2006 Ethiopian troops eject the Islamic forces from Mogadishu, Somalia
2005 Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation
2004 U.S. troops launch offensive on Falluja
1996 Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.)
1994 Russian troops pull inside Tsjetsjenia
1994 Last U.S., British and French troops leave West-Berlin
1994 Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841)
1994 North Yemenite troops occupy Aden
1993 Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament)
1992 Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo
1991 U.S. troops leave northern Iraq
1991 Mother of All Parades - New York City welcomes desert storm troops
1991 Last Cubans troops leave Angola
1991 Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured
1991 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated
1991 U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops
1990 George Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
1990 100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to Persian gulf
1990 Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
1990 France announce it will send 4,000 troops to Persian Gulf
1990 Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait
1990 Iraqi troops surround U.S. and other embassies in Kuwait City
1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion
1990 Desert Shield begins - U.S. deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
1990 U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait
1990 South African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling
1990 Indian troops leave Sri Lanka
1990 U.S.S.R. agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czech by July, 1991
1989 US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him
1989 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops
1989 Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing
1989 President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama
1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war
1988 Moscow began withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan
1988 Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed
1987 President Habre's troops reconquer Faya Largeau Chad
1987 Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
1987 Troops of Chad President Habre conquer Fada oasis
1985 Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice
1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1983 Chad government troops reconquer Abeche
1982 U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
1982 Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut
1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO
1982 Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar
1982 British troops lands on Falkland Islands
1982 Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
1980 Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad capital N'djamena
1980 Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat
1980 Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar
1980 Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan
1980 Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins
1979 Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown
1979 U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam
1979 Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh
1978 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U
1978 Uganda troops attack Tanzania
1978 France sends troops to Chad
1976 Last U.S. troops leave Thailand
1976 South African troops leave Angola
1975 British government sends troops to Belize
1975 Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola
1975 Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor
1973 Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon
1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
1973 U.S. troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Resolution
1972 Tanzania troops march in to Uganda
1972 Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam
1972 North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
1972 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
1971 India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders
1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
1971 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
1971 South Vietnamese troops invade Laos
1970 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia
1969 British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland
1969 Nixon says 25,000 U.S. troops would leave Vietnam by end of August
1968 Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra
1968 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
1968 Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured
1968 U.S. troops reconquer Hue Vietnam
1967 British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen
1967 U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam
1967 Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza
1967 U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War
1967 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border
1966 U.S. troops shooting targets in Cambodia
1965 Indian troops invade Pakistan
1965 U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1965 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam
1965 U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam
1965 U.S. confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong
1964 Last United Nations troops leave Congo
1964 Last French troops leave Algeria
1964 U.N. troops arrive on Cyprus
1963 U.S.S.R. informs John F. Kennedy it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba
1962 U.N. troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga
1962 John F. Kennedy routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi
1962 John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi
1962 Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)
1962 U.S. sends troops to Thailand
1961 Battles between United Nations and Katanga troops in Congo
1961 Last Spanish troops leave Morocco
1961 Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi
1960 South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea
1960 1st United Nations troops reach Congo
1960 Belgium sends troops to Congo
1959 Chinese troops move into India, 17 die
1958 President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1958 Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia
1958 Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops
1958 Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
1958 Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia
1957 300 U.S. Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark
1957 Eisenhower orders U.S. troops to desegregate Little Rock schools
1957 Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships
1957 United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
1957 Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
1956 Last British/French troops leave Egypt
1956 England and France pull troops out of Egypt
1956 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest
1956 Soviet troops invade Hungary, Imre Nagy becomes PM of Hungary
1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
1955 British troops occupy Saudi-Arabic oil field at Boeraimi
1955 Last allied occupying troops leave Austria
1954 Indonesian troops land in New-Guinea
1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs
1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out
1952 French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die
1951 British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt
1951 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico
1951 Egyptian army fires on British troops
1951 Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan
1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1950 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea
1950 China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
1950 U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
1950 Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops
1950 Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
