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Reflecting strong public opinion, Wilson states that U.S. will not join the war
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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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A three-month battle fought in the skies over Britain will include destructive bombing raids on London and other cities
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The "big three," Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, convene in Teheran, Iran to discuss the invasion of Italy. It is the first time all three have met.
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Eisenhower is named supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe
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The Allies capture Rome, Italy.
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Over 160,000 Allied troops and 30,000 vehicles are landed along a 50-mile stretch of fortified French coastline and begin fighting on the beaches of Normandy
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U.S. Marines and Army troops, supported by a massive fleet, invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific.
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Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II.
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General Douglas MacArthur's 6th Army lands at Leyte, marking his triumphant return to the Philippines. It has been more than two years since he reluctantly abandoned his troops on Bataan and Corregidor.
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General Curtis LeMay arrives in the Marianas to take over the 21st Bomber Command, the B-29s
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The U.S. Tenth Army invades Okinawa supported by the largest invasion fleet in history. Military planners have identified Okinawa as a necessary staging area for the invasion of Japan's main islands.
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Members of ARVN attempt to overthrow Diem
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Formed by Hanoi to use against South Vietnam. Diem calls this army the Vietcong.
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CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro
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between the 7th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and NLF.
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JFK is assassinated in Dallas
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Confrontations twice involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.
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US military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam
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The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, about 3,500-strong, landed on a beach near Da Nang
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The battle took place in Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam, between May 28–31, 1965.
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Viet Cong and NVA conducted a shocking military campaign during the Vietnamese New Year known
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Vietnam War mass killing 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam
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Vietnamization of the war was promoted, promising to withdrawl U.S. troops gradually from Vietnam
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The signing of this peace treaty brought the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War to an end
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the last us troops were sent home from Vietnam
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The last Americans depart Saigon ending the United States involvement in Vietnam
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Operation Desert Storm lasted 42 days with a cease fire starting February 28th.
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Hussein defies U.S orders
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Norman Schwarzkopf used Stealth Bombers, Cruise Missiles, Smart Bombs and night bombing equipment
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The treaty recognized Kuwait and it got rid of all WMD
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In June Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia which causes a Civil War
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In response to the independence Milosevic attacks the capital city Sarajevo which is mainly Muslim
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establishes UN operations in Somalia
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Military helped in the humanitarian efforts
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U.S. Marine and Navy Seals arrive in Mogadishu to secure the area
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38,000 troops from 23 countries and reps from 49 humanitarian groups help Somalia
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U.S. attacks Aidid compound by helicopter
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Dozen U.S. troops were killed fighting in the capital city
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Sarajevo attacked and killed 68 people and wounded more than 200 people
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Serb forces refuse to remove heavy weapons from Sarajevo and as a result NATO launches an aircraft attack on Serb ammunition depot
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The military get a effective hold and NATO brings massive bombing forces
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The Wright Patterson Air Force Base agreed to Democratic elections, two main portions, and that war criminals be handed over
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Bush gave Hussein the choice to either step down from power or else he'd be removed
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Operation Desert Storm led to the war in Iraq
