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The bosnia crisis took place from 1908-1909 and was caused from the Serbs, Croats, and the Muslims being in conflict. This resulted in genocide of Muslims by Serbs in Bosnia.
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In order to execute the Schlieffen plan Germany had to invade Belgium in order to get to France
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German U boats sink the British Lusitania. The ship was carrying citizens on it. German's justified their decision by saying they believed it had artillary on it.
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The United States enters the first world war to stop Mexico from gaining back Texas as stated in the Zimmerman note sent by the Germans to Mexico.
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The central powers weakened as the allies advanced and finally central powers signed an armistice. All nations agreed to stop fighting and peace was negotiated and allies then signed the Treaty of Versallies to bring a complete end to war.
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Nazi troops invade Poland immediately taking control over everything. This is the start of World War two in Europe.
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Yammamoto Isoruke plans suprise bomb battack on Pearl Harbor. ole fleet of American Marines and battle ships were taken out during this attack.
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British asnd American troops rush into battle against the Germans on the beaches of Normandy to create a second front against Nazi Germany.
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Anglo-American forces break through the Normandy beaches and move east towards Paris.
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Germans carry out their last offensive named the "Battle of the Bulge"in hopes to gain Belgium. This name was given due to the way the German troops assembled themselves in a bulge like formation. On January 1st 1945 the Germans were retreating.
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While the war went on Hitler was confined to an underground bunker for months. The war came to an end and on this day Hitler supposedly committed suicide.
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Korea is split between the north and the south. Soviet troops remained in the north while U.S. troops remained in the south. The temporary 38th parallel was established to define a border between the two.
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The Korean war begins when North Korea invades South Koreas capital of Seoul.
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American troops land a suprise attack behind enemy lines. The U.S. pushes North Korean trrops back north of the 38th parallel.
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The chinese enter the war and UN offensive stalls and fails. The chinese push North Korean troops back across the 38th parallel and capture Seoul.
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MacArthur becomes unhappy about the limited war against the communist. Truman then decides to fire MacArthur which didn't go down well with the public because they agreed with MacArthur.
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North Vietnamese torpedo fired on the USS Maddox while it patrolled the Gulf of Tonkin. However the Maddox was not hit and in return fired back to the North Vietnamese ship. This escalated conflict and increased aggression towards the U.S.
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In response to the Vietcong attack that killed Americans President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the start of this operation. It was a bombing campaign against North Vietnam, the bombs caused a lot of destruction but didnt force North Vietnam to make peace.
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U.S. Marines arrive at the Da Nang airbase immediately followed by other troops. Their purpose was to guard bases, conduct search and destroy missions, and to kill as many Vietcong guerrillas as they could.
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An assult on 36 provincial capitals and five major cities. This was an effort to cause North Vietnam to make peace they had hoped that this would end the war. The U.S. won a tactical victory over North Vietnam and the Vietcong.
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U.S. troops enter into a villiage of people searching for the Vietcong. They cant decifer people in the Vietcong from people not in the Vietcong so innocent cilivilians ended up getting killed. One U.S. soldier had to risk his own life to demand the stop of the firing.
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President kennedy is assinated while attending a rally celebrating his victory in the Califirnia primary. he is shot in the head by a palestinian Immagrent named Sirhan.
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During a protest at Kent State University Nixon calls for the National Guard. The National Guard shows up and ends up firing into the crownd of people killing four students.
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Young people wantred equality of political rights so the 26th Ammendment stated that 18 year olds were allowed to vote. This helped spread the message "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote".
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Informed Americans that American leaders sent troops to Vietnam without fully informing American people. It also revealed what happened at My lai. This turned even more Americans against the war.
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U.S. and the NVA come to terms with a peace settlement. Finally in January 1973 the U.S., NVA, South Vietnam, and the Vietcong signed the Paris Peace Accords.
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Operation desert storm begins due to Suddam Hussein invading Iraq and defying the United States. There was 42 days of attacks and led to the Iraq war in 2008.
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This begins a civil war Slovenia wins their battle with Milosevic asnd after the fall of the city of Vukovar the first mass extinctions of Croats take place.
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Mostly Muslims inhabit this area. Milosevic attacks Sarajevothe capital of Bosnia killing many civilians among them 3,500 children. Muslims are ultimately outgunned. Muslims are rounded up and shot in mass numbers. Forced repopulation of cities occured causing rape of females. This was said to be "ethnic cleansing". UN responds with economic sanctions but no military response
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Authorizes humanitarian relief efforts in Somalia. Established UN operations in Somalia getting supplies where it needed to be .
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Providing relief for starving and dying Somalians without military interferrence.
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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. Mission was turned over because of it's success.
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U.S. attacks Aidid compund by helicopter four western journalists are killed and displyed to see as a result.
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There were 68 killed and over 200 wounded. William Clinton promises to end the "ethnic clansing" and 6 Muslim safe havens were established. Those areas were attacked and Serbs murder 8,000 men between the ages of 12 and 60.
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Military usses massive NATO bombing forces.
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Agreements were made on democratic elections. Two main portions the Bosnia Serb Republic and the Muslim-Croat Federation. War criminals were prosecuted. Overall 30 men were prosecuted for war offenses. Around 200,000 Muslim civilians are murdered as a result. Around 20,000 are missing or presumed dead and there are 2,000,000 refugees in all.
