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the german reichstag burns
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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the first concentration camp opened at oranienburg outside of berlin
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enabling act gives hitler the dictatorial power
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nazi boycott jewish opened owned shops
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nazi burn books in germany
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nazi party declared german's only political party
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japanese bomb pearl harbor, hawaii; also attack the philippnies, wake island, malaya, thailand, shanghai and midway
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u.s. and britain declared war on japan and japanese land near singapore and enter thailand
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general douglas macaruthur begins a withdrawl from manila to baatan; japanese take west island.
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manila and u.s naval base at cavite captured by the japanese.
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first u.s aircraft carrier offensive of the war as yorktown and enterprise conduct air raids on japanese bases in the gilbert and marshall islands
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communist pathet lao forces in laos
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Kennedy Adminstration
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sends first “military advisors” to Vietnam Cuban Missile Crisis increases Cold War tensions
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forces rout ARVN Buddhist monk immolates himself in protest of Diem’s policies Diem overthrown in U.S.-backed coup Kennedy assassinated; Johnson becomes president
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the u.s destroyer maddox is 123 miles with orders
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the captain of the u.s.s. maddoax reports that his vessel has been fired on and that an attack is imminent
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the u.s. congress passes the gulf of tonkin resolution, giving president johnson the power to take whatever actions he seems necessary
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two days before the u.s. president election vietcong mortars shell bein hoa air base near saigon
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A U.S. helicopter base and advisory compound in the central highlands of South Vietnam is attacked by NLF commandos
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A Vietcong-placed bomb explodes in a hotel in Qui Nonh, killing 23 American servicemen.
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President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder, a limited but long lasting bombing offensive. Its aim is to force North Vietnam to stop supporting Vietcong guerrillas in the South.
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After a series of delays, the first bombing raids of Rolling Thunder are flown
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An American campaign against North Vietnam's transport system begins. In a month-long offensive, Navy and Air Force planes hit bridges, road and rail junctions, truck parks and supply depots
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the us offers north vietnam economic aid exchange for peace
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The battle at Albany proved to be one of the worst defeats of an American battalion in the entire Vietnam war. Fought between November 14 and 17, 1965, the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley was the first major engagement between regular U.S. Army forces and the People's Army of Vietnam
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Saddam Hussein proclaims Kuwait as a province to Iraq.
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the first U.S. forces arrive in Saudi Arabia.
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Iraqis are given to 15 January to leave Kuwait.
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Congress grants President George H. W. Bush the authority to use military force.
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Desert storm begins as coalition ground forces drive on Iraq forces on Kuwait.
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Iraq accepts conditions for a permanent cease fire.
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the UN led by the U.S. Sec. of State, Cyrus Vance brokered a cease- fire between the Croatian government and rebel Serbs.
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Three U.S. planes carried out the first mission to drop relief supplies over Bosnia- Herzegovina
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Four U.S. soldiers were killed when a land mine was detonated underneath their vehicle. This prompted President Clinton to order Army Rangers to try to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrar Aidid.
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Three soldiers in Somalia were killed when their helicopter was downed by a rocket propelled grenade
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Eighteen US Rangers and Delta Force specialists died in a botched raid in Somalia and over 70 were wounded. In 1999 Mark Bowden published "Black Hawk Dawn," an account of the failed attempt to capture Mohammed Farrah Aidid. At least 500 Somalis were killed and 1,000 injured.
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U.S. troops blasted their way out of Bakara Market
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US troops blasted their way out of Bakara Market in Mogadishu and left an estimated 500 Somalis dead. Dozens of cheering, dancing Somalis dragged the body of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu.
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Special U.S. envoy Robert Oakley traveled to Somalia in an attempt to revive a tentative peace agreement.
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sixty eight people were killed when a mortar exploded in the markle market place.
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NATO delivered an ultimatum to Bosnia Serbs to remove heavy guns encircling Sarajevo.
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Dusan Tadic was arrested by German police in Munich after he was recognized by refugees from the prison camps.
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two U.S. F-16 fighter jets downed four Serb warplanes that UN officials said had bombed an arms on a plane run