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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, or the 1939 Defensive War in Poland and alternatively the Poland Campaign or Fall Weiss in Germany, was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Free City of Danzig, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent, that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. They fly in, bomb the base, and use kamikaze tactics. This was known as "The day which will live in infamy." It pulled the U.S. into the war. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler launched Operation: Barborossa. His goal with this was to extend Nazi Germany halfway through Russia. He invaded Stalingrad and was met with a terrible loss. -
D-Day
The allies invaded the beaches of Normandy to push the germans out of France. The U.S. was met with many losses of men, equipment, and hope. They kept pushing forward. -
Battle of the Bulge
The German's last offense during WWII. Hitler's plan was to push through the lines of the Allies to get to the port of antwerp. If this was successful, they would prolong the War. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
It was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The U.S. wanted to use this island as a staging area to perform more attacks on the other Japanese Islands. There were two flag raisings. This picture is the 2nd flag raising. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe day. This was the day that the Germans surrendered. -
Korea divided between North and South
Following Japanese surrender, Soviets maintained military presence in the North with American troops in the South. Temporary border at 38th parallel established. -
North Korea invades South Korea
Whether North Koreans acted with Stalin's approval is still debated. -
Truman orders air and naval support for South Korea & calls for UN intervention
With the Soviet Union absent from the Security Council, the U.S. was able to win agreement from UN to support South Korea. MacArthur appointed to command UN operations -
Truman relieves MacArthur of command
Following several warnings about insubordination, Truman angers public by firing the US commander. -
Armistice formally re-established the division of Korea
Formal peace treaty never signed. Over 1,000,000 Koreans and 54,000 Americans killed in conflict plus thousands who die as prisoners of war. -
Operation Ranch Hand
A part of the herbicidal warfare "Operation Trail Dust". It took place from 1962- 1971. It was one of the longest operations of the Vietnam War. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
NVA torpedo boats supposedly attacked the USS Maddox on August 2-4 1964 in the Gulf of Tokin near Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the US 2nd Air Division, US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. -
Battle of Drang
The Battle of Khe Sanh was conducted in northwestern Quảng Trị Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), between 21 January and 9 July 1968 during the Vietnam War. -
Tet Offensive
It was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968- September 23, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. -
Battle of Huế
Was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War. Took place in the South Vietnamese city of Huế, eleven battalions of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam two U.S. The U.S. and South Vietnam defeated the NVA. -
Mai Lai Massacre
It was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968. The war became a lot more unpopular after this happened. -
Battle of Ia Drang
It was the U.S's first major offense of the Vietnam War. It was fought against the NVA. -
Battle of Hamburger Hill
A battle of the Vietnam War that was fought by the United States and South Vietnam against North Vietnamese forces from May 10–20, 1969. It was called Hamburger Hill because the soldiers said it looked like a "Human Meat Grinder". -
Operation Linebacker II
US Seventh Air Force and US Navy Task Force 77 aerial bombing campaign, performed against targets in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the last period of US involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Battle of Khafiji
was the first major ground engagement of the Persian Gulf War. It took place in and around the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji, from 29 January to 1 February 1991 and marked the culmination of the Coalition's air campaign over Kuwait and Iraq, which had begun on 17 January 1991. -
Operation Desert Sabre
The ground campaign, initially designated Desert Sword and subsequently designated Desert Sabre, began on 24 February 1991. When ground operations started in earnest, coalition forces were poised along a line that stretched from the Persian Gulf westward 300 miles into the desert. Two corps covered about two-thirds of the line occupied by the huge multinational force. -
Siege of Sarajevo
Longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. After being initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav People's Army, Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 during the Bosnian War. The siege lasted three times longer than the Battle of Stalingrad and more than a year longer than the Siege of Leningrad. -
Siege of Bihac
A three-year-long siege of the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihać by the Army of the Republika Srpska, the Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina and Bosniak dissenters led by the Bosniak politician Fikret Abdić during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. The siege lasted for three years, from June 1992 until 4–5 August 1995, when Operation Storm ended it after the Croatian Army overran the rebel Serbs in Croatia and northwest of the besieged town. -
Battle of Mogadishu
Between vastly-outnumbered forces of the United States, supported by UNOSOM II, and Somali militiamen loyal to the self-proclaimed president-to-be Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who had support from armed civilian fighters. -
Operation Sana
Military offensive undertaken by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in western Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. It was launched from the area of Bihao on 13 September 1995, against the Army of Republika Srpska and involved advances towards Bosanski Petrovac, Sanski Most and Bosanska Krupa. -
Pearl Harbor