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Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
US-allied victory - The American Revolution started as a civil war within the British Empire. [nb 1] It became a larger international war in 1778 once France joined. [nb 2] Treaty of Paris (1783) Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America and the Thirteen Colonies. President of the Continental Congress in American ...
As the German government did not give in to the blackmail—unlike with the kidnapping of Peter Lorenz two years earlier—terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), allied with the Red Army Faction (RAF), tried to increase the pressure by hijacking the Lufthansa plane "Landshut" on 13 October 1977.
In 1906, official histories were being written by three departments at the War Office and one in the Admiralty. Lord Esher, a member of the Committee of Imperial Defence, suggested that a subcommittee be established as the Historical Section, to centralise the collection of army and navy archives, as a repository of the lessons of war for strategists.
December 2: end of the Second Malayan Emergency with the Peace Agreement of Hat Yai 1989. December 3: at the end of the Malta Summit, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush declare that a long-lasting era of peace has begun. Many observers regard this summit as the official beginning of the end of the Cold War.
A Commonwealth Statesmen's Meeting convenes in London to co-ordinate members' demands and expectations of the impending end of the war. 8 May Nazi Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers, ending the Second World War in Europe. 15 August The Empire of Japan surrenders to the Allied Powers, ending the Second World War. 1946 21 February
Romania renews the war against the Central Powers. [24] November 11 Politics: At 6 am, Germany signs the Armistice of Compiègne. End of fighting at 11 a.m.. [80] Politics: Poland proclaimed. November 12 Politics: Austria proclaimed a republic. November 14 Politics: Czechoslovakia proclaimed a republic. Naval: German U-boats interned. African
January 21 – President Jimmy Carter pardons Vietnam War draft evaders. January 23 – Roots begins its phenomenally successful run on ABC. January 28 – The Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 hits Buffalo, New York. [5] January 1–31