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Balfour Decleration
British foreign secretary Arthur James Balfour sent a letter to lord Rothschild stating that Britian will Support the Zionist movement. This lead the league of nations to authorize United Kingdom with the British (Palestine) Mandate. -
Palestine became British Mandate
Britian received the league of nations mandate over Palestine. Britain promised to create national homeland for jewish people. Anti-semitism, persucution,and immigration began to increase in Europe. Tensions between Jews and Arabs started to grow rapidly and riots broke out. The United Nations adopted the Partition Plan which typically divided Palestine into an Arab&Jewish State. Jerusalem was under international control. This led to the ending of the mandate and Isreal declaims its indepedence. -
Holocaust
Tragic event in history that killed apporx. 6 million people. Adolf Hitler who led the Nazi Party encouraged prejudice and anti-semitism against Jews and other "undesirables". The Nazi's set up "Ghettos" where jewish people and gypsies were segregated from other people and forced to live in gruesome conditions. Nazis decided to set up camps to eliminate their existence so they wouldnt pass on their genes. This was a big reason why there were more Jews moving and living into the Holy Land in 1947 -
Six Day War
Israels decisive victory included the capture of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the old city of Jerusalem from Jordan and Golan Heights from Syria. The conditions of these territories afterwards became a major point of dispute in the Arab-Israeli conflict. -
Yom Kippur War
This war lasted until October 26th, 1973. It got its name because the attack was on the Holiest day on the Jewish calender, which is during Ramadan; fasting. The Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a regulated attack against Israel. The goal of this war was to win back territory lost to Israel during a different war in 1967. -
Arab Oil Embargo
Arab oil producers cut off exports to the U.S. to protest an American military support for Israel in its 1973 war with Syria and Egypt. This brought soaring gas prices and long lines at filling stations, and it contributed to a major economic downturn in the U.S. The embargo made the U.S. feel very dependent on Middle Eastern oil, which in turn led the U.S. to a focus on instability in that region. Which has included multiple wars and other U.S. military interventions. -
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Jimmy Carter becomes president
During the Iran hostage crisis Jimmy carter immediately demanded economic sanctions and enforced diplomatic pressure to accelerate negotations to free the hostages. He cancelled oil imports from Iran, he then removed a number of Iranians from the U.S. Jimmy carter marked the beginning of the Iran Hostage Crisis. U.S. provided political support& military assistance to the government of the shah of Iran. Iran was imp. to the U.S. bc they provided oil to the Industrial West. -
Camp David Accords
President Carters greatest foreign policy triumph. Agreement between Isreal and Egypt that later lead to a peace treay. It was titled "Framework for peace in the Middle East". This became known as Camp David Accords because the discussion took place at the U.S. presidental retreat at Camp David. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Angry mob of young islamic revolutionaries overran the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking American diplomats as hostages, 52 americans were held captive for 444 days. on January, 20 1981 the Algerian government medicated a deal between American and Iranian governments. The remaining 52 hostages were released to the U.S. and sent back home. The accords stated that the U.S. could no longer intervene in Iran in any capacity, and trade barriers must be broken. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
The Soviet Union involves in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anit-communist muslim guerrillas during Afghan war. Soviets took control of Kabai. They did this in order to expend their influence to Asia. To pressure the communist government that was beginning to collapse, and to protect their interest in western nations. -
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Ronald Reagan
while Ronald Reagan was in office the Iran Hostages were sent back to the U.S. Reagan administrastion began providing private military assistance to Afghanistans mujahideen in an attempt to drive the Soviets out of the nation. He came up with the Reagan Doctrine which was a strategy that prevented Global influence of the Soviet Union, during the Cold War. -
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George H.W. Bush Becomes President
Bush had a command of foreign policy and was cautious on all domestic issues. Bush seized the opportunity to make a treaty with Russia to reduce even further the nuclear arms and conventional weapons held by each country. -
Desert Storm
Operation Desert Storm was actually a code name for military operations when the Guld War started. This was was an action which lead to the enlargement of defence and troops of Saudi Arabia. Iraqs invasion and possible threat posed to Saudi Arabia prompted the U.S. and its western Allies to rush troops to Saudia Arabia to prepare a possible attack. This invasion destroyed Iraqs government buildings, oil refineries, and weapon plants. This lasted until roughly Feb. 28th, 1991. -
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Bill Clinton Becomes President
Clinton was the 42nd president of the U.S. During Clinton’s time in the White House, America appreciated an era of peace and prosperity, marked by low unemployment, refusing crime rates and a budget surplus. Clinton appointed a number of women and minorities to top government posts, including Janet Reno, the first female U.S. attorney general, and Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state. -
World Trade Center 1993
Terrorists parked a van in a garage underneath the World Trade Center’s twin towers & lit the fuses on a massive homemade bomb loaded inside. 6 people died and more than 1,000 were injured in the consecutive explosion, The World Trade Center bombing was inspired by the ambition to kill as many people as possible. The terrorists choose the World Trade Center as a target not because it was a symbol of Western values but because the collapse would enable them to inflict a large number of disasters. -
Centrazbat
Centrazbat was a series of exercises designed to advance interaction with the Central Asian states by concentrating on peace keeping/humanitarian operations. Focuses on strengthening military relationships and regional safe keeping between Central Asian and regional militaries. Kazakhistan, Kyrgyzstan,Uzbekistan,&U.S. battalion used this exercise as a strategy to gain interoperability and enhance the participating forces capability to conduct basic peacekeeping operations. -
Alaskan Pipeline
Pipeline that connects the oil-fields of Prudhoe Bay in Northern Alaska. Crude-oil pipeline, 11 pump stations and, several hundred miles of labored pipelines. Related to the Oil Embargo to get oil from one place to another. -
Embassy bombing in Kenya
Series of attacks in which hundreds of people were killed, simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the embassies of the U.S.A. in East African cities of Dares Salaam and Nairobi. This was led by Osama Bin Laden. -
Embassy Bombing in Tanzania
A series of attacks in which hundreds of people were killed in concurrent truck bomb explosions at the embassies of the United States in the East African cities. The United States accused Osama bin Laden, a advocate of international terrorism against America, of masterminding the bombings. -
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George W. Bush becomes president
After 9/11 attack occured on U.S. Bush announced the "War on Terror" which was an administartion world wide involving open, covert military opertaions, and security legislation. He then changed his foreign policies. The U.S.humanitarian assistance has become more subject to foreign policy demands, and in some cases it has become militarized. Therefore, army commanders can take advantage of humanitarian assistance to gain military recognitions. -
U.S.S Cole
Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. The U.S.S. Cole bombing was a suicide attack against the United States. While it was accomodated and being refueled in the Yemeni port of Aden. -
World Trade Center
19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group Al-Queda hijacked 4 airliners and carried out sucide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of those planes hit the World Trade Centers causing fear in the U.S. Osama Bin Laden Led this attack on America. -
Iraq 2001 Present
In 2003, NATO assumed leadership of ISAF, with troops from 43 countries. NATO members provided the core of the force. One portion of U.S. forces in Afghanistan operated under NATO command; the rest remained under direct U.S. command. Taliban leader Mullah Omar reorganized the movement and in 2003 launched an insurgency against the government