1950 U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
1950 South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary
1950 French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam
1950 South Korean troops exceed 38 degrees latitude
1950 U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul
1950 U.N. lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south
1950 Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka
1950 U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops
1950 Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
1949 Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta
1949 U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel
1946 French troops leave Lebanon
1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang
1946 Dutch troops land on East Bali
1945 British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
1945 U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender
1945 Russian troops occupy Harbin and Mukden
1945 Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North-Borneo
1945 U.S. troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
1945 Russian troops occupied Prague
1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
1945 British troops pull into Utrecht, Netherlands
1945 General J. Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands
1945 Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague
1945 German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender
1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
1945 Australian and Dutch troops lands on Tarakan
1945 U.S. troops attack the Elbe
1945 British troops reach Grebbe line Netherlands
1945 U.S. troops in Italy cross river Po
1945 Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1945 Soviet troops enter Berlin
1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
1945 U.S. troops lands in Mindanao
1945 German troops in Groningen surrender
1945 U.S. troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
1945 U.S. troops land on He Shima Okinawa
1945 British and Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen
1945 U.S. troops occupy concentration camp Colditz
1945 Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands
1945 Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum
1945 U.S. troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen
1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer
1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug
1945 U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
1945 U.S. troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany
1945 U.S. troops lands on Mindanao
1945 Canadian troops occupy Kalkar
1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma
1945 U.S. troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla
1945 British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma
1945 Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
1944 Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium
1944 US troops lands on Mindoro
1944 German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht
1944 German troops seize Betuwse dikes
1944 Walcheren of nazi troops purged
1944 Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders
1944 Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren
1944 Canadian and British troops liberate Dinteloord
1944 German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
1944 German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald
1944 German troops in Vlissingen surrenders
1944 Canadian troops occupy Knokke
1944 Canadian troops occupy Breskens
1944 During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall
1944 Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade
1944 Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg
1944 Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II
1944 Allied troops land in Corfu
1944 British troops march into Athens
1944 British troops land on Greek continent
1944 Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia
1944 U.S. troops land on Ulithi
1944 Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria
1944 U.S. troops lands on Palau and Morotai
1944 U.S. Army troops entered Germany for 1st time
1944 Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France
1944 French troops liberate Lyon
1944 French troops liberate Bordeaux
1944 Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest
1944 Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania
1944 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1944 Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared
1944 Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed
1944 Gen LeClercs troops open assault on Paris
1944 Allied troops capture Marseilles, France
1944 General George Leclercs troops advance towards Paris
1944 Last Japanese troops driven out of India
1944 Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border
1944 Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence
1944 Canada/Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aignan
1944 US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne
1944 Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma
1944 Lt-Gen Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma
1944 U.S. troops enter Tessy-sur-Vir
1944 U.S. troops occupy Sansapor New-Guinea
1944 U.S. troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy
1944 Russian troops arrive in Weichsel
1944 U.S. troops land on Tinian
1944 U.S. troops occupy Pisa, Italy
1944 Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy
1944 Allied troops occupy Faubourg de Vaucelles, at Caen
1944 British troops occupy Bourquebus hill range Normandy
1944 Polish troops under gen Anders occupy Ancona Italy
1944 Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland
1944 In World War II, U.S. troops secure Saipan as Japan fell
1944 British troops march into Caen
1944 U.S. troops occupy Biak
1944 French troops free Elba
1944 Japanese troops conquer Changsha China
1944 French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
1944 Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad
1944 British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy
1944 British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy
1944 British troops occupy Kohima
1944 Krim purged of nazi troops
1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India
1944 German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy
1944 Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory
1944 Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy
1944 British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma
1943 U.S. troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island
1943 Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula
1943 U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island
1943 Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island
1943 Russian troops liberate Smolensk
1943 U.S. and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea
1943 German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City
1943 U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche)
1943 Soviet troops free Karkov
1943 Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead
1943 U.S. troops reconquer Attu Aleutians
1943 German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw
1943 German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender
1943 German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia
1943 British and U.S. troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
1943 Japanese troops conquer Indin
1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
1943 German troops pull back through Kasserine-pass Tunisia
1943 Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia
1943 Gen Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad
1943 Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death
1943 Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa
1942 Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia
1942 Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
1942 U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco
1942 U.S. - British troops occupies Oran Algeria
