North America 1916: Pancho Villa Expedition
 
	
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								11 Aug 1898 Spanish-American War
							
						
							
								23 May 1900 Thousand Days' War
							
						
							
								4 May 1904 Panamian Rebellion
							
						
							
								14 Apr 1907 Nicaragua–Honduras War
							
						
							
								16 Dec 1907 Great White Fleet
							
						
							
								25 May 1911 Mexican Revolution
							
						
							
								29 Jan 1914 Banana Wars
							
						
							
								20 Aug 1914 Occupation of Veracruz
							
						
							
								11 Apr 1916 Pancho Villa Expedition
							
						
							
								6 Apr 1917 United States Enters the Great War
							
						
							
								28 Jun 1919 Treaty of Versailles
							
						
							
								12 Nov 1921 Washington Naval Conference
							
						
							
								29 Oct 1929 Wall Street Crash
							
						
							
								15 Aug 1934 Great Depression
							
						
					
				The coalition that had deposed Huerta collapsed soon after taking Mexico City. A year of fighting followed, in which the once powerful general "Pancho" Villa was defeated and reduced to fighting a guerrilla campaign in the north. In 1916, he crossed the border and raided New Mexico. In response, the US sent a punitive expedition south under General Pershing in an ultimately futile and unpopular effort to hunt Villa down.