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WORLD WAR ONE
SINKING THE LUISTANNIA - A BRIISH PASSENGER SHIP SUNK BY GEMAN U-BOATS -
World War ONE
Zimmermann note - was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany. -
World War ONE
Zimmermann Note :telegram written by german foreign minister zimmermann proposing an alliance between germany and mexico against US in WWI -
WORLD WAR ONE
selective SERVICE ACT- ATHORIZE THE DRAFT.PESIDENT WILSON SAID THERE WAS NOOTER OPION SO HE SIGNED THE LAW -
World War ONE
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, which is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers. -
WORLD WAR ONE
BATTLE OF CANTGNY- FIRSTMAJOR AMERICAN OFFENSIVE WAR . AMEICANS FOUGT WISEY AND WENT ON TO FIGHT GERMAN FORCS -
World War ONE
treaty of versailles-June 28 1919, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an en -
World War 2 (Europe)
Battle of Britan begins, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks from the end of June 1940 -
World War 2 (Europe)
United States sign the lend lease to allow US to send supplies to england -
World War 2 (Europe)
Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis. -
World War 2(Europe)
Roosevelt and Churchill announce the Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland. The Atlantic Charter provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims. -
World War 2 (Pacific)
attack on pearl harbor where the japense attack the us then declare war -
World War 2 (Europe)
Battle of Stalingrad. one of the major battles of WWII. Germany fought the Soviet Union -
World War 2 (Pacific)
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. -
World War 2 (Pacific)
First U.S. carrier, the LANGLEY, is sunk by Japanese bombers. -
World War 2 (Pacific)
Turning point in the war a decisive victory for the U.S. against Japan in the Battle of Midway as squadrons of U.S. torpedo planes and dive bombers from ENTERPRISE, HORNET, and YORKTOWN attack and destroy four Japanese carriers, a cruiser, and damage another cruiser and two destroyers. U.S. loses YORKTOWN. -
World War 2 (Pacific)
D-Day invasion. surprise attack on Normandy, Germany was defeated here -
World War 2 (Europe)
Battle of the Bulge. allies won the battle here at the end of the war -
World War 2 (Europe)
Germany surrenders -
Korean War
North Korea and South Korea divided into two after World War II. North Korea was communist and South was anti-communist and its the 38th parallel -
Korean War
North Korea invades South 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. -
Korean War
United States troops reach the capital of North Korea. U.S. troops push their way into Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Soldiers believe that the war will be over soon and start to take bets on what day the war will officially end. -
Korean War
Peace talks begin.
With neither side gaining ground, peace talks begin. However, it takes two years to come to an agreement as the war drags on. -
Korean Warf
General Douglas MacArthur is fired.
After General MacArthur publicly disagrees with President Truman about whether or not to bomb China, MacArthur is fired. Truman believed that bombing China would have led to a much bigger war. -
Korean War
Dwight Eisenhower is elected president. During his campaign, Eisenhower said he would end the war in Korea. -
Leading to Vietnam
the domino theory that if one neighboring country went to communism the neighboring countries would follow -
Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem regime is overthrown -
Leading to Vietnam
president Ngo dinh Diem assassination in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam -
Leading to Vietnam
John F, Kennedy assassination -
vietnam
Tet Offensive -
Vietnam
My Lai Massaacre -
Leading to Vietnam
Martin Luther King Jr assassinated -
Vietnam
Vietnamization -nixons plan to train south Vietnamese to get out of war -
Vietnam
kent state shooting -
Vietnam
26th amendment ratified - 18 year olds can vote -
Vietnam
North Vietnam releases POW'S (Prisoners of War) -
Vietnam
last US soldier leaves Vietnam -
Vietnam
Richard nixon resigns from the office of the Presidnet -
Vietnam
saigon Falls -
Bosnia
Serbian Slobodian Melosevic :
used nationalism and religious hatred to gain power
created more tensions between Serbs and Musliums in Kosovo -
Leading to Vietnam
the concern for the spread of communism such as the berlin wall -
OPERATION DESERT SABRE
GROUND ATTACK THAT LASTED 4 DAYS.
STORM KUWAIT AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF IRAQ -
OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
PREVENT POSSIBLE ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIA, HUSSEIN DECLARED (HOLY WAR) JIHAD, CREATED PEACE TREATY WITH IRAN TO GET MILITARY TO FULL STRENGTH. -
OPERATION DESERT STORM
LASTED 42 DAYS OF ATTACK, FEBRUARY 28TH A CEASE FIRE. WHICH LEAD TO IRAQ IN WAR, WANTED FOREIGN DEBT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, ACCUSES KUWAIT OF TAKING CRUDE OIL, KUWAIT SAYS IS NOT A "REAL" CPOUNTRY -
TREATY
RECOGNINZE KUWAIT
GET RID OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
IRAQ: 8,000-10,000 KILLED
COALITION: 300 KILLED -
Bosnia
Solvenia adn Croatia declare independent from Yugoslavia - begins civil war
solvenia wins battle
milosevic focuses on croatia -
Bosnia
Recognized Bosnia independence
mostly muslium country (32% Serbs)
milosevic responded by attacking sarajevo (capital City)
Bosnian musliums out gunned
Sebs gained ground- systematically round up musliums -
UN Resolution 751
authorizes humanitarian relief efforts
establishes UN operation in Somalia (UNOSOM)
-sort out the confusion among groups in the region to help get supplies where they r suppose to be
US will airlift supplies in to pass congested areas and looted -
Operation Provide Relief
want to avoid using the military in these humanitarian efforts -
Operation Restore Hope
US Marines and Navy Seals arrived in Mogadishu to help secure the area
successful and cooperative -
Somalia
Aided gets bold and starts to attack soldiers
24 pakistans killed
44 wounded -
Somalia
US attacks aide compound byhelicopter upset by attack,4 westen journalir killed displayed for all to see -
Somalia
Dozens of US troops were killed or wounded in fighting a capital city of Mogadishu because somalia is fighting famine and civil war and somalians are being starved to death. -
Bosnia
Sarajevo attacked killed 68, wounded 200
international call for help
images all over the place -
William Clinton
Military effectiveness take hold.
Massive NATO bombing forces -
William Clinton
Milosevic is ready to talk peace
Wright Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio):
agreed to : democratic elections, 2 main portions (Bosnia Serb republic, Muslium-Croat Federation)
War criminals were prosecuted (30 men prosecuted for war crimes) -
Persian Gulf
clinton signed iraq Liberation Act -
aftermath
Bush gives Hussein ultimatum - to step down or be removed -
aftermath
Persian Gulf War II Begins (Iraq War ) -
World War 2-
Attack on Pearl Harbor