1942 German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1
1942 British troops lands on Madagascar
1942 German troops enter Stalingrad
1942 German troops land on Taman peninsula
1942 Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay
1942 German troops cross Kuban River
1942 German troops occupy Rostov
1942 German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja
1942 German troops conquer Rostow
1942 German troops conquer Sebastopol
1942 German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa
1942 Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands
1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma
1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
1942 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java
1942 Japanese troops land on Timor
1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra
1942 Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
1942 Japanese troops land on Ambon
1942 German and Italian troops occupy Banghazi
1942 General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine
1942 German troops occupy Benghazi Libya
1942 Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain
1942 Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo
1942 British troops reconquer Sollum
1942 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender
1942 German troops in Bardia surrender
1942 Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines
1941 British troops overrun Benghazi Libya
1941 Japanese troops lands on Mindanao
1941 Japanse troops land on Hong Kong
1941 Dutch and Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor
1941 German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa
1941 Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines
1941 Japanese troops overrun Guam
1941 German troops vacate Rostov
1941 British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh and El Duda
1941 U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
1941 German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow
1941 NZ troops conquer Ft. Capuzzo Libya
1941 British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa
1941 German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)
1941 German troops occupy Rostov
1941 German armour troops surround Kiev Ukraine
1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II
1941 English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
1941 German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad
1941 Nazi troops reach Lenningrad
1941 German troops conquer Roslavl U.S.S.R.
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt demands Japanese troops out of Indo-China
1941 German troops attack Dnjepr
1941 German troops occupy Galicia Poland
1941 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria
1941 British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq
1941 British troops vacate Kreta
1941 Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta
1941 British troops attack Baghdad
1941 Last British troops in Greece surrenders
1941 German troops occupy Athens Greece
1941 Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
1941 British troops defeat British Somalia
1941 German troops occupy El Agheila Libya
1941 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1941 German troops invade Bulgaria
1941 British troops conquer El Agheila
1941 British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya
1941 Australian troops conquer Derna Libya
1941 British troops march into Abyssinia
1941 British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians
1941 British troops occupies Kassalaf Sudan
1941 British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
1940 British troops occupies Sollum
1940 British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani
1940 British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II
1940 German troops occupies Romania
1940 U.S. forms parachute troops
1940 Japanese troops attack French Indo-China
1940 Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani
1940 Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt
1940 Italian troops enter Egypt
1940 Italian troops invade British Somalia
1940 France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris
1940 Last British troops leave Narvik, Norway
1940 British/French troops evacuate Narvik
1940 British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops
1940 British-French troops capture Narvik Norway
1940 Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk
1940 German troops conquer Boulogne
1940 German troops conquer Brussels
1940 German troops occupy Amsterdam, Gen Winkelman surrenders
1940 French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
1940 British troops land at Narvik, Norway
1940 Allied troops land in Norway
1940 Russian troops conquer Lasi Island
1940 Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
1939 Last Polish troops surrender
1939 Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender
1939 German troops move into Danzig
1938 Japanese troops occupies Hankou and Wuhan
1938 Japanese troops occupies Canton
1938 Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country
1938 German troops entered Austria
1937 Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing
1937 Franco's troops conquer Santander
1937 Japanese troops occupies Peking and Tientsin
1937 Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II
1936 Franco troops conquer Toledo
1936 Franco troops conquer Irun and Talavera de la Reina Spain
1936 Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton
1936 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa
1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland
1934 Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March
1934 U.S. troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1933 Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators
1933 US troops leave Nicaragua
1932 Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die
1932 Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China
1931 Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria
1929 Stalin routes troops to Manchuria
1929 British troops begin evacuating
1928 Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
1927 Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1927 British government decides to send troops to China
1925 Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg
1925 Last U.S. troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
1925 Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied
1924 Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied
1924 France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied
1924 After 8 years of occupation, U.S. troops leave Dominican Republic
1923 Italian troops leave occupied Korfu
1923 Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu
1923 French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
1923 Last U.S. troops leave Rhineland (Germany)
1922 Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate
1922 Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia
1922 Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens
1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1921 British troops occupy Dublin
1921 Soviet troops invade Georgia
1920 Polish troops occupy Kiev
1920 Polish troops attack Ukraine
1919 British troops withdraw from Archangelsk
1919 British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350
1918 French troops occupies Mainz
1918 U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
1918 U.S. troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920
1918 British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan
1918 Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus
1918 U.S. troops overthrows Archangelsk
1918 British troops enter Vladivostok
1918 Greeks troops lands at Smyrna
1917 Gen Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
1917 German troops over run Riga Latvia
1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium
1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
1917 British troops occupy Baghdad
1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
