Divyanshu67/squad_v2 huggingface dataset:
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US troops participated in a UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia beginning in 1992. By 1993 the US troops were augmented with Rangers and special forces with the aim of capturing warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, whose forces had massacred peacekeepers from Pakistan. During a raid in downtown Mogadishu, US troops became trapped overnight by a general uprising in the Battle of Mogadishu. Eighteen American soldiers were killed, and a US television crew filmed graphic images of the body of one soldier being dragged through the streets by an angry mob. Somali guerrillas paid a staggering toll at an estimated 1,000–5,000 total casualties during the conflict. After much public disapproval, American forces were quickly withdrawn by President Bill Clinton. The incident profoundly affected US thinking about peacekeeping and intervention. The book Black Hawk Down was written about the battle, and was the basis for the later movie of the same name.

Question: In what African country did US troops participate in peacekeeping operations?
Answer: Somalia

Question: What was the name of the Somalian warlord who directed massacres of peacekeeping troops?
Answer: Mohamed Farrah Aidid

Question: In what Somalian city did American troops become trapped?
Answer: Mogadishu

Question: How many US soldiers were killed in the battle of Mogadishu?
Answer: Eighteen

Question: What is the title of the book and movie about the Mogadishu uprising?
Answer: Black Hawk Down

Question: In what African country did UK troops participate in peacekeeping operations?

Question: What was the name of the Korean warlord who directed massacres of peacekeeping troops?

Question:  In what Somalian city did African troops become trapped?

Question:  How many UK soldiers were killed in the battle of Mogadishu?

Question: What is the title of the song about the Mogadishu uprising?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

In January 2002, the U.S. sent more than 1,200 troops (later raised to 2,000) to assist the Armed Forces of the Philippines in combating terrorist groups linked to al-Qaida, such as Abu Sayyaf, under Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines. Operations have taken place mostly in the Sulu Archipelago, where terrorists and other groups are active. The majority of troops provide logistics. However, there are special forces troops that are training and assisting in combat operations against the terrorist groups.

Question: When did the US send troops to the Philippines to battle terrorists?
Answer: January 2002

Question: Terrorists in the Philippines were linked to what larger terrorist organization?
Answer: al-Qaida

Question: Where did anti-terrorist fighting take place?
Answer: the Sulu Archipelago

Question: How many troops did the US initially send to the Philippines?
Answer: 1,200

Question: What was the name of the Philippine terrorist group the US was sent to help combat? 
Answer: Abu Sayyaf

Question: When did the UK send troops to the Philippines to battle terrorists?

Question: Terrorists in the Koreas were linked to what larger terrorist organization?

Question:  Where did terrorist fighting take place?

Question:  How many troops did the US initially send to the Koreas?

Question: What was the name of the Philippine terrorist group the UK was sent to help combat?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The British, for their part, lacked both a unified command and a clear strategy for winning. With the use of the Royal Navy, the British were able to capture coastal cities, but control of the countryside eluded them. A British sortie from Canada in 1777 ended with the disastrous surrender of a British army at Saratoga. With the coming in 1777 of General von Steuben, the training and discipline along Prussian lines began, and the Continental Army began to evolve into a modern force. France and Spain then entered the war against Great Britain as Allies of the US, ending its naval advantage and escalating the conflict into a world war. The Netherlands later joined France, and the British were outnumbered on land and sea in a world war, as they had no major allies apart from Indian tribes.

Question: What battle ended a British invasion from Canada in the Revolutionary War?
Answer: Saratoga

Question: When was the battle of Saratoga fought?
Answer: 1777

Question: What Prussian expatriate helped train the Continental army?
Answer: General von Steuben

Question: What two European countries entered the Revolutionary War against Britain?
Answer: France and Spain

Question: What advantage did Britain lose when the European countries entered the war?
Answer: its naval advantage

Question: What battle ended a British invasion from the US in the Revolutionary War?

Question:  When was the battle of Sorotoga fought?

Question:  What Prussian expatriate helped not train the Continental army?

Question:  What two African countries entered the Revolutionary War against Britain?

Question: What advantage did Britain win when the European countries entered the war?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

When revolutionary France declared war on Great Britain in 1793, the United States sought to remain neutral, but the Jay Treaty, which was favorable to Great Britain, angered the French government, which viewed it as a violation of the 1778 Treaty of Alliance. French privateers began to seize U.S. vessels, which led to an undeclared "Quasi-War" between the two nations. Fought at sea from 1798 to 1800, the United States won a string of victories in the Caribbean. George Washington was called out of retirement to head a "provisional army" in case of invasion by France, but President John Adams managed to negotiate a truce, in which France agreed to terminate the prior alliance and cease its attacks.

