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    Operation Duke Fortitude (April 2004)

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    Members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division launched Operation Duke Fortitude in Fallujah amid a wave of violence in the city. The operation was designed to capture or kill elements of the Madhi army and Muqtada Al-Sadr.
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    1862: The Confederates abandon the city of Corinth.

    1864: Confederates attack at Bethesda Church, Virginia.

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    1902: The Boer War ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging.

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