War+Timeline


 * [|World War I] ||
 * 1914 -1918  ||
 * The [|Entente Powers] initially consisted of [|France], the [|United Kingdom], [|Russia], and their associated empires and dependencies. [|Italy] joined in April 1915, and the [|United States] joined in April 1917. The [|Central Powers], so named because of their central location on the European continent, initially consisted of [|Germany] and [|Austria-Hungary] and their associated empires. The [|Ottoman Empire] joined the Central Powers in October 1914, followed a year later by [|Bulgaria]. The [|Netherlands], [|Switzerland], [|Spain] and the [|Scandinavian nations] remained officially neutral.  ||
 * Woodrow Wilson, [|Kaiser Wilhelm II] of Germany, Russian [|Grand Duke Nicholas], the [|Bolshevik] [|party], led by [|Vladimir Lenin], [|King Edward VIII] of England, and [|George Clemenceau] of France. ||
 * [|The Battle of the Frontiers], [|Battle of the Somme], [|The Spring Offensive] or [|Kaiserschlacht] (//Kaiser's Battle//) and also known as the [|Ludendorff Offensive]  ||
 * [|Treaty of Versailles] ||
 * Secret treaties, new states, and communism spread to Russia. Lead to World War II. ||

1920 1930 ||  ||  ||
 * [|World War II] ||
 * **September 1939-1945 ** ||
 * **Britain **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Canada **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Czechoslovakia **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">France **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Germany **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Hungary **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Italy **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Japan **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USA **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USSR **<span style="COLOR: #336600; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USA **
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USSR **<span style="COLOR: #336600; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ||
 * **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">[|Franklin D. Roosevelt], [|Harry Truman], [|Winston Churchill], [|Charles DE Gaulle], [|Adolf Hitler], [|Benito Mussolini], [|emperor Hirohito of Japan.] ** ||
 * **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Some Battles are [|Midway],[|D Day], [|The battle of the Bulge], [|Strilngrad.] ** ||
 * **Japan signs official surrender, accepted by General Douglas MacArthur on the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay**<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> ||
 * ** World War Two had a profound effect on the women of the United States -- particularly in the area of employment. **
 * Stay at home moms. **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> ||

<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">1940
 * [|Cold War]<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">1945-1991 ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Soviets America ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|Truman] and [|Stalin] ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|Korean War]. [|Vietnam]. [|Berlin Blockade.] ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|Salt 1] [|Salt 2] [|INF treaty] ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The Soviet Union collapsed and the satellite countries became independent. The United States became the sole super-power (temporarily?). ||

<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">1950 <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">1960 Vietnam [|War] Years- 1959- <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">April 30, 1975 Participants- South Vietnam, United States, South Korea (and many more) North Vietnam, Viet Cong Leaders- Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara Ho Chi Minh, Le, Duan. Key Battles- [|Tet Offensive], [|Ia Drang Valley], Peace Treaty- <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Paris Peace Talks could be considered a peace treaty, though no formal treaty was composed. Long Term Effects- <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The North and South formed one country, and till this day remains as one. The US went into deep debt due to the amount of money spent financing the war effort. There were 60,000 casulties for the United States. The North Vietnam lost over 1,000,000. <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">1970 <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">1980 <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">1990
 * [|Gulf War I]<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">August 2, 1990- February 28, 1991 (ended November 30, 1995) ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">United States, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Egypt, France, Morocco, Syria, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Canada, Soviet Union, Russia, Iraq and other coalition forces. ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|George Bush sr.] [|Saddam Hussein], [|General Colin Powell.], [|Norman Schwarzkopf] ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Desert Shield, Instant Thunder, Desert Storm, ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> U.N. Resolution 660 and Resolution 661 ||
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Gulf War syndrome, economic sanctions, Iraqi disease, and weapon inspections ||

<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">2000