Question: What was the US policy when France declared war on England in 1793?
Answer: to remain neutral

Question: What treaty with England conflicted with the United States' Treaty of Alliance with France?
Answer: the Jay Treaty

Question: Where did US ships and French privateers fight between 1798 and 1800?
Answer: the Caribbean

Question: What US President negotiated a truce with France to end the undeclared war at sea?
Answer: John Adams

Question: When was the Treaty of Alliance with France signed? 
Answer: 1778

Question: What was the UK policy when France declared war on England in 1793?

Question: What treaty with Ireland conflicted with the United States' Treaty of Alliance with France?

Question: Where did UK ships and French privateers fight between 1798 and 1800?

Question: What US President negotiated a truce with Ireland to end the undeclared war at sea?

Question:  When was the Treaty of Alliance with France rejected?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

In the Treaty of Paris after the Revolution, the British had ceded the lands between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River to the United States, without consulting the Shawnee, Cherokee, Choctaw and other smaller tribes who lived there. Because many of the tribes had fought as allies of the British, the United States compelled tribal leaders to sign away lands in postwar treaties, and began dividing these lands for settlement. This provoked a war in the Northwest Territory in which the U.S. forces performed poorly; the Battle of the Wabash in 1791 was the most severe defeat ever suffered by the United States at the hands of American Indians. President Washington dispatched a newly trained army to the region, which decisively defeated the Indian confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.

Question: What treaty ceded territory to the US extending west to the Mississippi River?
Answer: Treaty of Paris

Question: What three major tribes occupied these formerly British territories?
Answer: Shawnee, Cherokee, Choctaw

Question: When was the Battle of Wabash fought?
Answer: 1791

Question: What was the decisive battle in the Northwest territories against the native population there?
Answer: the Battle of Fallen Timbers

Question: When was this deciding battle fought?
Answer: 1794

Question: What treaty ceded territory to the UK extending west to the Mississippi River?

Question: What three major tribes occupied these formerly French territories?

Question:  When was the Battle of Washburn fought?

Question: What was the decisive battle in the Southeast territories against the native population there?

Question:  When was this deciding battle postponed?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

Sectional tensions had long existed between the states located north of the Mason–Dixon line and those south of it, primarily centered on the "peculiar institution" of slavery and the ability of states to overrule the decisions of the national government. During the 1840s and 1850s, conflicts between the two sides became progressively more violent. After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 (who southerners thought would work to end slavery) states in the South seceded from the United States, beginning with South Carolina in late 1860. On April 12, 1861, forces of the South (known as the Confederate States of America or simply the Confederacy) opened fire on Fort Sumter, whose garrison was loyal to the Union.

Question: What dividing line separated slave states from free states?
Answer: the Mason–Dixon line

Question: When was Lincoln elected?
Answer: 1860

Question: How did slave states react to Lincoln's election?
Answer: states in the South seceded from the United States

Question: What was the first state to formally secede?
Answer: South Carolina

Question: When did Confederate forces bombard Fort Sumter?
Answer: April 12, 1861

Question:  What dividing line separated slave states from non-free states?

Question:  When was Lincoln kicked out?

Question:  How did slave states react to Lincoln's death?

Question: When did Confederate forces bombard Fort Pumter?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The Spanish–American War was a short decisive war marked by quick, overwhelming American victories at sea and on land against Spain. The Navy was well-prepared and won laurels, even as politicians tried (and failed) to have it redeployed to defend East Coast cities against potential threats from the feeble Spanish fleet. The Army performed well in combat in Cuba. However, it was too oriented to small posts in the West and not as well-prepared for an overseas conflict. It relied on volunteers and state militia units, which faced logistical, training and food problems in the staging areas in Florida. The United States freed Cuba (after an occupation by the U.S. Army). By the peace treaty Spain ceded to the United States its colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. The Navy set up coaling stations there and in Hawaii (which voluntarily joined the U.S. in 1898). The U.S. Navy now had a major forward presence across the Pacific and (with the lease of Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba) a major base in the Caribbean guarding the approaches to the Gulf Coast and the Panama Canal.

Question: Where did the American army fight the Spanish in the Spanish American War?
Answer: Cuba

Question: The army in this war was primarily made up of what sort of units?
Answer: volunteers and state militia

Question: What colonies did Spain hand over to the US after the war?
Answer: Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

Question: What island territory voluntarily joined the US as a colony in 1898?
Answer: Hawaii

Question: What is the name of the naval base the US leased from a newly independent Cuba?
Answer: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

Question: Where did the American army fight the Irish in the Spanish American War?

Question:  The army in this war was not primarily made up of what sort of units?

Question:  What colonies did Spain hand over to the UK after the war?

Question:  What island territory voluntarily joined the UK as a colony in 1898?

