User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/January 12

January 12

 * 1940 - World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland.
 * 1942 - President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
 * 1945 - World War II: The Soviets begin a large offensive in Eastern Europe against the Nazis.
 * 1970 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.
 * 1991 - Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.