Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Andrei A. Gromyko: On American Intervention In Korea, 1950 Statement by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, July 4, 1950 The events now taking place in Korea broke out on June 25 as the result of a provocative attack by the troops of the South Korean authorities on the frontier areas of the Korean People's Democratic ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Report of The United Nations Commission on Korea, 1950 Covering the Period from December 15, 1949 to September 4, 1950 Analysis and Conclusions A. Responsibility for the aggression. The invasion of the territory of the Republic of Korea by the armed forces of the North Korean authorities, which began on June 25, 1950, was an act of ...

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Under the patronage of UNESCO, the great museums of Europe (Caen, Vienna, London, Peronne, Verdun, Bonn, Berlin and Paris) are holding a joint exhibition of their resources by painters who were contemporary with the First World War. Each work is accompanied by a detailed description which puts the artist in the context of the period in an extraordinary intertwining of art and history.

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On March 30, 1972, the Army of North Veitnam invaded South Vietnam. The battle that had been years in the making had finally begun. My intention is to provide, as an Army aviator who participated, a first hand account of this, the Battle of Kontum.

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Lies, Deceit and Hypocrisy A study of the journalism in the early part of the Vietnam War, 1962-63. The Saigon correspondents reported that the South Vietnamese and their American advisers were losing the war against the Viet Cong and their North Vietnamese allies. The reports the correspondents sent home were not very popular in the Pentagon and the Saigon establishment, but it was a job that ...

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On November 20, 1953 Gen. Henri Navarre, the commander in chief of French forces in Indo-China, launched Operation Castor in order to seize the strategic valley of Dien Bien Phu, located in northwestern Viet-Nam. Dien Bien Phu became the site for the decisive battle of the Indo-China War of 1946-1954. On May 7, 1954 the French garrison was overrun by communist-led Viet-Minh forces in what is ...

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1919 - THE THIRD AFGHAN WAR: AN INTRODUCTION by Paul Hinson In the preface to his book AFGHANISTAN 1919, Lieutenant General G. N. Molesworth, adjutant of the 2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry during the war, admits that in comparison to the fearful slaughter which took place in World War I ... this campaign was a sideshow... He then qualifies this statement saying 'in normal times from the ...

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Tell me when this page is updated THE USS ORISKANY - MEMORIES OF VIETNAM Hi, my name is Larry Matthews. It has now been almost 30 years since the Vietnam Cease Fire on January 28, 1973 and, a few years ago, when the quarter century mark came around it stirred a lot of feelings in me. Early in 1998 I published two articles in THE TIMES OF YUBA-SUTTER, a local newspaper. These two articles follow ...

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World War II While here you'll learn many things about World War Two. First Famous battles. Next the U-Boats used by the Axis Powers. Then famous generals. Finally The leaders of the Allied and Axis powers. ...

OPERATION RESTORE DEMOCRACY: Humanitarian Intervention Or U.S. Imperialism An essay by Brendan Sexton BLPR101 T, Th 5:25-6:40PM In September of 1991, while communism was crumbling in Eastern Europe, US President George Bush declared a New World Order . This New World was to be a new era freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for ...

THE ROAD TO U.S. INTERVENTION IN HAITI EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Rear Admiral Gene LaRocque (USN, Ret.) Director, Center for Defense Information HOST: Rear Admiral Eugene Carroll, Jr. (USN, Ret.) Director, Center for Defense Information DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH: David T. Johnson DIRECTOR of TELEVISION: Mark Sugg SENIOR PRODUCER & NARRATOR: Ira Shorr PRODUCERS: Marguerite Arnold Glenn Baker Daniel Sagalyn ...

Home | Newswire | About Us | Donate | Sign-Up Featured Views Share This Article With Your Friends Published on Tuesday, July 10, 2001 in Newsday How the 'Ethical' Administration Lies About Contra War by Marie Cocco JOSEPH Towle recites the death toll from memory. In El Salvador, 60, 000 or 70, 000. In Guatemala, 200, 000. Some of them, my parishioners, the priest said. And of course, some 40, 000 to ...

This is Chapter XII from a book about the last Empress of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna, which was written by Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden and published in 1928. Sophie was a lady in waiting to the Empress. ...