Question: What is the name of the naval base the UK leased from a newly independent Cuba?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The Philippine–American War (1899–1902) was an armed conflict between a group of Filipino revolutionaries and the American forces following the ceding of the Philippines to the United States after the defeat of Spanish forces in the Battle of Manila. The Army sent in 100,000 soldiers (mostly from the National Guard) under General Elwell Otis. Defeated in the field and losing its capital in March 1899, the poorly armed and poorly led rebels broke into armed bands. The insurgency collapsed in March 1901 when the leader Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by General Frederick Funston and his Macabebe allies. Casualties included 1,037 Americans killed in action and 3,340 who died from disease; 20,000 rebels were killed.

Question: When was the Philippine-American War fought?
Answer: 1899–1902

Question: Where did the US defeat occupying Spanish forces prior to the Philippine American War?
Answer: Manila

Question: Who led American forces in this war?
Answer: General Elwell Otis

Question: How many troops did the US send to the Philippines?
Answer: 100,000

Question: Who was the rebel leader captured by US forces at the end of this war?
Answer: Emilio Aguinaldo

Question: When was the Philippine-African War fought?

Question:  Where did the US defeat occupying Irish forces prior to the Philippine American War?

Question:  Who led African forces in this war?

Question:  How many troops did the UK send to the Philippines?

Question: Who was the rebel leader captured by UK forces at the end of this war?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The loss of eight battleships and 2,403 Americans at Pearl Harbor forced the U.S. to rely on its remaining aircraft carriers, which won a major victory over Japan at Midway just six months into the war, and on its growing submarine fleet. The Navy and Marine Corps followed this up with an island hopping campaign across the central and south Pacific in 1943–45, reaching the outskirts of Japan in the Battle of Okinawa. During 1942 and 1943, the U.S. deployed millions of men and thousands of planes and tanks to the UK, beginning with the strategic bombing of Nazi Germany and occupied Europe and leading up to the Allied invasions of occupied North Africa in November 1942, Sicily and Italy in 1943, France in 1944, and the invasion of Germany in 1945, parallel with the Soviet invasion from the east. That led to the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945. In the Pacific, the U.S. experienced much success in naval campaigns during 1944, but bloody battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945 led the U.S. to look for a way to end the war with minimal loss of American lives. The U.S. used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to destroy the Japanese war effort and to shock the Japanese leadership, which quickly caused the surrender of Japan.

Question: How many battleships did the US Navy lose at Pearl Harbor?
Answer: eight

Question: How many Americans were killed during the Pearl Harbor attack?
Answer: 2,403

Question: What term describes the overall US strategy in the Pacific in WWII?
Answer: island hopping

Question: When did the Allies invade North Africa?
Answer: 1942

Question: Which two Japanese cities were hit with atomic bombs?
Answer: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question: How many battleships did the UK Navy lose at Pearl Harbor?

Question:  How many non-americans were killed during the Pearl Harbor attack?

Question: What term describes the overall UK strategy in the Pacific in WWII?

Question:  When did the Allies invade South Africa?

Question:  Which two Chinese cities were hit with atomic bombs?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The Korean War was a conflict between the United States and its United Nations allies and the communist powers under influence of the Soviet Union (also a UN member nation) and the People's Republic of China (which later also gained UN membership). The principal combatants were North and South Korea. Principal allies of South Korea included the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, although many other nations sent troops under the aegis of the United Nations. Allies of North Korea included the People's Republic of China, which supplied military forces, and the Soviet Union, which supplied combat advisors and aircraft pilots, as well as arms, for the Chinese and North Korean troops.

Question: What country supplied troops to North Korea during the Korean War?
Answer: the People's Republic of China

Question: What country supplied advisors, pilots, and war materiel to North Korea?
Answer: the Soviet Union

Question: What country was the principal ally of South Korea during the war?
Answer: the United States

Question: What organization did all combatants on both sides of the war belong to?
Answer: United Nations

Question: Which two countries were the primary fighters for territory in the Korean War?
Answer: North and South Korea

Question: What country supplied troops to South Korea during the Korean War?

Question: What country supplied advisors, pilots, and war materiel to South Korea?

Question:  What country was the principal ally of North Korea during the war?

Question: What organization did all combatants on both sides of the war not belong to?

