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Pearl Harbor
A major United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force on December 7, 1941, with great loss of American lives and ships -
D-Day
The day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. -
V-E Day
the day (May 8) marking the Allied victory in Europe in 1945 -
Ho Chi Minh leads Viet Minh
Emperor Bao Dai surrenders leadership to Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh -
Korea divided between North and South
After Japanese surrender, Soviets maintained military presence in the North with American troops in the South. Border at 38th parallel. -
North Korea invades South Korea
Still debating whether or not North Koreans acted upon Stalin's approval. -
U.S. Troops invade Inchon
US forces push North Korea army back north of the 38th parallel -
Pyongyang falls to UN forces
North Korean capital now in UN control -
Chinese divisions enter fighting
Chinese troops push UN forces back across the 38th parallel, and capture Southern capital of Seoul. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
"Gives President Lyndon Johnson the power to take whatever actions he sees necessary to defend South Vietnam against Viet Cong forces." -
Operation Rolling Thunder
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McNamara Released
Presdient Johnson releases Robert McNamara from his duties as Secratary of Defense -
Tet Offensive
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My Lai Massacre
Massacre hundreds of civilians—mostly women, children, and elderly men -
Nixon Elected
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Vietnamization
"Vietnamization" --training and transitioning South Vietnamese troops to assume the roles that have been fulfilled by American troops—and promises to withdraw 25,000 American soldiers. -
Begining of Woodstock
Marks the begining of the three day music festival -
Kent State Killings
fourthday of anti-was protests at Kent State University, four students were killed and 9 were injured. -
Jackson State
Police shoot and kill two students during the anti-war protests at Jackson State college in Mississippi (historically black school) -
26th Amendment
Lowering natioinal voting age from 21 to 18 -
Watergate
Five men were caught burglarizing the Democratic National Committee Headquarters-- resulted in President Nixons' resignation -
Vietnam War officially ends
Over 3 million Americans served in the Vietnam War, nearly 60,000 were killed, 150,000 wounded, and atleast 1,000 missing in action. -
United Nations ask Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait
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Hussein defies U.S orders
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United Nations give them until this date to withdraw
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Operation Desert Storm Begins
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Slovenia and Croatia declare Independence from Yugoslavia
- begins Civil War
- Milosevic now focuses on Croatia 12% are Orthodox Serbs there
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Recognized Bosnia Independence
- Serbs gained ground
- Mostly a Muslim country (32% Serbs)
- Milosevic responded by attcking Serejevo
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Military effectiveness takes hold
- Massive NATO bombing forces
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Milosevic is ready to talk peace
Wright Patterson Air Force (Ohio)
Agreed to:
-Democratic elections
- Two main portions-- Bosnia Serb Republic &Muslim-Croat Federation
-War criminals be handed over for prosecution
- 30 men prosecuted for war crimes -
Bush gives Hussein ultimatum
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Persian Gulf War II Begins (Iraq War)
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Boston Marathon Bombing
