WORLD WAR II - TIMELINE
WORLD WAR II - WEAPONS
KOREAN WAR
VIETNAM WAR
MODERN WARFARE
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September 1, 1939:
German troops invade this country
Poland
100
The British A22 Mark IV tank carried a 75-millimeter gun & this prime minister's name
Churchill
100
This capital of South Korea changed hands 4 times during the course of the war
Seoul
100
The film "Last Days in Vietnam" details the fall of Saigon & the too-long-delayed evacuation of this facility
the American Embassy
100
Gulf War - This battleship launched in January 1944 hadn't fired its guns in anger since the Korean War
Missouri
200
June 4, 1940:
The last of more than 300,000 Allied troops are evacuated from this port
Dunkirk
200
Ships in the U.S. Navy's Casablanca class of "escort" these were smaller than their big cousins like the Lexington
aircraft carriers
200
With subzero weather at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, vets suffered the long-term effects of this cold injury, including gangrene
frostbite
200
A key U.S. aim was winning Vietnamese "Hearts and" these, the title of an Oscar-winning documentary opposing the war
Minds
200
War in the Balkans - The 1995 Dayton Accords ended the war in Bosnia that followed the breakup of this Balkan republic
Yugoslavia
300
December 17, 1940:
FDR proposes this alliterative policy to help future U.S. allies pay for war materials
Lend-lease
300
Today, this Japanese car company makes the Galant; in WWII, it was better known for its A6M "Zero" fighter
Mitsubishi
300
In 2018 South Korea's Moon Jae-in & this North Korean leader pledged to formally end the war but it hasn't happened... yet
Kim Jong-un
300
The 1968 assault shown here is called this, after its namesake holiday; attacks ranged from Khe Sanh down to Saigon & Vinh Loi
The Tet Offensive
300
Iraq War - The Iraq War that began in 2003 forced this dictator into hiding; he was later captured & executed
Saddam Hussein
400
April 18, 1942:
Jimmy Doolittle & his raiders bomb this capital
Tokyo
400
It was the alphanumeric designation of the U.S. Army's Garand rifle
the M1
400
Less than a year after he was chosen supreme commander of U.S.-led forces, he was relieved of all duties by President Truman
Douglas MacArthur
400
This alphanumeric weapon became the standard U.S. infantry rifle in 1967
the M16
400
War in Afghanistan - U.S. Army medic Monica Lin Brown was awarded one of these in 2008 for heroism under fire during the war in Afghanistan
Silver Star
500
June 21, 1945:
The long, bloody U.S. campaign for this Japanese island in the Ryukyus ends
Okinawa
500
"Hefty" nickname of the second & last atomic bomb used during the war
Fat Man
500
In September 1950, United States troops made a surprise landing at this strategic port, changing the course of the war
Inchon
500
The first two names inscribed on the Memorial were not combat soldiers but military these, helping the South Vietnamese
advisers
500
War in the Middle East - "Operation Inherent Resolve" was the 2014 name choice for the fight against this Mideast group
ISIS or the Islamic State