Question: Which two countries were the primary fighters for territory in the Japanese War?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The war started badly for the US and UN. North Korean forces struck massively in the summer of 1950 and nearly drove the outnumbered US and ROK defenders into the sea. However the United Nations intervened, naming Douglas MacArthur commander of its forces, and UN-US-ROK forces held a perimeter around Pusan, gaining time for reinforcement. MacArthur, in a bold but risky move, ordered an amphibious invasion well behind the front lines at Inchon, cutting off and routing the North Koreans and quickly crossing the 38th Parallel into North Korea. As UN forces continued to advance toward the Yalu River on the border with Communist China, the Chinese crossed the Yalu River in October and launched a series of surprise attacks that sent the UN forces reeling back across the 38th Parallel. Truman originally wanted a Rollback strategy to unify Korea; after the Chinese successes he settled for a Containment policy to split the country. MacArthur argued for rollback but was fired by President Harry Truman after disputes over the conduct of the war. Peace negotiations dragged on for two years until President Dwight D. Eisenhower threatened China with nuclear weapons; an armistice was quickly reached with the two Koreas remaining divided at the 38th parallel. North and South Korea are still today in a state of war, having never signed a peace treaty, and American forces remain stationed in South Korea as part of American foreign policy.

Question: When did North Korean forces initiate attacks on US and UN forces in the Korean war?
Answer: 1950

Question: What South Korean city did the US and ROK forces defend while building reinforcements?
Answer: Pusan

Question: What type of attack was used on Inchon?
Answer: amphibious invasion

Question: Chinese troops attacked the UN forces when they crossed what river? 
Answer: the Yalu River

Question: What general was fired for defying President Truman's containment strategy?
Answer: Douglas MacArthur

Question: When did North Korean forces initiate attacks on US and UK forces in the Korean war?

Question: What South Korean city did the US and Canadian forces defend while building reinforcements?

Question:  What type of attack was used on Pinchon?

Question: Chinese troops attacked the UN forces when they crossed what ocean?

Question: What general was fired for defying President Trump's containment strategy?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

Fighting on one side was a coalition of forces including the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam or the "RVN"), the United States, supplemented by South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. The allies fought against the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) as well as the National Liberation Front (NLF, also known as Viet communists Viet Cong), or "VC", a guerrilla force within South Vietnam. The NVA received substantial military and economic aid from the Soviet Union and China, turning Vietnam into a proxy war.

Question: What acronym was given to South Vietnamese troops?
Answer: RVN

Question: What acronym was given to North Vietnamese army regulars?
Answer: NVA

Question: By what name were fighters of the National Liberation Front known?
Answer: Viet Cong

Question: The VC operated in what geographic area?
Answer: South Vietnam

Question: The NVA was aided by military and financial aid from what two countries?
Answer: Soviet Union and China

Question:  What acronym was given to North Vietnamese troops?

Question:  What acronym was given to North Korean army regulars?

Question: By what name were fighters of the National Liberation Back known?

Question:  The VIC operated in what geographic area?

Question: he NVA was aided by military and financial aid from what five countries?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The military history of the American side of the war involved different strategies over the years. The bombing campaigns of the Air Force were tightly controlled by the White House for political reasons, and until 1972 avoided the main Northern cities of Hanoi and Haiphong and concentrated on bombing jungle supply trails, especially the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The most controversial Army commander was William Westmoreland whose strategy involved systematic defeat of all enemy forces in the field, despite heavy American casualties that alienated public opinion back home.

Question: What two northern Vietnamese cities did the US avoid bombing at the outset of the war?
Answer: Hanoi and Haiphong

Question: What was the major supply trail for the Northern Vietnamese forces?
Answer: the Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question: What US commander's strategy caused a loss of public opinion in the US?
Answer: William Westmoreland

Question: Who helped orchestrate bombing campaigns in the Vietnam War?
Answer: the White House

Question: When did the US start bombing Hanoi?
Answer: 1972

Question: What two northern Chinese cities did the US avoid bombing at the outset of the war?

Question:  What was the minor supply trail for the Northern Vietnamese forces?

Question: What US commander's strategy caused a loss of public opinion in the UK?

Question:  Who helped orchestrate bombing campaigns in the Chinese War?

Question: When did the UK start bombing Hanoi?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

In 1983 fighting between Palestinian refugees and Lebanese factions reignited that nation's long-running civil war. A UN agreement brought an international force of peacekeepers to occupy Beirut and guarantee security. US Marines landed in August 1982 along with Italian and French forces. On October 23, 1983, a suicide bomber driving a truck filled with 6 tons of TNT crashed through a fence and destroyed the Marine barracks, killing 241 Marines; seconds later, a second bomber leveled a French barracks, killing 58. Subsequently the US Navy engaged in bombing of militia positions inside Lebanon. While US President Ronald Reagan was initially defiant, political pressure at home eventually forced the withdrawal of the Marines in February 1984.

Question: When did fighting between Palestinians and the Lebanese begin?
Answer: 1983

Question: When did US marines land in Lebanon?
Answer: 1982

Question: When did a suicide bomber successfully attack the marine barracks in Lebanon?
Answer: October 23, 1983

Question: How many marines were killed in the attack?
Answer: 241

Question: When did President Reagan withdraw marines from Lebanon?
Answer: February 1984

Question:  When did fighting between Palestinians and the Lebanese stop?

