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860 matches to Indochina War
Indochina War. 1946-54. Vietnamese Communists vs French and British occupying forces. =First Vietnam War.
Vietnam. Annam. 209BC Nam Vet kingdom. 111BC China. 2C Funan, 939 Independent. Khmer, Cham, Mongol invasions repelled. 1407 Ming. 1867 France (S). 1883 Tonkin, Annam French protectorates(N). 1940 Japanese occupy. 1945 Independent. 1946-54 French Indochina War. 1954 Communist Democratic Republic (N). 1955 Republic (S). 1962 Vietnam War. 1976 Socialist Republic of Vietnam 1987 Economic liberalization. 1995 US recognition.
Pathet Lao. 1950-91. Laotian communists vs French rule in Indochina.
Vietnam War. 1946-54. =Indo China War. 1962-75. Democratic South Vietnam falls to Communists despite US aid to 1973.
Aarau Treaty. 1712. Ended Swiss War.
Abel, Frederick. 1827-1902. English inventor of military explosive cordite with Dewar, 1889.
Abyssinia-Italy War. 1894-6. Ended Italian colonialism.
Abyssinian War. 1935-6. Italy invades Ethiopia. League of Nations ineffective.
Achilles. Greek hero of Trojan Wars, invulnerable except for his heel, subject of Homer’s Iliad.
Achinese War. 1873-1904. Dutch defeat Moslems in Sumatra.
Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.
Adrianople, Treaty. 1829. Ends Russo-Turkish War. Ottomans cede control of Greece.
Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.
Afghanistan. c200BC Aryan. 6C BC Achaemenid. 330 Alexander...Seleucid/ Maurya. 2C BC Persia/ India/ Parthia/ Kushan. 7C Arab (NW). 750 Persia (W)/ Hindu (E). 1219 Mongol...Timurid. 1525 Mogul. 1737 Persia. 1747 Monarchy. 19 C Britain/Russia dispute 1880 British suzerainty. 1919 Independent. 1973 Marxist coup, Republic. 1978 Communist coup. 1979 Russian occupation. 1989 Mujahideen expel Russians aided by CIA. 1990s Warlords. 2001 US attack Taliban.
Agamemnon. Legendary King of Argos/Mycenae. Led Greeks in Trojan War.
Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty. 1668. Ended War of Devolution between France, Spain. 1748. Ended War of Austrian Succession. Hapsburgs weakened, Prussian power recognized.
Ajax. Greek hero of Trojan Wars.
Alabama Claims. 1872. US claim damages caused by British built warships in Civil War. $15M=£3.25M awarded by arbitration.
Albania. Balkans. 3-5C Visigoth, Huns invade. 6-7C Bulgars, Serbs, Slavs invade.12-15C Bulgar, Norman, Angevin, Serb, Venice contest.15C Ottoman. 1912 Independent republic. 1928 Monarchy (Zog). 1939 Italy occupies. 1945 Communist (Hoxha). 1961 Left Warsaw Pact. 1991 Democratic Constitution.
Albee, Edward. 1928-. US playwright. Pulitzer-Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962.
Alcibiades. c450-404BC. Athenian egoist general, Peloponnesian War. Murdered.
Alexander II. 1818-81. Russian Czar 1855-. Emancipated serfs, 1861. Established elected assemblies, Zemstvo, settled Crimean War. Assassinated by Narodniki.
Alexis. 1629-76. Russian czar 1645-. Recognized serfdom. Northern War. Peasant Revolt 1667-71.
Algerian Revolutionary War. 1954-62. Plebiscite granted independence from France, 1962.