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OnWar.com Armed Conflict Events Data Soccer War 1969 By 1968 the L pez Arellano regime seemed to be in serious trouble. The economic situation was producing growing labor conflicts, political unrest, and even criticism from conservative groups such as Fenagh. Municipal elections were held in March 1968 to the accompaniment of violence and charges of open fraud, producing PNH victories but also ...

Nasser Nationalizes the Suez Canal 1956 The 50's and 60's were the height of the Cold War between the two polarized powers of the world. Many countries of the world were able to use the Cold War to their advantage by receiving competing assistance from both sides in the war. Egypt was no different than these many other underdeveloped nations in that it wanted to use the Cold War to its advantage ...

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Publisher's Notes Is Biafra war too sensitive to discuss by James Okorafor Exclusive to USAfrica The Newspaper www.usafricaonline.com Since the end of the war, Nigeria's federal government has not satisfactorily resolved the Biafran issue. Therefore, some of the conditions that led to the declaration of the republic of Biafra exist latently. For example, the April 1990 failed attempt to topple ...

OPERATION RESTORE (UPHOLD) DEMOCRACY -- HAITI September 19, 1994 - March 31, 1995 December 2001 Compiled by Janet L. Seymour Bibliographer, Air University Library Maxwell AFB, AL Contents Internet Resources Books Documents Periodicals Multimedia Operation Uphold Democracy began in September 1994 with the deployment of the U.S.-led Multinational Force. The operation officially ended on March 31, ...

January 2002- A note from the author...One again, I must apologise to all those out there who have written with questions and failed to receive a response. Due to many other commitments, I find I have less and less time available to work on this site, and less still to respond personally to inquiries. I will try to help out when I can, and you can help me by keeping questions as specific as ...

INDOCHINA WAR (1945-1956) Extract coming from Histoire succincte de l'Aeronautique Navale (1910-1998) written by VA Roger Vercken (ARDHAN) With this page, I want to pay homage to the men who fought and were killed or injured during that horrible war. If you took part in this war, engaged in any branch (Army/ Navy/ Air Force), you can share your experience, writting-me your story . Some days ...

A Vet Remembers..... Jim's Korean War Page T/SGT James Barrett Kerins, SR. U.S.A.F. Retired Freedom is Not Free. This page is dedicated to the memory of those men and women who gave their lives. I was in Hawaii, shipping out to Clark A.F.B., PI in June 1950, when President Truman ordered troops into Korea. I had a year in Waco under my belt and was ready for a new assignment. When we arrived ...

In Honor of the 24th Inf. Div. and its 55 years of service * For members and friends of the 24thIDA and any veteran who would like to share his or her thoughts, articles, stories and poems with others. And in some small way to help other Vets in their search for needed information through links and email. To honor the members of the 24th Inf. Div. past and present who have been a part of one of ...

XVIII Airborne Corps Command Group Organization/Unit Webs History Medal of Honor Recipients Military Pictures Past Operations Public Affairs Office Purpose Rank Structure Safety Homepage Fire & Emergency Family Information Answer Unlimited Chaplain Services Community Services Cultural Resource Program Facilities Family Readiness Handbook Family Support Group Program Frequently Asked Questions ...

The Balkan Wars and the Partition of Macedonia Council for Research Into South-Eastern Europe of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Following their own interests and aims to conquer and partition the European part of Ottoman Turkey, the neighbouring Balkan states Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Montenegro decided to start a war. The Treaty between Serbia and Bulgaria signed on March 12th ...

It is known that Bolivia is the first South American country to ever employ tanks in war. Bolivia also has the distinction of being the only South American country to employ tanks in battle on South American soil. The Chaco War (1932-1935), was a conflict between Bolivia and Paraguay over the Chaco Boreal (also known as the green hell ), a nasty sparsely populated, region claimed by both ...

The Chaco War-Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-1935 by Bruce Farcau. Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5007, 1996, 272 pages, $59.95. The Chaco War is about the lessons of warfare (air, biological, frontal-assault, crew-served weapon, armored, combined-arms, etc.) that many military forces should have learned before they ventured into World War II. It is the first ...

Invasion of Grenada - 1983 can be seen as a small part of the rivalry in the Regan Years ...

