This day in military history..

Mar 22
1849 Battle of Navara begins
1942 2nd naval Battle of Sirte
1943 U-524 sunk by B-24 south of Madeira. U-665 sunk by RAF Whitley south of Ireland. R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launches ML 1157 and 1212 lost as cargo on SS City of Christchurch that sank after being bombed on the 21st by a FW-200 off Portugal.
1945 R.N. MTB 655 sunk by a mine in the Adriatic.
 
Mar 23
1862 1st Battle of Kernstown
1879 Battle of Topater
1923 USS Iowa sunk as a target.
1939 Slovakia-Hungarian War begins. Lithuania sceedes Memel to Germany
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Loch Assater sunk by mine north of Kinnaird Head
1941 U-551 sunk by R.N. Trawler HMS Visenda south of Iceland
1942 Italian Destroyers Lanciere and Scirocco founder in a severe storm. Japan captures Port Blair, Andaman Islands.
1943 Italian sub Delphino sunk in a collision off Sicily. USN LCT-315 sunk by an explosion at Eniwetok
1944 U-575 sunk by 1 R.N. & 3 US ships, plus aircraft from USS Bogue, and RAF Wellington & an RAF B-17. I-42 sunk by sub USS Tunny off Pallau. USN Patrol Boat YP-331 founders in a storm off Key West
1945 R.N. MTB-705 sunk by a mine in the Adriatic. KM Battleship Gneisenau scuttled as a blockship in Gydynia Harbor, scrapped post War. Patrol Boat V-2022 sunk in the Kattegat. RO-41 sunk by Destroyer USS Haggard.
2003 Battle of Nisiriyah begins
 
Mar 24
1862 Siege of Ft. Macon, N.C. begins
1878 Frigate HMS Eurydice sinks off the Isle of Wight with a loss of 317 of 319 onboard
1940 French Destroyer La Railleuse sunk by accidental explosion of own torpedoes off Casablanca
1941 Armed Yacht HMS Wilna bombed/sunk in The Solent
1942 U-655 rammed/sunk by Minesweeper HMS Sharpshooter north of Norway. Destroyer Escort HMS Southwold sunk by mine off Valletta. Soviet Aux. Minelayer Sulla sunk by KM warships off Bear Island, Norway
1944 The Great Escape, 76 POWs escape from Luft Stalag III. I-36 sunk by 3 USN ships south of Wotje
1945 KM Patrol Ship UJ-1435 bombed/sunk at Egersund. Torpedo Boat Tomozuru, Coast Defence Frigate CD-68, Aux Minesweepers Seki Maru, Shonan Maru and Chitose Maru bombed/sunk east of Shanghai
1999 NATO begins air attacks on Yugoslavia
 
Mar 25
1863 C.S. field artillery sinks Ram USS Lancaster and damages Ram USS Switzerland in Black Bayou.
1864 Battle of Paducah
1865 Battle of Ft. Stedman
1918 Ens. John McNamara makes US Naval Aviation's 1st attack on an enemy sub.
1941 Yugoslavia joins the Axis
1943 U-432 sunk by RAF B-17 south of Iceland
1944 U-976 sunk by 2 RAF Mosquitos in the Bay of Biscay. IJN Sub Chaser CH-54 sunk by USS Pollock off the Nampo Islands
1958 1st flight AVRO Canada Arrow
1971 S. Vietnam invades Laos
 
26th March 1945

My uncle John captured in Java was murdered by Japanese guards on the Sandekan Death March.

Rest in peace uncle John, you won't be forgotten.
 
:salute2: R.I.P.

Mar 26
1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople
1917 1st Battle of Gaza
1941 Cruiser HMS York damaged by Italian explosive MAS boats and beached at Suda Bay. Scuttled May 22. Armed Yacht HMCS Otter burns off Halifax
1942 Destroyer HMS Jaguar sunk by U-652 north-east of Sidi Barrani. Destroyer HMS Legion and sub HMS P-39 bombed/sunk at Valletta, Malta
1943 Free French Naval Trawler Sergent Gouarne sunk by U-755 north of Ceuta
1944 Sub USS Tullibee sunk by circular run of own torpedo
1945 Destroyer USS Halligan damaged by mine, drifts ashore on Tokashiki the next day and is finished off by shore batteries. U-399 sunk by Frigate HMS Duckworth in the English Channell. Wreck of KM Target ship Zahringen refloated and resunk in the entrance to Gotenhafen as a block ship. IJN Sub Chaser CH-34 sunk by Destroyers HMS Vigilant and Virago, and CH-63 sunk by HMS Vigilant east of the Andaman Islands
1966 Operation Jackstand begins
1968 Operation Bold Dragon III
1971 Bangladeshi War of Independance starts
 
