| The Battle of Hürtgen Forest |
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| Victory in Europe Day |
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| Victory in Japan Day |
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| Operation Market Garden |
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| The Battle of Luzon |
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| The Allied Invasion of Italy |
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| Belgian Battles |
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| The Battle of Guam |
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| General Battles in the Netherlands |
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| Battle of Buna-Gona |
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| Battle of Bismarck Sea |
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| Battle of Bougainville |
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| North African Theater |
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| The Liberation of Paris |
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| Battles in Czechoslovakia |
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| Invasion of Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands |
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| Aleutian Islands, Alaska |
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| Iwo Jima |
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| The Invasion of Sicily |
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| The Potsdam Declaration |
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| The Battle of Cherbourg |
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| The Ruhr Pocket |
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| Battle of La Ciotat |
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| Battle of Nuremberg |
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| The Battle of El Guettar |
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| The Battle of Kwajalein |
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| Algeria |
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| French Morocco |
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| Tunisa |
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| Salerno |
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 |
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom 4 |
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| Operation Enduring Freedom--Philippines |
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| Operation Inherent Resolve (Afghanistan) |
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| Battle of Hamburger Hill |
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| Battle of the Bulge |
The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Counteroffensive) (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.
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| Battle of Luzon |
The Battle of Luzon was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan. The battle resulted in a U.S. and Filipino victory. |
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| Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) |
More widely known as D-Day, the Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944. The invaders were able to establish a beachhead as part of Operation Overlord after a successful "D-Day," the first day of the invasion.
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| New Guinea |
The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945.
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| Operation Frequent Wind |
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| Doolittle's Raiders |
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| Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 May -30 June 1970 |
This campaign was mainly concerned with the Allied incursion into Cambodia, codenamed Operation ROCK CRUSHER. As American withdrawal from South Vietnam proceeded, increasing concern arose over the enemy's strength in the sanctuaries inside Cambodia. With the emergence in Cambodia of an antiCommunist government under Lon Nol, President Nixon relaxed the restrictions on moving against the bases inside Cambodia. Meanwhile, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong began to move on the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. At this juncture Lon Nol appealed to the United States for help. American and allied Vietnamese forces began large-scale offensives in Cambodia on 1 May. Eight major US Army and South Vietnamese operations took place in Cambodia in May and June with the object of cutting enemy communication lines, seizing the sanctuary areas and capturing the shadowy Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN) described as the control center for enemy military operations against III CTZ. |
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| Vietnam Winter - Spring 1 Nov 1969 to 30 April 1970 to |
An increase in enemy-initiated attacks, at the highest level since 4-5 September signaled the start of the first phase of the Communist winter campaign. This was highlighted by intensified harassment incidents, and attacks throughout the Republic of Vietnam. In November-December these were heaviest in Corps Tactical Zones III and IV (around Saigon), primarily directed against Vietnamese military installations in order to disrupt the pacification program. The most significant enemy activity occurred in November with heavy attacks upon By Prang and Duc Lap in CTZ II (Central Vietnam).
By February 1970 the focus of enemy activity began to shift to CTZ I and II. Attacks increased steadily, reaching a peak in April 1970. Hostile forces staged their heaviest attacks in the Central Highlands near Civilian Irregular Defense Group camps at Dak Seang, Dak Pek, and Ben Het in I CTZ. The enemy also conducted numerous attacks by fire and several sapper attacks against U.S. fire support bases. This high level of enemy activity began in I CTZ in April and continued through May.
During the period 1 November 1969 through 30 April 1970 U.S. and allied forces concentrated on aggressive operations to find and destroy enemy main and local forces, the penetration of base camps and installations and the seizure of enemy supplies and materiel. These operations sought to deny the enemy the initiative and to inflict heavy losses in men and materiel. Further progress was made in Vietnamization through improving the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. As a result of these advances three brigades of the 1st U.S. Infantry Division and several major U.S.M.C. units were withdrawn from Vietnam during this period.
The enemy made several efforts to take the offensive at Dak Seang, which was attacked on 1 April 1970 and remained under siege throughout the month, and at Quang Duc in the By Prong-Duc Lap area which ended on 28 December. Only Vietnamese forces were engaged in both of these operations, the Quang Duc campaign involving some 12,000 ARVN troops. South Vietnamese forces again took the offensive on 14 April in a bold 3-day operation in the Angel's Wing area along the Cambodian border. The Vietnamese Army completed this mission in an aggressive professional manner without U.S. support-further evidence of their growing proficiency. |
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| Vietnam Counteroffensive Phase VII 1 July 1970 30 June 1971) |
Fighting continued in Cambodia during early February before and after South Vietnam began its U.S.-aided drive in Laos, Lam Son 719, the most significant operation during this campaign.
Lam Son 719 was conducted out of I Corps by Vietnamese troops with US fire and air support. Their object was to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail and to destroy enemy bases at Techepone, Laos. The operation consisted of four phases. In Phases I, called Operation DEWEY CANYON II, the 1st Brigade, US 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) occupied the Khe Sanh area and cleared Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. In the meantime, the US 101st Airborne Division conducted diversionary operations in the A Shau Valley. The US 45th Engineer Group had the mission of repairing Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. This lasted from 30 January to 7 February 1971. During Phase II US forces continued to provide fire support, helilift, and tactical and strategic air support for ARVN units. This phase was 8 February to March 1971. Phase III ran from March to 16 March 1971; Phase IV was the withdrawal phase.
Faced with mounting losses, Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam, the commander of the invasion forces, decided to cut short the operation and ordered a withdrawal.
Lam Son 719, though it was less than a signal success, forestalled a Communist offensive in the spring of 1971. Enemy units and replacements enroute south were diverted to the scene of the action. |
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