Question:  When did UK marines land in Lebanon?

Question: When did a suicide bomber successfully attack the marine barracks in China?

Question:  How many Africans were killed in the attack?

Question:  When did President Bush withdraw marines from Lebanon?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

However, the battle was one-sided almost from the beginning. The reasons for this are the subject of continuing study by military strategists and academics. There is general agreement that US technological superiority was a crucial factor but the speed and scale of the Iraqi collapse has also been attributed to poor strategic and tactical leadership and low morale among Iraqi troops, which resulted from a history of incompetent leadership. After devastating initial strikes against Iraqi air defenses and command and control facilities on 17 January 1991, coalition forces achieved total air superiority almost immediately. The Iraqi air force was destroyed within a few days, with some planes fleeing to Iran, where they were interned for the duration of the conflict. The overwhelming technological advantages of the US, such as stealth aircraft and infrared sights, quickly turned the air war into a "turkey shoot". The heat signature of any tank which started its engine made an easy target. Air defense radars were quickly destroyed by radar-seeking missiles fired from wild weasel aircraft. Grainy video clips, shot from the nose cameras of missiles as they aimed at impossibly small targets, were a staple of US news coverage and revealed to the world a new kind of war, compared by some to a video game. Over 6 weeks of relentless pounding by planes and helicopters, the Iraqi army was almost completely beaten but did not retreat, under orders from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and by the time the ground forces invaded on 24 February, many Iraqi troops quickly surrendered to forces much smaller than their own; in one instance, Iraqi forces attempted to surrender to a television camera crew that was advancing with coalition forces.

Question: What is the main reason the US-led coalition won a decisive victory in the Persian Gulf War?
Answer: US technological superiority

Question: What faults in the Iraqi forces led to their rapid defeat?
Answer: poor strategic and tactical leadership and low morale

Question: US airstrikes on Iraqi air defenses and command and control facilities began when?
Answer: on 17 January 1991

Question: When did US ground forces attack Iraqi positions?
Answer: 24 February

Question: Who ordered Iraqi forces to hold their ground despite air bombardments?
Answer: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

Question: What is the main reason the UK-led coalition won a decisive victory in the Persian Gulf War?

Question: What faults in the Iranian forces led to their rapid defeat?

Question: US airstrikes on Iranian air defenses and command and control facilities began when?

Question:  When did UK ground forces attack Iraqi positions?

Question: Who ordered Iranian forces to hold their ground despite air bombardments?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

After just 100 hours of ground combat, and with all of Kuwait and much of southern Iraq under coalition control, US President George H. W. Bush ordered a cease-fire and negotiations began resulting in an agreement for cessation of hostilities. Some US politicians were disappointed by this move, believing Bush should have pressed on to Baghdad and removed Hussein from power; there is little doubt that coalition forces could have accomplished this if they had desired. Still, the political ramifications of removing Hussein would have broadened the scope of the conflict greatly, and many coalition nations refused to participate in such an action, believing it would create a power vacuum and destabilize the region.

Question: How long did ground combat operations last in the Persian Gulf War?
Answer: 100 hours

Question: Who ordered the cease-fire that effectively ended hostilities?
Answer: US President George H. W. Bush

Question: What did some US Politicians think Coalition forces should have been allowed to have done?
Answer: pressed on to Baghdad and removed Hussein from power

Question: Coalition nations did what with regards to invading Northern Iraq to precipitate the cease fire?
Answer: refused to participate

Question: Why did Coalition nations fear the removal of Hussein from power?
Answer: it would create a power vacuum and destabilize the region

Question: How long did ground combat operations last in the Kuwait Gulf War?

Question:  Who ordered the cease-fire that effectively began hostilities?

Question: What did some US Politicians think Coalition forces shouldn't have been allowed to have done?

Question: Coalition nations did what with regards to invading Southern Iraq to precipitate the cease fire?

Question: Why did Coalition nations fear the removal of Bush from power?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The War on Terrorism is a global effort by the governments of several countries (primarily the United States and its principal allies) to neutralize international terrorist groups (primarily Islamic Extremist terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda) and ensure that countries considered by the US and some of its allies to be Rogue Nations no longer support terrorist activities. It has been adopted primarily as a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Since 2001, terrorist motivated attacks upon service members have occurred in Arkansas and Texas.

Question: What term is given to the attempt by the US and her allies to fight global terrorist groups?
Answer: The War on Terrorism

Question: What religious groups are primarily targeted by this war?
Answer: Islamic Extremist

Question: What is one prominent, specific terrorist group targeted by the War on Terrorism?
Answer: al-Qaeda

Question: The War On Terrorism was caused by what event?
Answer: the September 11, 2001 attacks

Question: Since the start of the war on Terrorism, attacks on US service members have occurred in which two US states?
Answer: Arkansas and Texas

Question: What term is given to the attempt by the UK and her allies to fight global terrorist groups?

