Major World History II events

  • The First Gulf War

    The Gulf War, codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition.
  • Oklahoma City Bombing

    The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States on April 19, 1995.
  • United States involvement in Serbia

    The Serbs, led by Slobodan Milosevic, had decided on a campaign of ethnic cleansing & endash; to rid Kosovo of all Albanian Muslims. By 1998, the US and NATO stepped in to stop the genocide. ... The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is most commonly known as Serbia and Montenegro.
  • The attack on the USS Cole

    The USS Cole bombing was a terrorist attack against the United States Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor.
  • Invasion of Afghanistan

    The United States invasion of Afghanistan occurred after the September 11 attacks in late 2001, supported by close allies. The conflict is also known as the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
  • 9/11

    The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
  • Invasion of Iraq

    The 2003 invasion of Iraq lasted from 20 March to 1 May 2003 and signalled the start of the Iraq War, which the United States dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  • An important event in the year 2006

    Introduction. 2006. The headlines in 2006 were marked by death.
  • Alberta floods