2006 Ethiopian troops eject the Islamic forces from Mogadishu, Somalia
2006 Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed by U.S. forces in Iraq
2003 American forces captuer Sadam Hussen outside of Tikrit
1997 U.S. government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out
1993 Somali General Aidids arm forces kill 18 U.S. Rangers
1993 Inkatha-arm forces killed 49 ANC-followers in Johannesburg
1992 U.N. Security Council votes unanimous for U.S. led forces to enter Somalia
1991 U.S. and allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
1990 U.S. forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf
1990 Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr. Johnson's forces
1990 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia
1990 U.S. announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines
1988 U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize
1982 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut
1982 U.S. vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces
1979 Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
1975 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
1975 U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship
1975 U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez
1973 Israeli forces reach Suez, trapping Egyptian army
1968 Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces
1968 Czechoslovakia and Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces
1968 Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
1967 Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade
1965 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson
1965 1st U.S. combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines)
1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
1957 White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw
1957 Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula
1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt
1955 Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938
1955 Last Soviet forces leave Austria
1954 U.S. Armed Forces end segregation of races
1953 Allied forces form West Germany
1952 Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies
1951 U.N. arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea
1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul
1951 During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul
1950 Chinese forces occupy Tibet
1950 U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
1950 U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel
1950 During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea
1950 Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea
1950 1st time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in Korean War
1950 U.N. member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea
1948 Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border
1948 Israeli forces liberate Meron and Gush-Halev
1948 President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces
1948 Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers
1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed
1946 President Truman orders desegregation of all U.S. forces
1945 Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
1945 U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II
1945 U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River
1945 U.S. forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1945 U.S. 7th Army and allies forces captured Nuremberg and Stuttgart in Germany
1945 U.S. forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1945 U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
1945 U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II
1945 U.S. and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor
1945 U.S. forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3
1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp
1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
1945 Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
1944 Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms
1944 U.S. forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines
1944 U.S. forces land in Philippines
1944 Soviet forces occupy Estonia
1944 Polish forces free Terneuzen Neth
1944 Allied forces liberate Luxembourg
1944 Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard
1944 King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu
1944 U.S. and British forces destroy German 7th Army at Falaise-Argentan Gap
1944 Soviet forces liberate concentration camp Majdanek
1944 U.S. forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II
1944 U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders
1944 Soviet forces conquer Wiborg
1944 U.S. forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific
1944 Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma
1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis
1944 U.S. forces invade Kwajalein Atoll
1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces
1943 British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation
1943 U.S. forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island and Makin from Japs
1943 U.S. forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Kiev
1943 Soviet forces under Tolbuchin stick Sivash-bay about
1943 Allied forces captured Naples during WW II
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Smolensk
1943 Soviet forces reach Dnjepr
1943 Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion - arm forces at Salerno
1943 Allied arm forces conquerors Salerno
1943 U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel and Bjelgorod
1943 U.S. forces led by Gen George Patton liberate Palermo, Sicily
1943 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II
1943 U.S. forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea
1943 German and Italian forces in Africa surrender
1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender
1943 Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad
1943 William H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces
1942 Operation "Torch" began as U.S. and British forces land in French N Afr
1942 German forces attack Stalingrad
1942 1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces
1942 Gen Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of U.S. forces in Europe
1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway
1942 "Stars and Stripes" paper for U.S. Armed Forces starts
1942 Battle of Bataan, US and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire
1942 Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward
1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean
1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma
1942 Japanese forces invade Burma
1941 American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese
1941 Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
1941 Winston Churchill routes "Forces South" to SE Asia
1941 Japanese forces land in Indo-China
1941 U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
1941 Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces
1940 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces
1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days
1940 German forces occupied Paris during WW II
1940 German forces enter Paris
1938 Nazi forces occupy western Czech and declared them German citizens
1935 Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China
1932 Stalin forces Zinoviev and Kamenev out of Communist Party
1930 John Watts, chief of defense, Omani Armed Forces
1929 Michael Beavis, deputy cmdr-in-chief, Allied Forces Central Europe
1919 Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest
1919 British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre)
1918 Polish forces attack Jewish community of Lemberg (Lvov)
1918 Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line
1918 During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel
1918 U.S. and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
1918 "Stars and Stripes," weekly U.S. Armed Forces newspaper, 1st published
1917 British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem
1916 U.S. forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1915 U.S. forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924
1915 U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934
1915 Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces
1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1913 Frances Langford, born in Lakeland, Florida, singer, Armed Forces Hour, Star Time
1909 US pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office
1909 Pirates beat Tigers, 5-4, forces 1st full 7 game world series
1909 Kenneth Darling, Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe
1909 U.S. military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time
1908 John T. Hughes, Bishop to Forces
1903 British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet
1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
1898 U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war
1898 American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba
1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1885 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask
1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack
1883 Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces
1881 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal: Boers beat superior British forces
1878 Carel T. Scharten, Dutch poet and writer, Forces of the Future
1866 Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to U.S. forces
1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia and Petersberg
1865 Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina
1864 Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C.
1864 Gen Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington D.C.
1864 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat
1864 Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, Louisiana
1863 Grant is given command of Union forces in West
1863 Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga
1863 Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces
1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces
1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863 Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft. Hindman, Arkansas
1862 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
1862 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
1862 Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo
1862 Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces
1862 New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War
1862 Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces
1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
1861 Grant assumes command of Federal forces at Cape Girardeau MI
1861 Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing
1861 Battle of Laurel Mountain Virginia - Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels
1861 Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender
1861 Martinsburg, Virginia - Confederate forces pull out before U.S. advance
1861 Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces
1861 Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces
1860 Henry G. W. Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73
1856 Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
1854 U.S. forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua
1854 Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to U.S.
1851 President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France
1846 Gen Stephen W Kearney's U.S. forces captures Santa Fe, New Mexico
1837 Battle of Okeechobee-U.S. forces defeat Seminole Indians
1821 Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
1815 Joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo, Italy
1814 British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
1814 British forces captured Washington, D.C., and burned down many landmarks
1814 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
1813 Battle of Beaver Dam-British and Indian forces defeat U.S. forces
1812 U.S. forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada, War of 1812
1807 British squadron under Adm Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle
1806 British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
1803 Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army
1801 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt
1799 French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir
1797 British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, Netherlands
1796 Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1794 Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
1794 Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers
1787 Henry G. W. Smith, leader of British-Indian forces
1781 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown
1778 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa
1777 Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
1776 Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover and Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx
1776 British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution
1776 British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
1775 American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal
1759 British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec)
1744 Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague
1741 Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
1707 Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese
1704 French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany
1644 Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists
1611 Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia
1569 Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign
1525 Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia
1485 Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III
1364 Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany
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