📅 31 Yanüari 1968
NLF and North Vietnamese forces entered Huế and held much of the city for weeks. Fighting devastated neighborhoods and displaced civilians. Communist executions during the occupation and killings by...
📅 12 April 1975
U.S. forces evacuated American personnel and selected Cambodian nationals by helicopter as Khmer Rouge forces closed in. The operation ended U.S. diplomatic presence in Cambodia but could not evacuate...
📅 8 April 1968
The 1st Cavalry Division linked up with Marines after months of siege and air supply. The corridor ended the encirclement, but did not erase the costs of the battle to nearby communities or settle the...
📅 28 Yüli 1915
Following the assassination of President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, U.S. Marines landed in Haiti on 28 July 1915. The occupation brought U.S. control over Haitian finances and later created the...
📅 31 Òktober 1919
Charlemagne Péralte, a Haitian nationalist leader of the Caco resistance to U.S. occupation, was killed by U.S. Marines overnight on 31 October–1 November 1919. Sources differ in whether they date his...
📅 6 Desèmber 1929
At Marchaterre near Les Cayes, U.S. Marines opened fire on a peaceful peasant demonstration on 6 December 1929, killing between 12 and 22 people according to the Sciences Po Mass Violence and...
📅 15 Ougùstùs 1934
The final contingent of U.S. Marines withdrew from Haiti on 15 August 1934, ending the nineteen-year military occupation. The transfer followed prolonged Haitian opposition, including rural...
📅 7 Ougùstùs 1942
Allied troops landed on Guadalcanal, beginning a six-month campaign against Japanese forces. Solomon Islanders served as guides, coastwatchers, laborers, and rescuers, often at great personal risk....