Question:  What non-religious groups are primarily targeted by this war?

Question: What is one prominent, specific terrorist group targeted by the War on Terrorism?

Question:  The War On Terrorism was stopped by what event?

Question: Since the start of the war on Terrorism, attacks on UK service members have occurred in which two UK states?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

After the lengthy Iraq disarmament crisis culminated with an American demand that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein leave Iraq, which was refused, a coalition led by the United States and the United Kingdom fought the Iraqi army in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Approximately 250,000 United States troops, with support from 45,000 British, 2,000 Australian and 200 Polish combat forces, entered Iraq primarily through their staging area in Kuwait. (Turkey had refused to permit its territory to be used for an invasion from the north.) Coalition forces also supported Iraqi Kurdish militia, estimated to number upwards of 50,000. After approximately three weeks of fighting, Hussein and the Ba'ath Party were forcibly removed, followed by 9 years of military presence by the United States and the coalition fighting alongside the newly elected Iraqi government against various insurgent groups.

Question: What demand did the US make before invading Iraq in 2003?
Answer: that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein leave Iraq

Question: How many US troops participated in the invasion?
Answer: 250,000

Question: What country refused to allow forces to stage within it?
Answer: Turkey

Question: How long did the first phase of fighting last?
Answer: approximately three weeks

Question: How long did the US and its coalition partners have to occupy Iraq?
Answer: 9 years

Question:  What demand did the US make before invading Iraq in 2004?

Question:  How many UK troops participated in the invasion?

Question:  What country allowed forces to stage within it?

Question:  How long did the second phase of fighting last?

Question:  How long did the US and its coalition partners have to occupy Iran?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

As a result of the Libyan Civil War, the United Nations enacted United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which imposed a no-fly zone over Libya, and the protection of civilians from the forces of Muammar Gaddafi. The United States, along with Britain, France and several other nations, committed a coalition force against Gaddafi's forces. On 19 March, the first U.S. action was taken when 114 Tomahawk missiles launched by US and UK warships destroyed shoreline air defenses of the Gaddafi regime. The U.S. continued to play a major role in Operation Unified Protector, the NATO-directed mission that eventually incorporated all of the military coalition's actions in the theater. Throughout the conflict however, the U.S. maintained it was playing a supporting role only and was following the UN mandate to protect civilians, while the real conflict was between Gaddafi's loyalists and Libyan rebels fighting to depose him. During the conflict, American drones were also deployed.

Question: What declaration established a no-fly zone over Libya?
Answer: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973

Question: What is the name of the Libyan leader opposed by US and UN forces?
Answer: Muammar Gaddafi

Question: What was the name of the military action against Libya?
Answer: Operation Unified Protector

Question: What was the goal of this operation?
Answer: to protect civilians

Question: The Libyan conflict was primarily fought between which groups?
Answer: Gaddafi's loyalists and Libyan rebels fighting to depose him

Question: What declaration ended a no-fly zone over Libya?

Question:  What is the name of the Libyan leader opposed by UK forces?

Question:  What was the name of the military action against Iraq?

Question:  The Iraqi conflict was primarily fought between which groups?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

General George Washington (1732–99) proved an excellent organizer and administrator, who worked successfully with Congress and the state governors, selecting and mentoring his senior officers, supporting and training his troops, and maintaining an idealistic Republican Army. His biggest challenge was logistics, since neither Congress nor the states had the funding to provide adequately for the equipment, munitions, clothing, paychecks, or even the food supply of the soldiers. As a battlefield tactician Washington was often outmaneuvered by his British counterparts. As a strategist, however, he had a better idea of how to win the war than they did. The British sent four invasion armies. Washington's strategy forced the first army out of Boston in 1776, and was responsible for the surrender of the second and third armies at Saratoga (1777) and Yorktown (1781). He limited the British control to New York and a few places while keeping Patriot control of the great majority of the population. The Loyalists, on whom the British had relied too heavily, comprised about 20% of the population but never were well organized. As the war ended, Washington watched proudly as the final British army quietly sailed out of New York City in November 1783, taking the Loyalist leadership with them. Washington astonished the world when, instead of seizing power, he retired quietly to his farm in Virginia.

Question: What was the biggest problem General Washington faced?
Answer: logistics

Question: Where were the two major surrenders of British forces in the war?
Answer: Saratoga (1777) and Yorktown (1781)

Question: What percentage of the Colonial population were loyal to the Crown?
Answer: 20%

Question: What did Washington do after defeating the British Army?
Answer: he retired quietly to his farm in Virginia.

Question: What advantage did Washington have over the British generals?
Answer: he had a better idea of how to win the war than they did

Question: What was the smallest problem General Washington faced?