1916 Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol
1916 Moroccan troops capture Ft. Douaumont
1916 Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa
1916 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece
1916 Mexican troops beat U.S. expeditionary force under Gen Pershing
1916 U.S. troops under Gen Pershing march into Mexico
1916 German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
1916 French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun
1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front
1916 Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano
1916 French troops occupy Bois de Caillette
1916 German troops overtake Bois de Caillette
1916 Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos
1916 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia
1916 German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun
1916 Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia
1916 French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu
1916 German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun
1915 Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia
1915 Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia
1915 German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia
1915 German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana
1915 German troops over run Warsaw
1915 British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa
1915 British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
1915 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli
1915 Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops
1914 Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland
1914 Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary
1914 German troops over run Lodz
1914 German troops occupy Brug
1914 German troops occupy Gent
1914 German troops take Antwerp in World War I
1914 South African troops land in German South West Africa
1914 German troops withdraw from Aisne/invent trenches
1914 French troops vacate Reims
1914 German troops reconquer Soldau/Neidenburg East-Prussia
1914 German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan
1914 Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops
1914 German troops occupy Namur Belgium
1914 German troops plunder Belgium
1914 Battle at Mons: general von Klucks troops beat Britten
1914 Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks
1914 Battle at Charleroi: Gen von Bulows troops beat French
1914 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium)
1914 General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia
1914 German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium
1914 Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines
1914 Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s
1914 Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny France
1914 French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg
1914 French troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins
1914 Russian troops take East-Prussia and occupy Marggrabowa
1914 German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas
1914 French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas
1914 French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas
1914 German troops overthrows Luxembourg
1914 Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia
1914 French troops withdraw 10 km from German border
1914 Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary
1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China
1913 Serbian troops march into Albania
1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops
1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
1912 Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water
1912 Serbian troops over run Skopje (Uskup)
1912 French/British troops lands on Samoa
1911 Italian troops occupy Tripoli
1911 French troops occupy Fes El Bali Morocco
1911 U.S. sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
1910 French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir
1907 French troops occupy Casablanca
1906 U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
1905 Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
1905 Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
1905 Japanese troops capture Port Arthur
1904 Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants
1901 Dutch troops under Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra
1900 British troops over run Johannesburg
1900 Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha
1900 British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg
1900 U.S. troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion
1900 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa
1900 British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony)
1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands
1900 British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state
1900 General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal
1900 British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal
1900 British troops occupy Monte Christo Natal
1900 British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal
1900 British troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal
1899 British troops reach Durban Natal
1899 British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa
1899 1st British troops reaches Durban South Africa
1899 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa
1899 British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa
1898 French troops reach Guinea and Sudan, Samori caught
1898 Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender
1898 1st U.S. troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay
1898 American troops captured deserted Wake Island
1898 American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba
1898 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco
1897 British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)
1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army
1896 British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
1896 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops)
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1894 Dutch troops occupy and plunders palace of Tjakra Negara, Lombok
1894 French capt Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa
1894 Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed
1894 2000 fed troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike
1894 Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike
1894 British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast
1894 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops
1891 French troops under capt Archinard occupy Diena West Sudan
1891 French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed
1890 French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan
1890 French troops under capt Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan
1883 French troops under Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal
1882 Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops invade Egypt
1881 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops
1881 French troops occupy Algeria and Tunisia
1881 Natal: British troops under gen-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill
1879 British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan
1879 Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta
1879 British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana
1877 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers
1877 U.S. troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
1877 President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends
1877 Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south in New Orleans
1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina
1875 President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi
1874 US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king
1873 German troops leave France
1873 Last German troops leave France
1867 Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi
