-
Just before 8 AM on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.
-
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racist attacks in June of 1943 in Los Angeles, California between Mexican American youths and white American servicemen stationed in Southern California.
-
The Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they launched the assault on Normandy. Also known as D-Day.
-
The Malmedy Massacre was a war crime in which 84 American POWs were killed by their German captors near Malmedy, Belgium.
-
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allies after World War II.
-
The Containment Doctrine begins to influence United States foreign policy.
-
The USSR blockades Berlin. The United States responds successfully with the Berlin Airlift.
-
The USSR conducts its first successful atomic bomb test.
-
North Korea invades South Korea starting the Korean War
-
President Harry S. Truman orders the first ground troops into Battle.
-
First United States troop is killed. He was Private Kenneth Shadrick of West Virginia
-
Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, falls to United Nations forces
-
Following several warnings about insubordination, Truman angers public (69% support MacArthur) by firing the US commander
-
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (north), Chinese People's Volunteers, and the United Nations sign an armistice agreement. The Republic of Korea refuses to sign. However, hostilities cease within 12 hours. Terms of the armistice include creation of the demilitarized zone, the DMZ. Each side is 2,200 yards from a center point. The DMZ is patrolled by both sides at all times.
-
The theory proposed that a communist takeover of one country would quickly lead to all surrounding countries falling to communism.
-
A U.S. backed Ngo Dinh Diem ousts Bao Dai from power in South Vietnam
-
The Battle of Ap Bac sees Viet Cong forces rout ARVN Buddhist monks immolates himself in protest of Diem's policies
-
The brutal murder of the president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, and his powerful brother and adviser, Ngo Dinh Nhu, was a major turning point in the war in Vietnam
-
In the 1960 campaign, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President as John F. Kennedy's running mate. In November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as the 36th United States President, with a vision to build "A Great Society" for the American people.
-
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. By the fall of 1963, President Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign.
-
National Guardsmen killed FOUR student protesters and wounded NINE others, one of which is now permanently paralyzed.
-
The United States bombs Viet Cong sites in Cambodia.
-
The "New York Times" publishes the Pentagon Papers.
-
A cease-fire was declared.
-
President Richard Nixon resigns due to Watergate scandal leaving Gerald Ford to become President.
-
The Fall of Saigon, or the Liberation of Saigon, depending on context, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.
-
Used Nationalism and religious hatred to gain power. He created more tensions between Serbs & Muslims in Kasai.
-
Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait in early 1990
-
Operation Desert Shield prevented a possible attack on Saudi Arabia
-
Saudi Arabia and Egypt ask the United States and the International community for help.
-
Operation Desert Storm leads to Iraq War in 2003. It was 42 days of attacks.
-
Operation Desert Sabre stormed Kuwait and the southern part of Iraq. It ended the Persian Gulf War.
-
Slovenia declared their independence from Yugoslavia along with Croatia which begins a Civil War. Slovenia wins its battle with Slobodan Milošević.
-
UN Resolution 751 authorized humanitarian relief efforts. It also established UN operations in Somalia. UN operations will sort out he confusion among the groups in the region and help get supplies where they are supposed to go. The United States also airlifted supplies in to pass congested areas and looters.
-
Operation Provide Relief was part of a United Nations-endorsed initiative called the Unified Task Force (UNITAF) to secure and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian relief during the Somali Civil War.
-
United States Marines and Navy Seals arrive in Mogadishu to help secure the area.
-
Warlords are running the country. Ethnic and sectarian warfare is the norm. A struggle for the food supply. Humanitarian groups establish camps for refugees so they do not starve to death, however the supply donation often do not reach their intended targets! After Persian Gulf Success, the United States population sees fly covered starving kids on television and want some humanitarian action to assist.
-
Bosnia's independence was recognized by Milošević. It is mostly a Muslim country. Milošević responds by attacking Sarajevo.
-
Somalia is experiencing FAMINE and a CIVIL WAR. Somalis are being starved to death. U.S. troops are there to help those people.
-
19 U.S. troops were killed and 84 were wounded while fighting in the capital city of Mogadishu.
-
Milošević attacked Sarajevo. 68 were killed and 200 were wounded.
-
Serbs murder 8,000 men between the ages of 12 and 60. The continued practice of mass rape of females.
-
Military effectiveness takes hold. Massive NATO bombing forces.
-
Bush gives Hussein an ultimatum- step down or be removed.
