War

War, what is it good for? //Rule to remember- War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. William Tecumseh Sherman // The items below should be related to the major and minor conflicts of the 20th century impacted American and the world. Examples should include the causes of wars, how are they fought, when should they end, how can be peace be made successfully?  Spanish-American War- A “splendid little war” between the United States and Spain that started on April 25th and ended on August 12th, 1898. The conflict was started when the United States became involved in the conflict between the Spanish and the inhabitants of Cuba. When the USS Maine went to Cuba to project American and exploded in the harbor the United States blamed the Spanish and declared war. The war was relatively short and one-sided since the United States was a rising world power and the Spanish were losing their long-held empire. When the conflict concluded the United States won Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Filipinos that expected independence after the defeat of the Spanish were disappointed by the U.S. occupation and fought a violent rebellion which was brutally suppressed. || 1900 1910
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Charge_of_the_Rough_Riders_at_San_Juan_Hill.JPG width="437" height="241" caption="Remington's "Charge Up San Juan Hill""]] ||
 * Remington's "Charge Up San Juan Hill" ||
 * Remington's "Charge Up San Juan Hill" ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/USSMaine.jpg width="381" height="314" caption="The USS Maine after its' destruction"]] ||
 * The USS Maine after its' destruction || ||
 * The USS Maine after its' destruction ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/10kMiles.JPG caption="Political Cartoon portraying the American Empire"]] ||
 * Political Cartoon portraying the American Empire || ||
 * Political Cartoon portraying the American Empire ||

   Kingdom, Italy, US and the central powers Germany, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire ||
 * [|World War I] ||
 * 1914-1918 ||
 * Triple entente: Russia, France, United
 * France-[|Raymond Poincare], US- [|Woodrow Wilson], Russian-[|Nicholas II], United Kingdom- [|George V] ||
 * [|Battle of the Somme], [|Battle of Charleroi], ||
 * Treaty of Versailles ||
 * France and England gained territories that belonged to Germany, Germany lost land and force to pay damages (reparations) against allies ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1920 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1930 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1940 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">United States || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Harry Truman] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Winston Churchill] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Charles De Gaulle] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Josef Stalin] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Mussolini] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Battle of Stalingrad] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Battle of Guadalcanal] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">War crimes trials <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Tokyo War] crime trials <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Nuremberg] ||
 * [|World War II]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">September 1, 1939- September 2, 1945 ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">China Germany
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|F.D.R]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Battle of Midway]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Terms of surrender
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Cold war || ||  || COLD WAR ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||   ||
 * Years<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1953-1992 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * Participants<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Soviet Union, U.S.A || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * Leaders<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Harry S. Truman Joseph Stalin || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * Key Battles<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Air Lift || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * Peace Treaty<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Regan/Gorbachev diplomatic relations || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * Long Term Result<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The USSR collapses, US is superpower || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||   ||


 * [|Cold War]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1945-1991 ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Soviets America ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Truman] and [|Stalin] ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Korean War]. [|Vietnam]. [|Berlin Blockade.] ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Salt 1] [|Salt 2] [|INF treaty] ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Soviet Union collapsed and the satellite countries became independent. The United States became the sole super-power (temporarily?). ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Vs. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Peoples Republic of Korea and China supported by the Soviet Union || [|Khrushchev] and [|Chairman Mao]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || [|Operation Ripper] [|Pusan] [|Inchon]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * [|Korean War]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">June 25, 1950 – July 27,1953 ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">U.S. supported by the UN
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Trueman], [|MacArthur]
 * [|Operation Killer]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">No peace treaty only a cease fire agreement ||
 * Established the 38th parallel division of the Koreas.<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1950 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1960 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">United states <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Philippines <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Thailand || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Ho Chi Minh] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|John F Kennedy] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Robert Mcnamara] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Tet offensive] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Fall of Saigon] ||
 * [|Vietnam War]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">French 1950-1954 the U.S. 1963-1969 ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">South Vietnam
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Dwight Eisenhower]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Siege of khe sanh]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Paris Peace Accords ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">North Vietnam victory, huge number of fatalities, opposition to the war contributed to counterculture youth movement of the 1960. ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1970 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1980 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1990
 * [|Gulf War I]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> [|2 August- 28 February officially ended Nov. 30 1995]  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Iraq and coalition forces, [|UK] ,US  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|George H. W. Bush](us), [|Norman Schwarzkopf] field commander of the United Nations allies, [|Khalid sultan of Kuwait] and [|Colin Powell] Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Desert storm, Operation] [|Desert Shield], [|Battle of Medina Ridge]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The U.S. commenced the desert storm on January 15,16,17,18 1991 (called which eventually leads to Iraq being expelled from Kuwait. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Iraq] was removed from [|Kuwait](Jan-February of 1991. The United Nations establish an Iraqi no fly zone were established, ostensibly to help protect the [|Shi'ite] and [|Kurdish] regions of the country from Saddam’s Forces.  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">2000