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TIMELINE

1775:

U.S. Army formed.

1783:

Army defeats Great Britain in American Revolution.

1802:

Congress establishes the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

1898:

Spanish-American War.

1917:

The U.S. enters World War I.

1941:

The U.S. enters World War II.

1965-1973:

Vietnam War.

1991:

Operation Desert Storm begins the first Persian Gulf War.

2001:

Invasion of Afghanistan.

1812-1815:

The Army fights Great Britain in the War of 1812.

1846-1848:

Mexican-American War.

1861-1865:

Civil War.

1944:

The Allies invade Western Europe on D-Day, June 6th.

1945:

World War II ends.

1950-1953:

The Korean War.

2003:

The U.S. Army leads invasion of Iraq.