| The first modern era war, World War I introduced new weapons that signaled the end of empires and became the basis for the deadlier evolutionary weapons to be seen in all future conflicts. |
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Considered the "Last Good War", World War II, while one of the most devastating wars in history, was also the driving force for change in politics, technology, medicine and transportation. |
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Declared a "Police Action" by some, make no mistake, the Korean War was an ugly and brutal war fueled by opposing political ideologies with future implications for the entire World. |
| American forces enter into an ongoing 30-year civil war; a guerilla war, with no clear battle lines or combatants and where success is measured, not in feet, but in total body counts. |
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The alliance of convenience between the US and the USSR begins to freeze as World War II winds down into a new reality; The Cold War and battle between Democracy and Communism. |
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The ultimate 'Big Gun' in warfare, the 'Superpowers' scramble to develop, test and in two cases launch Weapons Of Mass Destruction upon an enemy populace during wartime. |
