. Students at Kent State started to protest, and the Ohio National guard was sent resulting in them killing 4 students
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last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam ending its involvement in the war. nearly 60,000 men were dead, around 150,000 wounded and at least 1,000 missing in action among over 3 million Americans served in the war.
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Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, began accusing Kuwait of moving against Iraq by producing large amounts of oil. Hussein would eventually accuse Kuwait of stealing oil from Iraq.
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The United States decided to lead an initiative against Iraq. It was named Operation Desert Shield, and the troops began landing in Saudi Arabia.
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The USA's presence didn't intimidate Saddam Hussein, and he continued his annexation of Kuwait. The United Kingdom and France joined America in sending troops to fight against Iraq.
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The United States officially launched Operation Desert Storm. Apache helicopters and warplanes attacked Baghdad and other military targets in Iraq.
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Saddam Hussein at last ordered the Iraqi withdraw of troops from Kuwait. A coalition aircraft bombed the retreating troops, and the area is now called the Highway of Death.
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U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a ceasefire, ending the war. Kuwait had been liberated from Iraq.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence
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European Union recognizes Bosnia's independence. Bosnian Serbs encircled Sarajevo with a siege force of 13,000 stationed in the surrounding hills.
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Italy sent 2,500 combat troops to Somalia as part of the US-sponsored multinational force.
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President Bush ordered American troops to lead a mercy mission to Somalia, threatening military action against warlords and gangs who were blocking food for starving millions.
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An American mission to save lives in Somalia lost the first of its own when a U.S. vehicle hit a land mine near Bardera, killing civilian Army employee Lawrence N. Freedman
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United Nations forces launched a nighttime attack against the forces of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
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Fought between forces of the United States and Somali who were loyal to the self-proclaimed president-to-be Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who had support from armed civilian fighters.
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NATO shoots down four Serbian aircraft over Bosnia, intervening for the first time since the war began (in fact, the first use of military power by NATO since it's creation in 1949)
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Bosnian Serbs agreed to President Jimmy Carter's open peace negotiations and signed a four month ceasefire with the Bosnian Muslims in hopes of further negotiations.
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Serbs killed more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim boys and men in Srebrenica. In addition to the killings, more than 20,000 civilians were expelled from the area in a mass movement of ethnic cleansing.
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NATO troops were deployed to keep the peace in Bosnia, which has been divided into a loose Muslim-Croat federation and a Serb entity. The NATO mission is later taken over by the European Union.
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Aidid died in mogidishu, somalia