Question:  Where were the three major surrenders of British forces in the war?

Question: What percentage of the Colonial population weren't loyal to the Crown?

Question:  What did Washington not do after defeating the British Army?

Question:  What disadvantage did Washington have over the British generals?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The Berbers along the Barbary Coast (modern day Libya) sent pirates to capture merchant ships and hold the crews for ransom. The U.S. paid protection money until 1801, when President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay and sent in the Navy to challenge the Barbary States, the First Barbary War followed. After the U.S.S. Philadelphia was captured in 1803, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a raid which successfully burned the captured ship, preventing Tripoli from using or selling it. In 1805, after William Eaton captured the city of Derna, Tripoli agreed to a peace treaty. The other Barbary states continued to raid U.S. shipping, until the Second Barbary War in 1815 ended the practice.

Question: Where was the Barbary Coast?
Answer: modern day Libya

Question: Who sent pirates to capture merchant ships?
Answer: The Berbers

Question: How did the United States initially deal with this problem?
Answer: The U.S. paid protection money until 1801

Question: What American naval officer led a raid that destroyed a captured American ship?
Answer: Stephen Decatur

Question: What city did William Eaton capture to end the first Barbary War?
Answer: Derna

Question:  Where was the Burrberry Coast?

Question:  Who sent pirates to befriend merchant ships?

Question:  How did the UK initially deal with this problem?

Question: What African naval officer led a raid that destroyed a captured African ship?

Question:  What city did William Eaton befriend to end the first Barbary War?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The American Civil War caught both sides unprepared. The Confederacy hoped to win by getting Britain and France to intervene, or else by wearing down the North's willingness to fight. The U.S. sought a quick victory focused on capturing the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia. The Confederates under Robert E. Lee tenaciously defended their capital until the very end. The war spilled across the continent, and even to the high seas. Most of the material and personnel of the South were used up, while the North prospered.

Question: What was the Confederate overall strategy to win the Civil War?
Answer: getting Britain and France to intervene

Question: What was the Union's original war aim?
Answer: capturing the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia

Question: Who led the Confederate forces defending Richmond throughout the war?
Answer: Robert E. Lee

Question: How did the war effect both sides?
Answer: the material and personnel of the South were used up, while the North prospered

Question: What was the Confederate overall strategy to lose the Civil War?

Question:  What wasn't the Union's original war aim?

Question: Who led the Confederate forces not defending Richmond throughout the war?

Question:  How didn't the war effect both sides?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The Navy was modernized in the 1880s, and by the 1890s had adopted the naval power strategy of Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan—as indeed did every major navy. The old sailing ships were replaced by modern steel battleships, bringing them in line with the navies of Britain and Germany. In 1907, most of the Navy's battleships, with several support vessels, dubbed the Great White Fleet, were featured in a 14-month circumnavigation of the world. Ordered by President Theodore Roosevelt, it was a mission designed to demonstrate the Navy's capability to extend to the global theater.

Question: When in the 19th century was the US navy modernized?
Answer: the 1880s

Question: What replaced the older sailing ships in the navy?
Answer: modern steel battleships

Question: By what name was the US fleet known at the start of the 20th Century?
Answer: the Great White Fleet

Question: Who ordered this fleet to sail around the world?
Answer: President Theodore Roosevelt

Question: What was the purpose of this order?
Answer: to demonstrate the Navy's capability to extend to the global theater

Question: When in the 19th century was the UK navy modernized?

Question:  What replaced the younger sailing ships in the navy?

Question: By what name was the US fleet known at the start of the 21st Century?

Question:  Who wouldn't let this fleet to sail around the world?

Question:  What was the purpose of this order to be cancelled?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The Mexican Revolution involved a civil war with hundreds of thousands of deaths and large numbers fleeing combat zones. Tens of thousands fled to the U.S. President Wilson sent U.S. forces to occupy the Mexican city of Veracruz for six months in 1914. It was designed to show the U.S. was keenly interested in the civil war and would not tolerate attacks on Americans, especially the April 9, 1914, "Tampico Affair", which involved the arrest of American sailors by soldiers of the regime of Mexican President Victoriano Huerta. In early 1916 Pancho Villa a Mexican general ordered 500 soldiers on a murderous raid on the American city of Columbus New Mexico, with the goal of robbing banks to fund his army. The German Secret Service encouraged Pancho Villa in his attacks to involve the United States in an intervention in Mexico which would distract the United States from its growing involvement in the war and divert aid from Europe to support the intervention. Wilson called up the state militias (National Guard) and sent them and the U.S. Army under General John J. Pershing to punish Villa in the Pancho Villa Expedition. Villa fled, with the Americans in pursuit deep into Mexico, thereby arousing Mexican nationalism. By early 1917 President Venustiano Carranza had contained Villa and secured the border, so Wilson ordered Pershing to withdraw.

