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2009 A large column of advancing rebels are defeated by Chadian forces
2009 Former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, receives 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces 2009 After two years of trying to maintain order, Ethiopian military forces start pulling out of Somalia 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 capture 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 General 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, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 1944 Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms 1944 U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines 1944 U.S. forces land in Philippines 1944 Soviet forces occupy Estonia 1944 Polish forces free Terneuzen, Netherlands 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 Japanese 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 General 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 General 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, U.S. 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 Czechoslovakia and declared them German citizens 1935 Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China 1934 Norman Schwarzkopf, born in Trenton, New Jersey, nicknamed, Stormin' Norman, The Bear, Commander, Coalition Forces in the Gulf War, 1991, retired U.S. Army General 1932 Stalin forces Zinoviev and Kamenev out of Communist Party 1930 John Watts, chief of defense, Omani Armed Forces 1929 Michael Beavis, deputy commander-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 U.S. 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 General Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina 1864 Confederate forces led by General J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C. 1864 General 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 - General 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-Brigadier 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 General 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 General Hull invade Canada, War of 1812 1807 British squadron under Admiral 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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