2006 Event Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers 1990 Event Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia 1983 Event U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. Wins!) 1983 Event France invades Algeria 1980 Event Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway 1979 Event China invades Vietnam 1974 Event Turkey invades Cyprus 1965 Event India invades West Pakistan 1959 Event Cuba invades Panama 1950 Event Korean conflict begins; North Korea invades South Korea 1945 Event U.S. invades Japanese-held Korea 1945 Event U.S.S.R. invades Austria during WW II 1945 Event U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines 1944 Event Soviet army invades Hungary 1944 Event U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II 1944 Event U.S. invades Majuro, Marshall Islands 1943 Event British invades Pantelleria, tiny island south of Sicily 1942 Event Japan invades North-Celebes, Netherlands Indies 1941 Event Germany invades Crete 1940 Event Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II 1940 Event Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders 1939 Event U.S.S.R. invades Finland, bombs Helsinki 1939 Event Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner 1939 Event Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II 1939 Event WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig 1939 Event Italy invades Albania 1938 Event Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) 1936 Event Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades 1935 Event Japan invades Shanghai China 1935 Event Italy invades Ethiopia 1916 Event General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades U.S. (17 killed) 1916 Event U.S. invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime 1914 Event Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1914 Event Austria invades Serbia, WW I 1909 Event U.S. invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya 1907 Event U.S. invades Honduras 1879 Event British Zulu War begins: Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand 1862 Event General Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops 1830 Event France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest 1812 Event U.S. invades Canada (Detroit frontier) 1812 Event Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia 1812 Event Napoleon invades Russia 1600 Event Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 1492 Event King Henry VII of England invades France 1476 Event Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland
