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Trench Warfare
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches -
WW1 Draft
Drafted men to join war to fight against the opposition in europe -
AEF
The American Expeditionary Forces was the expeditionary force of the United States Army during World War I. -
Yugslavia
founded by Joseph Tito after WWI in 1918 -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed that ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. Official start to WWII -
Fall of France
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries . Big victory for Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
when the USA entered WWII due to the Japanese attack on pearl harbor, Hawaii -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. Decisive victory for Russia -
D-Day
The day the troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and invaded France -
Liberation of Concentration camps
When american troop liberated german camps -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a series of battles fought in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault -
V-E Day
the day marking the Allied victory in Europe in 1945. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2 cities in japan where atomic bombs where dropped and ended WWII -
38th Parallel
The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It separates the north from south with a DMZ. -
Start of Korea
began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea -
Battle of Seoul
The five battles of the Korean War fought in and around the city of Seoul are known as the Battle of Seoul: First Battle of Seoul – North Korean capture of Seoul. Second Battle of Seoul – United Nations forces capture Seoul from the North Koreans in September. -
MacArthur declares "There is no substitute for victory"
MacArthur declares "There is no substitute for victory" -
Truman relieves MacArthur of command
Following several warnings about insubordination, Truman angers public by firing the US commander -
End of Korea
The Chinese pushed the allied forces back and the combating forces fought back and forth along the hilltops of the country. In the end, the Korean War was settled along the 38th parallel by an Armistice in 1953. The war is considered to have ended at this point, even though there was no peace treaty. -
Vietnam 17th Parallel
Provisional military demarcation line between North and South Vietnam -
Hawks and Doves
Hawks- for the war
Doves- against war and organized protests against it -
Guerrilla Warfare
When necessary, small regional units would unite for large scale attacks. If enemy pressure became too great, they would break down into smaller units and scatter. -
Diem Assassination
killed 3 weeks before Kennedy in Ho Chi Minh city -
Kennedy Assassination
on a fall day in Dallas Texas our 35th president was assassinated
by Lee Harvey Oswald -
LBJ Takes Office
LBJ takes over office following the assassination of JFK -
Ia Drang Valley
the first big engagement between USA and the NVA -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army attacked during the ceasefire of the Tet holiday. -
Mi Lai Massacre
Innocent Vietnamese people were slaughtered by military in the village of MI Lai -
Operation Menu
US bombed Cambodia and Laos because of Ho Chi Minh trail in parts of those country's -
Hamburger Hill
The Battle of Hamburger Hill was a battle of the Vietnam War that was fought by the United States and South Vietnam against North Vietnamese forces atop hill 937 -
Kent State Massacre
The Kent State shootings occurred at Kent State University it involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard -
Operation Homecoming
the return of 591 American prisoners of war held by North Vietnam following the Paris Peace Accords -
Fall of Saigon
When the NVA captured the city after the US troops left Vietnam and took it over also ended the war in Vietnam -
Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City after president Ho Chi Minh took over. -
Invasion of Kuwait
Saddem Hussein Invades Kuwait in the early 1990's -
Operation Desert Sheild
Prevent attacks on Saudi Arabia
Hussein declares Jihad or holy war with 300,000 troops in kuwait -
Operation Desert Storm
42 days of attack and on February 28 there's a cease fire.
leads to Iraq war later in 2003 -
operation Desert Sabre
ground troops enter thew war and push forward until Iraq surrenders -
Treaty
Iraq has to recognize Kuwait as a country
Also get rid of WMD's in there possesion -
Somalia Effect
Somalia was experiencing Famine and a civil war and Somalians began to starve to death -
Bosnia independence
Mostly a Muslim country
Milosevic attacks Sarajevo with a mass shooting to clean blood line -
Operation provide Relief
Want to avoid using the military in these humanitarian efforts -
Operation Restore Hope
Warlords were running the country and there was a struggle for food -
Restoring Hope Humanitarian Groups
38,000 troops from 23 countries and representatives from 49 humanitarian groups -
Warlords
the biggest warlords are between general Mohammad Frarrar Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed -
William Clinton
He promised to end ethnic cleaning and established 6 Muslim safe havens -
Time to get Aid
Team Attacks, Team Snatch and Team Secure
AKA Black Hawk Down -
Military effect
Military effectiveness takes place
massive bombing by NATO forces -
Peace treaty
Milosevic is ready to talk about peace
they create a treaty and its held at Wright Patterson Air Force Base(Ohio) -
Bosnia Results
200,000 Muslims Dead
20,000 Missing
2,000,000 Refugees -
Hussein Ultimatum
Bush gave Hussein am Ultimatum to resign as President or be removed forcefully -
Iraq War
Hussein didn't resign so he was being removed forcefully and the 2nd Persian Gulf was was in effect or the Iraq war
