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Germany declares war on Russia and France.
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The United Kingdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades Belgium.
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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces the U.S. will remain neutral.
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Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets.
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist Party.
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a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier.
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As Germany marches into Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, Winston Churchill replaces a disgraced Neville Chamberlain, the man responsible for the appeasement of Hitler, as prime minister of Great Britain.
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Germany captures Paris, and France surrenders to the Nazis.
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President Franklin Roosevelt convinces a largely isolationist Congress to pass the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the U.S. to sell or lend war materials to "any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States."
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U.S. troops arrive in Europe. Through March, the number of troops shipped overseas averages about 50,000 per month
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U.S. troops led by Generals Dwight Eisenhower and George S. Patton join forces with British troops under the command of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery to defeat German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in North Africa.
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General Dwight Eisenhower accepts Germany's unconditional surrender at Reims, France. Germany likewise surrenders to Russia in Berlin.
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Japanese surrender, and Soviets maintained military presence in the North with American troops in the South. A temporary border at the 38th parallel was established.
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Indochina war begins, Democratic Republic of Vietnam launches the first attack towards the French.
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A pro-Soviet government is left in charge of North Korea with a vastly superior army to U.S.-supported South
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The French agreed to help aid in building the anti-communist army in Vietnam
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The soviets and Chinese help aid Vietnam by offering weapons.
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Whether North Koreans acted with Stalin's approval is still debated
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In a surprise landing behind enemy lines, US forces push the North Korean army back north, of the 38th parallel
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MacArthur declares "There is no substitute for victory". In a message to House Republican leader Martin, MacArthur expresses his frustration with the limited war.
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Formal peace treaty was never signed. Over 1,000,000 Koreans and 54,000 Americans killed in conflict plus the thousands who died as prisoners of war.
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Lasted from March of 1954 to May of 1954. The French were defeated and were driven out of Vietnam.
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After France falls at Dien Bien Phu, Laos is given independence from France. Outside countries are pressuring Laos to become communist or anti-communist.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas
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Gulf of Tonkin incident, the US says North Vietnamese patrol boats fire on two US Navy destroyers. US Congress approves the authorization of military action in region.
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200,000 American combat troops arrive in South Vietnam.
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The Tet Offensive begins. More than 500 civilians die in the US massacre at My Lai. Thousands are killed by communist forces during their occupation of the city of Hue.
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Ho Chi Minh dies, President Nixon begins to reduce US ground troops in Vietnam as domestic public opposition to the war grows.
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The long debate over lowering the voting age in America from 21 to 18 began during World War II
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Stared on February 12th, 591 POW's got to come home that were prisoners in North Vietnam.
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There was a cease fire agreement in Paris, all U.S. troops pull-out.
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North Vietnamese troops invade South Vietnam and take control of the whole country after South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh surrenders.
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Serbian Slobodan Milosevic, used Nationalism and religious hatred to gain power. it ended up creating more tension between Serbs and Muslims in Kosovo.
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Saddam Hussein, started accusing Kuwait of moving against Iraq by producing large amounts of oil.
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Trying to strike back against Kuwait, Hussein deployed Iraqi troops to the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border. He had ordered the troops to invade Kuwait, which officially started the Gulf War.
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The United States launched Operation Desert Storm, Apache helicopters and warplanes attacked Baghdad and other military targets in Iraq.
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To get back at America, Iraq launched missiles on America's ally, Israel. The United States shot back.
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Saddam Hussein blew up Kuwait's oil wells and dumped millions of gallons of oil in the Persian Gulf.
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Iraq was given one last chance to surrender, George H.W. Bush wanted to stop further fights. Iraq refused leading in to a war that started Febuary 24th.
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Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia- begins a Civil War. Slovenia wins against Milosevis
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Bosnia was created after World War ll break up of Yugoslavia. In April 1992, the government of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia
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Milosevic responds by attacking Sarajevo. Sarajevo snipers killed civilians including over 3500 children.
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Authorizes humanitarian relief efforts. Establishes UN operations in Somalia. United States will airlift supplies in to pass congested areas and looters
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38,000 troops from 23 countries and reps from 49 humanitarian groups. U.S. Marine and Navy Seals arrive in Mogadishu to help secure the area.
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Aidid gets bold and starts to attack soldiers, 24 Pakistani soldiers killed and 44 wounded in attack
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October 1993, dozens of U.S. troops killed or wounded in fighting in capital city of Mogadishu
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Sarajevo attacked, 68 killed and 200 hundred wounded
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Military effectiveness takes hold, massive NATO bombing forces. On November 1, 1995 Milosevic is ready to talk peace