PSYOP IN HAITI OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY On 18 June 1994, in order to help restore the democratically elected government in Haiti and to deter the the mass exodus of Haitians migrants leaving Haiti in unsafe, overcrowded boats, a Military Information Support Team (MIST) was established in Washington D.C. The goal of the MIST was to create an informational environment in support of US objectives ...

Operation Desert Storm. Info on Desert Storm / gulf war and specs on all equiptment used in the Gulf War. ...

During the spanish civil war, the International Office for Children coordinated humanitarian aid of 17 countries through regular shipments of food for children of the republican side. These lines describe how this initiative was started With Republican Spain at heart by Ione Rhodes November 2000 While composing these few notes, my affectionate reflections and gratitude go out to my companion, ...

September 18 Japan invades Manchuria November 8 Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected President of the United States January 30 Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany March 12 President Franklin Roosevelt gives his first Fireside Chat March 22 The first concentration camp in Germany is established at Dachau March 25 Adolf Hitler seizes power of Germany from Hindenburg September 5 ...

Here is a place where you can find concise information about the history of aircraft.

OnWar.com Armed Conflict Events Data First Balkan War 1912-1913 State Entry Exit Combat Forces Population Losses Bulgaria 1912 1913 60000 4100000 32000 Greece 1912 1913 100000 4800000 5000 Montenegro 1912 1913 40000 700000 3000 Serbia 1912 1913 60000 8000000 15000 Turkey 1912 1913 420000 29000000 30000 ***** The First Balkan War was fought between the members of the Balkan League--Serbia, ...

OnWar.com Armed Conflict Events Data Second Balkan War 1913 State Entry Exit Combat Forces Population Losses Bulgaria 1913 1913 60000 4100000 18000 Greece 1913 1913 100000 4800000 12500 Montenegro 1913 1913 40000 700000 2000 Romania 1913 1913 200000 12000000 1500 Serbia 1913 1913 80000 8000000 18500 Turkey 1913 1913 450000 29000000 20000 ***** The Second Balkan War began when Serbia, Greece, and ...

OnWar.com Armed Conflict Events Data The Chaco War 1932-1935 State Entry Exit Combat Forces Population Losses Bolivia 1928 1935 100 000 4 000 000 80 000 Paraguay 1928 1935 80 000 800 000 200 000 ***** Chaco War (1932-35), costly conflict between Bolivia and Paraguay. Hostile incidents began as early as 1928 over the Chaco Boreal, a wilderness region of about 100, 000 square miles (259, 000 square ...

The Battle of Grenada by SSPzKorps@aol.com Now there was a time when our national security was based on a standing Army here within our own borders and shore batteries of artillery along our coast, and of course a Navy to keep the sea lanes open for the shipping of things necessary to our well being. The world has changed. Today our national security can be threatened in a faraway places. ...

HIST 382 Latin America, 1910 to the present The making of the Sandinista Revolution (1961-1979) 1961: FSLN was founded by Carlos Amador Fonseca, Tomas Borge, and Silvio Mayorga. Inspired by the Cuban revolution, failed to generate support for guerrilla warfare in the 1960s 1970s: FSLN received increasing support from politicized peasantry Other sources of opposition: Christian Communities, ...

Target Baghdad: Join us at the web's most extensive photo diary of the Gulf War. Aircraft types from the F-15, F-16, F-18, F-4, F-111, A-10, F-117, KC-130, KC-10, C-130, C-135, C-5, C-141, Mirage F1, A-6, A-7, F-14, U-2, TR-1, AWACS, E-2, MiG-29, MiG-25, MiG-21, Hind-D, HH-63, UH-1, UH-1D, Carriers, US Navy Aircraft Carriers and Air Power, the USAF, and more.

This is Toby Haynsworth's web site. This site was created primarily to provide web surfers with information about the last days of the American presence in Vietnam. My interest in that period of American history has its genesis in the fact that I was a member of the crew of the USS Midway (CVA 41) some 70 miles off shore when Saigon fell on April 30, 1975. In addition to a hyperlink to a ...

All you need on the Vietnam War in 1 site. Vietnam War History, major battles and statistics, Collectables and Vietnam War Picture galleries ...