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Outbreak of the Malayan Emergency (from 1947)
1965
5 April
Cancellation of TSR-2 low level bomber project by Labour government (UK)
1966
Outbreak of armed struggle in Namibia between South African forces and the SWAPO independence movement (to 1990)
1967
Introduction of MIG-25 Foxbat (Russia)
1970
Death of Sir Basil Henry Liddell-Hart, (1895-1970)
1976
February
A-10 (Warthog) entered active service.
1980
22 September 1980
Iraq attacks Iran, triggering Iran-Iraq War (to 1988)
1982
25 March
Argentinea troops occupy South Georgia island, the first step towards the Falklands War.
2 April
Argentinean troops land on the Falkland Islands.
21 May
British troops begin to land on the Falkland Islands.
14 June
Argentine surrender ends the Falklands War
1984
Iraq attacks Iranian oil tankers, starting the Tanker War (to 1988)
1988
8 August
Ceasefire agreed in Namibia (war since 1966), leading to independence in 1990
20 August
Iran agrees to UN brokered ceasefire ending Iran-Iraq War (from 1980)
also ending the Tanker War (from 1984)
1990
21 March
Final independece of Namibia ends twenty four years of war
2 August
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, leading to Gulf War (1991)
1991
17 January
Start of the Air campaign in the Gulf War
24 February
launch of land war in the Gulf War, resulting after 100 hours in the defeat of the Iraqi forces in Kuwait.
1995
20 March
Tokyo Subway gas attack by Aum Shinrikyo Cult
kills 12
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