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World War 1
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand -
World War 1
Woodrow Wilson declares the United States Neutral -
World War 1
Sinking of the Lusitania caused by Germany which killed over a thousand civilians without warning. -
World War 1
The Zimmerman note, a letter that tried to persuade Mexico to attack the US and in return it would get the land it lost. -
World War 1
The United States declares war on Germany -
World War 1
President Woodrow Wilson issues his "Fourteen Points" for peace and an end to the war. -
World War 1
The Treaty of Versailles is signed by Germany and World War I comes to an end. -
World War 2 Pacific
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. -
World War 2 Pacific
The United States, and Britain declare war on Japan -
World War 2 Europe
Hitler declares war on the United States -
World War 2 Europe
First American forces arrive in Great Britain -
World War 2 Europe
First All-American air attack in Europe -
World War 2 Europe
Operation Torch begins (the invasion of North Africa) -
World War 2 Europe
First bombing raid by Americans on Germany -
World War 2 Europe
U.S. 1st and 3rd Armies link up after a month long separation during the Battle of the Bulge -
Korea
After World War II, Korea is divided into communist North Korea and anti-communist South Korea at a spot called the 38th parallel. Russia controls North Korea and the U.S. controls South Korea. -
War World 2 Europe
VE Day -
World War 2 Pacific
Atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan -
World War 2 Pacific
Atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan. -
Korea
Russian troops enter Korea -
World War 2 Pacific
Japanese sign the surrender agreement; V-J (Victory over Japan) Day. -
Korea
NATO Pact signed -
Korea
With permission from Russia, North Korea invades South Korea and continues on to the capital of Seoul. South Korea does not have a strong enough army to stop it. -
Korea
President Harry Truman sends U.S. troops to Korea. The U.S. and other countries in the United Nations join the war because they want to stop communism from spreading to South Korea. -
Korea
General Douglas MacArthur leads an invasion into South Korea at the city of Inchon. From there, the United Nations troops go to Seoul and take it back from North Korea. -
Leading into Vietnam
John F. Kennedy wins the presidency. -
Leading into Vietnam
Hanoi forms National Liberation Front for South Vietnam. Diem government dubs them "Vietcong." -
Leading into Vietnam
US Air Force begins using Agent Orange -
Leading into Vietnam
Assassination of J. F. K. leaves the problem of Vietnam in Lyndon Johnson's hands. -
Leading into Vietnam
An incident in the Gulf of Tonkin takes place allowing Lyndon to declare war with Vietnam. -
Vietnam
US President Lyndon Johnson meets with South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and his military advisors in Honolulu. Johnson promises to continue to help South Vietnam fend off aggression from the North, but adds that the US will be monitoring South Vietnam's efforts to expand democracy and improve economic conditions for its citizens. -
Vietnam
The first American combat troops, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, arrive in Vietnam to defend the US airfield at Danang. -
Vietnam
The practice of protesting US policy in Vietnam by holding "teach-ins" at colleges and universities becomes widespread. -
Vietnam
The first conventional battle of the Vietnam war takes place as American forces clash with North Vietnamese units in the Ia Drang Valley. -
Vietnam
President Lyndon Johnson stuns the nation and announces that he will not be a candidate for re-election. -
Vietnam
My Lai Massacre happened, when it surfaced the american public was shocked and turned against the war even more. -
Vietnam
A legacy of deception, concerning US policy in Vietnam, on the part of the military and the executive branch is revealed as the New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers. The Nixon administration, eager to stop leaks of what they consider sensitive information, appeals to the Supreme Court to halt the publication. The Court decides in favor the Times and allows continued publication. -
Vietnam
President Nixon orders troop strength reduced by seventy thousand. -
Vietnam
A cease-fire agreement that, in the words of Richard Nixon, "brings peace with honor in Vietnam and Southeast Asia," is signed in Paris by Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. -
Vietnam
South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh delivers an unconditional surrender to the Communists -
Persian Gulf War
Iraq accuses Kuwait of stealing oil from Rumaylah oil field on Iraq-Kuwait border and warns of military action -
Persian Gulf War
Iraq invades Kuwait and takes over oil fields.U.N. condemns Iraq's invasion and demands withdrawal. -
Persian Gulf War
First U.S. military forces arrive in Saudi Arabia. U.N. declares Iraqi annexation of Kuwait void. -
Persian Gulf War
U.N. sets deadline for Iraqi withdrawal on January 15, 1991. Hussein rejects all U.N. resolutions. -
Persian Gulf War
President Bush issues 24-hour ultimatum: Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait to avoid start of ground war. -
Persian Gulf War
Coalition forces enter Kuwait City. U.S. 1st Armored Division fights battle of Medina Ridge against Iraqi Republican Guard in Iraq. President Bush declares Kuwait liberated -
Bosnia
Feb 29-March 1, Bosnia's Croats and Muslims vote for independence, but are boycotted by the Serbs. -
Bosnia
War breaks out. Persecution of the Muslims and Croats start to happen to create a Serb Republic. -
Somalia
Pres. Bush ordered the Pentagon to begin emergency airlifts of food to Somalia, which was suffering from severe famine. -
Somalia
U.S. Marines landed in Somalia to ensure that food and medicine reached their destinations -
Somalia
US forces in Somalia unleashed tank, helicopter and rocket fire on two clan camps in Mogadishu where snipers had been taking potshots at the troops -
Bosnia
War between Croats and Muslims break out. -
Somalia
Eighteen US Rangers and Delta Force specialists died in a failed raid in Somalia and over 70 were wounded -
Somalia
President Clinton ordered more troops, heavy armor and naval firepower to Somalia, but also announced he would pull out all Americans by the end of March 1994. -
Bosnia
U.S.-brokered agreement ends Muslim-Croat war and creates a Muslim-Croat federation. -
Somalia
The last U.N. peacekeepers in Somalia were evacuated -
Bosnia
After NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serbs, Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic agree to a U.S.-brokered peace deal at Dayton, Ohio. -
Bosnia
Radovan Karadzic, the worlds most wanted man, is arrested for the planning and ordering the genocide.
