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. ||
 * || [[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 ||

1900 1910
 * [|World War I] ||
 * 1914 -1918  ||
 * The [|Entente Powers] initially consisted of [|France], the [|United Kingdom], [|Russia], and their associated empires and dependencies. [|Italy] joined in April 1915, and the [|United States] joined in April 1917. The [|Central Powers], so named because of their central location on the European continent, initially consisted of [|Germany] and [|Austria-Hungary] and their associated empires. The [|Ottoman Empire] joined the Central Powers in October 1914, followed a year later by [|Bulgaria]. The [|Netherlands], [|Switzerland], [|Spain] and the [|Scandinavian nations] remained officially neutral.  ||
 * Woodrow Wilson, [|Kaiser Wilhelm II] of Germany, Russian [|Grand Duke Nicholas], the [|Bolshevik] [|party], led by [|Vladimir Lenin], [|King Edward VIII] of England, and [|George Clemenceau] of France. ||
 * [|The Battle of the Frontiers], [|Battle of the Somme], [|The Spring Offensive] or [|Kaiserschlacht] (//Kaiser's Battle//) and also known as the [|Ludendorff Offensive]  ||
 * [|Treaty of Versailles] ||
 * Secret treaties, new states, and communism spread to Russia. Lead to World War II. ||

1920 1930 ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> ||
 * [|World War II]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">September 1939-1945 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Britain **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Canada **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Czechoslovakia **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">France **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Germany **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Hungary **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Italy **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Japan **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">USA **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">USSR **<span style="color: #336600; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">USA **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">USSR **<span style="color: #336600; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">[|Franklin D. Roosevelt], [|Harry Truman], [|Winston Churchill], [|Charles DE Gaulle], [|Adolf Hitler], [|Benito Mussolini], [|emperor Hirohito of Japan.] ** ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Some Battles are [|Midway],[|D Day], [|The battle of the Bulge], [|Strilngrad.] ** ||
 * **Japan signs official surrender, accepted by General Douglas MacArthur on the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * ** World War Two had a profound effect on the women of the United States -- particularly in the area of employment. **
 * Stay at home moms. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1940
 * [|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?). ||

Korean War<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Chaing Kai-Shek,] [|Mao Tse-tung] [|Kim II Sung] ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">June 25, 1950 through July 27, 1953 ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">North Korea, South Korea, Republic of China, United States and the United Nations ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Eisenhower Dwight ,] [|Harry Truman]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Battle of Pusan Perimeter,] [|Incheon Landing], and Invasion of South Korea ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The peace negotiations went on for two years. A major issue of negotiation was repatriations of POWS. The two decided that they would get long. Both countries stay separated and don’t inter fear with each other ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">North and South Korea were divided into two separate states on the peninsula. ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1950 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif';">1960 Vietnam [|War] Years- 1959- <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">April 30, 1975 Participants- South Vietnam, United States, South Korea (and many more) North Vietnam, Viet Cong Leaders- Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara Ho Chi Minh, Le, Duan. Key Battles- [|Tet Offensive], [|Ia Drang Valley], Peace Treaty- <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Paris Peace Talks could be considered a peace treaty, though no formal treaty was composed. Long Term Effects- <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The North and South formed one country, and till this day remains as one. The US went into deep debt due to the amount of money spent financing the war effort. There were 60,000 casulties for the United States. The North Vietnam lost over 1,000,000. <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';">August 2, 1990- February 28, 1991 (ended November 30, 1995) ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">United States, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Egypt, France, Morocco, Syria, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Canada, Soviet Union, Russia, Iraq and other coalition forces. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|George Bush sr.] [|Saddam Hussein], [|General Colin Powell.], [|Norman Schwarzkopf] ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Desert Shield, Instant Thunder, Desert Storm, ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> U.N. Resolution 660 and Resolution 661. Iraq's full unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait and economic sanctions and weapons inspections were placed on Iraq. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Gulf War syndrome, economic sanctions, Iraqi disease, and weapon inspections ||

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


 * [|Global War on Terror]<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">10/7/2001-present ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">America Us Iraq ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> [|George W Bush] and **** [|Osama bin Laden] and ****  [|al-Qaeda]  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|September 11th 2001] Terrorists attack, [|invasion of Afghanistan](operation enduring freedom.) and [|invasion of Iraq] ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Conflict] on going on ||
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