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Lusitania Sinks
German U-Boats sinks passenger liner. -
Zimmerman Telegram
German telegram to Mexico was intercepted. Telegram involved ideas of bringing U.S. into the war. -
U.S. Enters War
Congress declars war against Germany. -
Chateau-Thierry
Americans attack Germany at Chateau-Thierry. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attack the American base at Pearl Harbor. -
D-Day
Nearly 3 million Allied soldiers arrive in Normandy, on the northern shores of France. -
FDR Dies
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. -
Hitler commits Suicide
Adolf Hitler kills himself. -
Germany Surrenders
The German Army signs an unconditional surrender. -
Hiroshima
The United States drops the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare on Hiroshima. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan -
US and UN condemn North Korea
President Truman announces to the American public the decision made at Blair House "I have ordered United States air and sea forces to give the Korean Government troops cover and support." -
Battle at Osan
American troops go to battle against North Korean troops at Osan. Expecting an easy victory, America suffered about 150 casualties and a hard fight. -
Inchon Landing
General MacAarthur orcestrates a tactical victory by landing thousands of troops at Inchon, a city just south of Seoul (Korea's capital). This took North Korea by surprise and the American troops were successfully able to cut vital lines of supply to communist troops further south. -
MacArthur writes Congress
Martin reads it into the Congressional Record for the benefit of the American people. In the letter, MacArthur recommends "meeting force with maximum counterforce" in Korea—comments construed to mean that the general favors the use of Chinese Nationalist troops from Taiwan in the fighting (an action which would almost certainly lead to full-scale war with Communist China and a possible world war). The Truman administration vehemently opposes such an expansion of the war. -
Truman fires MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur has been fired. MacArthur and Truman had different ideas of the war but the majority of America had sided with MacArthur. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
\North Vietnamese \torpedo boats attacked the USS Maddox while international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin. -
Operation "Rolling Thunder"
U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam with the intent to put military pressure on North Vietnam’s Communist leaders. This was the first American assault on North Vietname and increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Tet Offensive
A series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong. Considered a turning point in the Vietnam War. Contradicted claims by the U.S. government that the war was almost over. -
My Lai Massacre
American soldiers brutally killed the majority of unarmed civilians in My Lai Vietnam. U.S. Army officers covered up the events for over a year. -
Battle of Hamburger Hill
Battle between the Unites States and South Vietnam against North Vietnam -
Kent State Shooting
Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds at a crowd of protesting students. Killed four students and wounded nine others. -
Watergate Scandal
Four burgulars were arrested inside an office of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), located in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. These burgulars were caught while trying to wire tap phones and steal secret documents. President Nixon attempted to help them cover it up after the fact and keep the FBI from investigating the burgulary. -
U.S. Withdraws from Vietnam
Two months after signing the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. troops leave South Vietnam. After 8 years of fighting in Vietnam, the U.S. involvement was at an end. 7,000 Department of Defense employees stayed in Vietnam to help aid South Vietnamese. -
President Nixon Resigns
After two years of being accused of the Watergate Scandals, Nixon resigned as the 37th President of the United States. In his resignation speech, Nixon makes the comment that he no longer has a strong base in Congress so he must resign. -
Slovenia and Croatia declare independence
Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia, this begins a civil war -
Recognized Bosnia Independence
As Serbs gained ground- systematically round up Muslims
"Ethnic cleansing"
Mass Shootings
Forced re-population of cities
Rape of females -
UN Resolution 751
Authorizes humanitarian relief efforts.
Establishes UN operations in Somalia (UNOSOM). -
Operation Provide Relief
United States will airlift supplies in to pass congested areas and looters.
They want to avoid using the military in these humanitarian efforts. -
Operation Restore Hope
38,000 troops from 23 countries and reps from 49 humanitarian groups, including U.S. Marines and Navy Seals, arrive in Mogadishu to help secure the area. -
U.S. joins Somalian Civil War
U.S. enters Somalia to help those who are experiencing famine in result of Somalia's cival war. -
Fight in Mogadishu
Dozens of U.S. troops killed or wounded in fighting in capital city of Mogadishu. -
Sarajevo Attacked
68 killed 200 more wounded
International call for help -
United States attempts to end Bosnian genocide
Bosnian Serbs commit genocide against Muslims; United States gets involved to end genocide.
