Global Conflicts
This attack led to the United States entering World War II.
What is The Pearl Harbor Attack:?
This executive order desegregated the U.S. Armed Forces.
What is The Executive Order 9981:?
This term describes a military strategy combining combat with civilian aid to militant groups not affiliated with a government.
What is The Counterinsurgency:?
This military strategy emphasized joint air and land forces for rapid strikes in the 1980s.
What is The Air Land Battle:?
This Korean War operation involved a successful amphibious landing at Inchon.
What is The Operation Chromite:?
This decisive naval battle in 1942 marked the turning point of the Pacific War.
What is The Battle of Midway:?
This African American officer became the first graduate of West Point in 1877.
Who is The Henry O. Flipper:?
This broad campaign was launched post-9/11 to combat terrorism.
What is The Global Anti-Terror Operations / Global War on Terror (GWOT):?
This was the primary strategy in the Cold War to reduce Soviet aggression.
What is The Nuclear Deterrence:?
This battle line defined the division between North and South Korea after the Korean War.
What is The 38th Parallel:?
This major battle in 1945 demonstrated the high cost of invading Japan’s home islands.
What is The Battle of Okinawa:?
This African American unit served during the Civil War, proving their valor on the battlefield.
What is The South Carolina Colored Volunteer Regiments:?
This strategy involved U.S. forces training and supporting foreign military operations.
What is The Advise and Assist:?
This U.S. Army modernization plan in the 1990s emphasized mobility and advanced technology.
What is The Army Transformation Initiative:?
The 1956 reorganization of the army into five battle groups to prepare for the threat of bombs.
What is Pentomic Division:?
This U.S.-led military action in 2003 aimed to topple Saddam Hussein's regime.
What is The Operation Iraqi Freedom:?
This policy prevented LGBTQ+ service members from openly serving until its repeal in 2011.
What is The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy:?
This Vietnam War-era atrocity shocked the American public and fueled anti-war sentiment.
What is The My Lai Massacre:?
This strategy involved replacing U.S. forces with South Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War.
What is The Vietnamization:?
This U.S.-led effort maintained peace and coordinated international forces in Korea.
What is The United Nations Command (UNC):?
This long-term U.S. military effort began in response to the 9/11 attacks.
What is The Operation Enduring Freedom:?
This War Department bulletin addressed racial tensions among returning WWI soldiers.
What is The Bulletin 35:?
This controversial tactic targeted enemy cities with incendiary bombs during WWII.
What is The Firebombing:?
This Civil War general’s tactics emphasized professionalized warfare through training manuals.
Who is The Emory Upton:?
This failed Vietnam War program aimed to pacify rural populations but faced resistance.
What is The Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS):?