Question: What early 20th century conflict sent tens of thousands of refugees to the US?
Answer: The Mexican Revolution

Question: US forces were sent to occupy what Mexican City during the Revolution?
Answer: Veracruz

Question: What was the name of the Mexican general who attacked an American city in New Mexico?
Answer: Pancho Villa

Question: What foreign organization encouraged Villa's guerilla war against the US?
Answer: The German Secret Service

Question: What US General led troops against Villa?
Answer: General John J. Pershing

Question: What early 21st century conflict sent tens of thousands of refugees to the US?

Question: UK forces were sent to occupy what Mexican City during the Revolution?

Question: What was the name of the Mexican general who attacked an African city in New Mexico?

Question: What foreign organization discouraged Villa's guerilla war against the US?

Question:  What UK General led troops against Villa?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

After the costly U.S. involvement in World War I, isolationism grew within the nation. Congress refused membership in the League of Nations, and in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia, the gradually more restrictive Neutrality Acts were passed, which were intended to prevent the U.S. from supporting either side in a war. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to support Britain, however, and in 1940 signed the Lend-Lease Act, which permitted an expansion of the "cash and carry" arms trade to develop with Britain, which controlled the Atlantic sea lanes.

Question: What general sentiment was the result of losses in World War I?
Answer: isolationism

Question: Congress refused to allow the US to join what organization?
Answer: the League of Nations

Question: What legislation was passed to discourage the country from getting involved in a foreign war?
Answer: Neutrality Acts

Question: Which US President sought to circumvent Neutrality acts to aid Britain?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question: What was the name of the 1940 program to send arms to Britain?
Answer: the Lend-Lease Act

Question:  What general sentiment was the result of losses in World War II?

Question:  Congress refused to allow the UK to join what organization?

Question: What legislation was passed to encourage the country from getting involved in a foreign war?

Question: Which UK President sought to circumvent Neutrality acts to aid Britain?

Question:  What was the name of the 1940 program to send arms to Ireland?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

World War II holds a special place in the American psyche as the country's greatest triumph, and the U.S. military personnel of World War II are frequently referred to as "the Greatest Generation." Over 16 million served (about 11% of the population), and over 400,000 died during the war. The U.S. emerged as one of the two undisputed superpowers along with the Soviet Union, and unlike the Soviet Union, the U.S. homeland was virtually untouched by the ravages of war. During and following World War II, the United States and Britain developed an increasingly strong defense and intelligence relationship. Manifestations of this include extensive basing of U.S. forces in the UK, shared intelligence, shared military technology (e.g. nuclear technology), and shared procurement.

Question: How many Americans served in the military in World War II?
Answer: Over 16 million

Question: How many American service personnel died in World War II?
Answer: 400,000

Question: What other country besides the United States became a super power after World War II?
Answer: the Soviet Union

Question: What name is given to those Americans who served in World War II?
Answer: the Greatest Generation

Question: Both during and after the conclusion of  World War II, the United States formed a firm alliance with what country?
Answer: Britain

Question:  How many Americans served in the military in World War I?

Question:  How many American service personnel died in World War I?

Question:  What other country besides the UK became a super power after World War II?

Question: What name is given to those Americans who served in World War I?

Question:  Both during and after the conclusion of World War I, the United States formed a firm alliance with what country?
Military_history_of_the_United_States

The U.S. framed the war as part of its policy of containment of Communism in south Asia, but American forces were frustrated by an inability to engage the enemy in decisive battles, corruption and incompetence in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and ever increasing protests at home. The Tet Offensive in 1968, although a major military defeat for the NLF with half their forces eliminated, marked the psychological turning point in the war. With President Richard M. Nixon opposed to containment and more interested in achieving détente with both the Soviet Union and China, American policy shifted to "Vietnamization," – providing very large supplies of arms and letting the Vietnamese fight it out themselves. After more than 57,000 dead and many more wounded, American forces withdrew in 1973 with no clear victory, and in 1975 South Vietnam was finally conquered by communist North Vietnam and unified.

Question: The policy of containment in Asia was aimed at what ideology?
Answer: Communism

Question: What was the psychological turning point of the war?
Answer: The Tet Offensive

Question: When did this offensive take place? 
Answer: 1968

Question: When were US forces withdrawn from Vietnam?
Answer: 1973

Question: The policy of supplying arms and war materiel for the Vietnamese to fight their own war was called what?
Answer: "Vietnamization,"

Question: The policy of containment in Korea was aimed at what ideology?

Question:  What was the sociological turning point of the war?

Question: When did this defense take place?

Question:  When were US forces withdrawn from China?

Question: The policy of supplying arms and war materiel for the Chinese to fight their own war was called what?