America at war

Spanish - American War (1898)

- the Cubans rebelled against Spain in 1868 - demands: emancipation of the slaves + selfgovernment for the island

- another rebellion in 1895 (economic distress, political touble), rebels destroyed property

- the Spanish Philippines were a potential stronghold of American power in the Far East

- 1898 - America´s intervention, Congress declared Cuba „free and independent“- Declaration of war 57175ttg96mmu6z

Philippines: entry to Manila - end of war in West Indies

Cuba: a two-day battle - Americans won

- Final treaty was signed in Paris: Cuba was insured freedom, USA were granted Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam

World War I (1914 - 1918) tm175t7596mmmu

- In 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austro-Hungarian Empire, was shot and killed in Sarajevo

- After his death Europe was divided into two camps:

The Central Powers (Gemany and Austria-Hungary)

The Allied Powers (GB, France, Russia)

- Wilson in 1916 didn´t want to interfere in Europe

- Then he in 1916 made America enter the European conflict (a nessecary step to make the world „safe for democracy“)

- Peace: 1918

World War II (1939 - 1945)

- 1938 - The Munich Confrerence (Sudetenland to Hitler)

- 1st September 1939 Nazi troops and planes invaded Poland - Britain + France declared war on Germany

The Pacific: Embargo on steel-scrap to Japan - Japan joined the German-Italian coalition

December 7, 1941 - Japanese planes destroyed the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor

- Declaration of war on Japan, Germany + Italy declared war on USA

North Africa: Germans were moving toward Suez Canal

Europe: Invasion to Italy (1943)

the Invasion of Normandy by a huge force - D-Day (1944)

- Unconditional surrender of Germany: May 7, 1945

- Capitulation of Japan August 1945 - Nagasaki + Hiroshima

Korea War (1950 - 1953)

- North Korea (backed by the Soviet Union) invaded the South in 1950

- At the end no one won: Korea remained divided, the situation was the same as before the war

- Armistice: 1953

Vietnam (1965 - 1975)

- the worst and longest war in US history

- US soldier were sent to South Vietnam in 1965 to support anti-Comunist regime

- bombing of North Vietnam, on the ground direct contact of US troops with the Vietcong

- 1968 - Peace talks began in Paris

- 1973 - American troop withdrawal

- 1975 - Saigon fell

The Gulf War (1990 - 91)

- 1990 - Iraq invaded oil-rich Emirate of Kuwait

- 1991 - The Operation Desert Storm - Saddam Hussain was driven out from Iraq