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north vietnamese invasion of laos
Vietnam War

North Vietnamese Invasion of Laos

Fighting broke out all along the border with North Vietnam.[1] North Vietnamese Army regular units participated in attacks on July 28–31, 1959.[1] These operations established

iran crisis of 1946
Cold War

Iran Crisis of 1946

The Iran crisis of 1946, also known as the Azerbaijan Crisis (Persian: غائله آذربایجان, romanized: Qaʾilih Âzarbâyjân) in the Iranian sources, was one of the

townshend acts
American Revolution

Townshend Acts

The Townshend Acts met stiff resistance in the colonies, and public opposition to them was widely debated in colonial newspapers. Opponents of the Acts gradually

strategic hamlet program
Vietnam War

Strategic Hamlet Program

The Strategic Hamlet Program (SHP; Vietnamese: Ấp Chiến lược ) was a plan by the government of South Vietnam in conjunction with the US government

iron curtain
Cold War

Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain is a term describing the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945

korea under japanese rule
Korean War

Korea Under Japanese Rule

Imperial Japan severely diminished the influence of China over Korea in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), ushering in the short-lived Korean Empire.[72] A decade later,

france in the american revolutionary war
American Revolution

France in the American Revolutionary War

French involvement in the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783 began in 1776[1] when the Kingdom of France secretly shipped supplies to the Continental Army of

1860 united states presidential election
American Civil War

1860 United States presidential election

The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 was the final trigger for secession.[109] Southern leaders feared that Lincoln would stop the expansion of slavery