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Wars involving the United States
- Cold WarOn the 5th of March 1946, former British prime minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech in Fulton, Missouri, that would define the opening chapter of…
- Spanish–American WarIn 1895, Cuban nationalists launched a three-pronged invasion of the island to end Spanish rule. The plan called for one group from Santo Domingo led by…
- Iraq WarOn the 12th of September 2002, President George W. Bush stood before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City and declared Iraq a member of the…
- First Indochina WarIn September 1940, Japan launched its invasion of French Indochina while Germany had already conquered metropolitan France.
- French Revolutionary WarsIn the spring of 1792, France declared war on Austria and Prussia. This decision followed a series of diplomatic tensions that had been building since the…
- Vietnam WarOn the 2nd of September 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This declaration came after years of struggle…
- Gulf WarOn the 2nd of August 1990, Iraqi tanks rolled across the border into Kuwait City. The invasion began with a bombing of the capital and lasted only two days…
- War of 1812On the 18th of June 1812, President James Madison signed a measure into law that formally declared war on Great Britain.
- American Civil WarOn the 12th of April 1861, Confederate forces fired the first of 4,000 shells at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
- United States invasion of GrenadaOn the 13th of March 1979, Maurice Bishop and his New Jewel Movement seized power in a nearly bloodless coup while Prime Minister Eric Gairy was temporarily…
- ContrasIn July 1979, the FSLN took control of the capital Managua after weeks of heavy fighting. The president at the time, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, fled the…
- Korean WarOn the 10th of August 1945, Soviet forces entered northern Korea and secured most major cities by the 24th of August. US Colonels Dean Rusk and Charles H.
- Second French intervention in MexicoIn July 1861, Mexican president Benito Juárez placed a moratorium on foreign debt payments and expelled all Spanish diplomats from the country.
- Greek Civil WarIn April 1941, German forces advanced on Athens while King George II and his government fled to Egypt. They established a government-in-exile that lacked…
- World War IOn the 28th of June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria visited Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip stood in the street where his car turned.
- World War IIThe Second World War began on the 1st of September 1939 and ended on the 2nd of September 1945. This global conflict involved nearly every country in the…
- Syrian civil warIn March 2011, the city of Daraa erupted with protests that would ignite a fourteen-year war. Young students painted anti-government slogans on school walls…
- War on terrorOn the 16th of September 2001, US president George W. Bush used the phrase war on terrorism in an ostensibly unscripted comment when answering a journalist's…