1867 Last French troops leave Mexico
1865 Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox
1865 General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro North Carolina
1865 Evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman's troops burn city
1865 Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft. Anderson, North Carolina
1865 Ft. Fisher, North Carolina falls to Union troops
1864 Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia
1864 Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia
1864 Union troops ambush and kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI
1864 Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri
1864 Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South
1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama
1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama
1864 Confederate troops attack Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in fire
1864 Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
1864 General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas
1864 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana
1864 Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida
1864 Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein
1863 Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas
1863 Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops
1863 Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
1863 Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner South Carolina (1700 casualties)
1863 Federal troops reconquer Fort Smith Arkansas
1863 Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender
1863 Union troops enter Port Hudson
1863 Mexico City captured by French troops
1863 War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops
1863 Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
1863 War Department authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops
1863 General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman Ark
1862 Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
1862 Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi
1862 Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates
1862 Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates
1862 Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry West Virginia
1862 Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops
1862 Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky
1862 Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas
1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi
1862 Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
1862 Union troops under brig-general Wright occupy Fernandina Florida
1861 Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark
1861 79th New York troops mutinies
1861 Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico
1861 Skirmish at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico Terr - Rebels attack Union troops
1861 Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia with 40,000 troops
1861 Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia and says Union troops will not enter that state
1861 CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in New Mexico territory
1861 In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops
1861 Alexandria, Virginia occupied by Federal troops
1861 Union troops march on state militia in St. Louis, Missouri
1861 Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry
1861 President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory
1861 Arkansas troops seize Ft. Smith
1861 State troops seize U.S. munitions in Napoleon, Arkansas
1861 Federal troops from Ft. Monroe are sent to Ft. Pikens
1861 MS troops take Ft. Massachusetts an Ship Island
1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Ft. Pickens
1861 Ft. Jackson and Ft. Philip are taken over by LA state troops
1861 Florida troops takeover Ft. Marion at St. Augustine
1861 Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola
1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft. Sumter
1861 Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay
1860 British and French troops capture Beijing
1860 Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes
1849 Battle at Waghausel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels
1847 Battle of Buena Vista: U.S. troops beat Mexican army
1846 US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
1846 Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu
1846 U.S. troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros
1842 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
1839 British troops under Gen Charles Napier occupy Beirut
1834 President Jackson orders 1st use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute
1832 Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender
1831 Dutch troops conquer Leuven
1830 Dutch troops occupy Brussels
1821 Dutch troops conquer Palembang
1819 Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra
1816 U.S. troops destroy Ft. Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves
1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
1813 Allied troops occupies Groningen
1813 Allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth
1813 U.S. troops under Gen Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala
1812 Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid
1810 French troops occupy Amsterdam
1807 British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina
1800 Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops
1798 Government troops occupy Hasselt
1796 Last of Britain's troops withdraws from U.S.
1796 French troops occupy Milan
1794 French troops conquer Grave Neth
1794 Russian troops occupy Warsaw
1794 French troops conquer Nijmegen
1794 French troops conquer Maastricht
1794 French troops occupies Venlo
1794 French troops occupy Hertogenbosch
1794 French troops conquer Crevecoeur
1794 French troops occupy Lock
1794 French troops occupy Charleroi
1793 British troops under maj-gen Williamson lands on (French) Haiti
1793 French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands
1793 French troops conquer Breda
1793 Prussian troops occupy Venlo Neth
1790 Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks
1790 Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village
1789 Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1788 Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam
1787 Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem
1787 Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede
1786 Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg
1781 English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon
1781 George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis
1780 British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina
1779 U.S. troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York
1778 English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia
1778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge
1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for winter
1777 Gen George Washington's troops attacked British at Germantown Pa
1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution
1776 Washington and his troops cross Delaware River
1776 British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution
1776 Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops, New York
1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1775 George Washington takes command of U.S. troops
1774 England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes
1770 Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom
1768 English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston
1762 English troops occupy Manila Philippines
1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie
1760 Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French
1759 Austrian troops occupy Dresden
1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
1759 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
1758 British troops occupy and plunder Cherbourg
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