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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 1758