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Mar 27
1794 US Navy permanently est., with Congress authorizing the building of 6 Frigates
1809 Battle of Cuidad-Real
1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend
1836 Goliad Massacre
1865 Mobile Campaign: Siege of Spanish Fort(Ft. McDermett) begins
1886 Geronimo surrenders
1899 Battle of the Marilao River
1940 U-21 runs aground off Oldknuppen Island, Norway and is interned until the German conquest of Norway, returned to service.
1941 Yugoslavian Air Force overthrows pro-Axis Govt. Battle of Karen ends.
1942 Q Ship USS Atik sunk with all hands by U-123 off Norfolk, Va. R.F.A. Tanker Svenor sunk by U-105 east of Cape Hatteras. U-587 sunk by 4 R.N. ships south-west of Ireland
1943 Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Escort Carrier HMS Dasher sunk by internal explosion in the Firth of Clyde. U-169 sunk by RAF B-17 south of Ireland. USCG Patrol Boat CG-85006 sunk by internal explosion off Long Island.
1944 R.N. Trawler Maaloy sunk by U-510 off Ceylon. HMS LCI(L)-273 lost, no details. PT-121 and 353 sunk by RAAF aircraft in Bangula Bay, New Britain.
1945 Argentina declares War on the Axis. U-722 sunk by 3 R.N. ships near the Hebrides. U-905 sunk by Frigate HMS Conn in the Minch. IJN Repair ship Odate sunk by USS Trigger off the Ryukus
 
Mar 28
845 Sack of Paris
1794 Battle of Le Cateau
1800 USS Essex rounds Cape Horn becoming the 1st USN ship in the Pacific
1814 USS Essex is captured by HMS Phoebe and Cherub off Valparaiso, Chile
1860 Battle of Waireka
1862 Battle of Glorietta Pass
1863 Gunboat USS Diana captured at Pattersonville, La
1939 Siege of Madrid ends, Spanish Civil War ends
1941 Italian Torpedo Boat Generale Antonio Chinotto sunk by mine west of Cape Gallo, Sicily. Battle of Cape Matapan begins: Italian Cruiser Fiume, and Destroyers Vittorio Alfieri and Giosue Carducci sunk by Battleships Barham, Warspite and Valiant
1942 St. Nazaire Raid: Destroyer HMS Campbeltown, rigged as a foating bomb, rams the Normandie Dock, destroying it with a timed fuze. Shore batteries sink Motor Launches ML 177, 192, 262, 267, 268, 298, 447, 457 and MTB 74. ML 306 is boarded and captured by KM Torpedo Boat Jaguar after the Raid. ML 156, 270, 446 and MGB 214 scuttled due to battle damage and bad weather after the Raid. During the Raid an unidentified KM Flackship scuttles itself after recieving heavy fire from both sides.
1943 U-77 sunk by 2 RAF Hudsons south of Cape Nao
1945 Minesweeper USS Skylark sunk by mine off Okinawa. USS Trigger sunk by Escort ship Mikura, CD-33 and CD-59 off Honshu, in turn Mikura is sunk by USS Threadfin and CD-33 is sunk by USN aircraft. Patrol Boat PB-108 bombed/sunk at Makassar. Minesweeper W-11 bombed/sunk off Celebes.
1951 Battle of Mao Khe ends
 
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Mar 29
1430 Ottomans capture Thesalonica
1461 Battle of Towton
1847 Siege of Veracruz ends
1857 Supoy Mutiny begins
1879 Battle of Kambula
1911 US Army adopts the Colt 1911
1941 Battle of Cape Matapan ends: Italian Cruisers Pola and Zara sunk
1942 KM Destroyer Z-26 sunk by Cruiser HMS Trinidad and Destroyer HMS Eclipse in the Barents Sea.
1944 U-961 sunk by Sloop HMS Starling north of the Faeroes
1945 Last V-1 attack on England. U-1106 sunk by RAF B-24 north-east on the Faeroes. U-1169 sunk by Frigate HMS Duckworth in the English channel off Lizard Point. Frigate HMCS Teme damaged by U-315 off Lands End, declared a constructive total loss. IJN Coast Defence Frigates CD-18 and CD-130 bombed/sunk, and CD-84 sunk by USS Hammerhead, south-east of Tourane, French Indochina
1973 Last US combat troops leave Vietnam
 
Mar 30
598 Siege of Tamis ends
1296 Sack of Berwick-upon-Tweed
1814 Coalition troops occupy Paris
1865 Battle of Five Forks begins
1885 Battle of Kuska
1939 He-100 Fighter sets world speed record of 463.82 MPH.
1942 U-585 sunk by mine north of Murmansk
1943 U-416 sunk by mine off Bornholm, raised, repaired, returned to service
1944 Destroyer HMS Laforey sunk by U-223, and U-233 sunk in turn by 5 R.N. ships north of Palermo. Operation Desecration One: Carrier Raid on Palau: Destroyer Wakatake, Patrol Boat PB-31, Sub Chaser CH-6, Aircraft Transport Goshu Maru, Repair ships Urakame Maru and Akashi Maru, Destroyer Tender Kamakaze Maru are sunk, along with another 30 ships sunk or damaged on the 30-31st.
1945. U-965 sunk by Frigates HMS Conn and Rupert north of Scotland. Bombed and sunk in the following places..Wilhelmshafen: KM Frigate F-6, Minesweeper M-329, U-96,429. Hamburg: U-348, 1167, 2340, 350. Bremen: U-430 and 870
1945 Red Army captures Danzig and invades Austria
1972 NVA Spring Offensive begins
 
Mar 31
1866 Spanish ships bombard Valparaiso, Chile
1899 US captures Malolos, Capital of the 1st Philippine Republic
1921 RAAF Est.
1939 Slovak-Hungarian War ends
1941 Cruiser HMS Bonaventure sunk by Italian sub Ambra south-east of Crete. R.N. Trawler HMS Lord Selborne sunk by mine at the mouth of the Humber. Italian sub Pier Capponi sunk by sub HMS Rorqual south of Stromboli.
1942 Japan captures Christmas Island
1943 R.N. Trawler HMS Caulonia ran aground and sank off Rye Bay
1945 IJN sub I-8 sunk in a running gun battle with Destroyer USS Morrison.
 
Apr 1
1935 German Armed Forces are re-established outside the Treaty of Versailles, and the Wuftwaffe est.
1939 1st flight Japanese Zero
1941 Italian Cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere sunk by sub HMS Urgent off Stromboli. Italian Destroyer Leone strickes uncharted submerged rock & is scuttled off Massawa. British occupy Asmara.
1942 Subs HMS P 36 and Pandora bombed/sunk at Malta. R.N. Trawler HMS Solomon sunk by mine off Cromer. KM Trawler UJ-1203 sunk by mine in Gulf of Finland
1943 USN Patrol Boat YP-235 sunk by an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico
1945 U-747 bombed/sunk, and U-1131 bombed/scuttled at Hamburg.
1992 Bosnian War begins
2001 Chinese J-8 Fighter collieds with a USN EP-3 over the South China Sea, J-8 crashes and EP-3 lands in China & is briefly interned
 
April 2
1453 Siege of Constantinople begins
1755 British capture the Suvarnadurg fortress in India
1801 naval Battle of Copenhagen
1781 Frigate USS Alliance captures British Privateers Mars and Minerva
1865 Siege of Petersburg ends. Richmond is evacuated. The CS Navy scuttles the Ironclads of the James River Squadron
1941 R.N. Trawlers HMS Cramond Island and Fortuna bombed/sunk off Abb's Head
1943 U-124 sunk by Corvette HMS Stonecrop and Sloop HMS Black Swan west of Oporto. R.N. MTBs 63 and 64 sink each other in a collision off Benghazi. MTB 267 is damaged by a storm, while sailing from Benghazi to Malta, and is scuttled
1944 U-360 sunk by Destroyer HMS Keppel south-west of Bear Island
1945 Destroyer-Transport USS Dickerson damaged by Kamakazes off Okinawa, scuttled on the 4th. U-321 sunk by Polish manned RAF Wellington south-west of Ireland. IJN Coast Defence Frigate CD-186, Fast Transport No. 17 and Landing Ship No. 145 sunk by USN aircraft off Amami Oshima.
1982 Argentina invades the Falklands
 
April 3
1865 Union troops occupy Richmond
1941 Five Italian Destroyers sunk in the Red Sea: Cesare Battisti scuttled, Daniele Manin and Nosario Sauro bombed/sunk, Tigre and Pantera sunk by Destroyer HMS Kingston. Patrol Boat HMS Bahram sunk by mine off Spurn
1942 Soviet Destroyer Shaumian wrecked in the Black Sea
1943 IJN Sub Chaser CH-13 sunk by USS Pickerel
1944 U-288 sunk by Swordfish from HMS Activity and Avengers and Martlets from HMS Tracker
1945 KM Minelayer Brummer, Minesweeper M-802, U-3505,1221, and 2542 all bombed/sunk at Kiel. USN Minesweeper YMS-71 sunk off Sanga Sanga, Philippines
1946 Gen. Homma executed for the Bataan Death March
 
4 April
1776 HMS Glasgow fights off a squadron of Contenental Navy ships, but her Tender, HMS Hawke, is captured. 1st capture by the Contenental Navy
1933 USN zepplin Akron crashes off N.J.
1941 Greek Torpedo Boat Proussa bombed/sunk off Corfu. Italian Torpedo Boat Giovanni Acerbi bombed/sunk at Massawa. Mooring Vessel HMS Buffalo sunk by mine off Singapore. Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Voltaire sunk by KM Raiser Thor west of the Cape Verdes
1942 Greek sub Glavkos bombed/sunk at Malta
1943 I-169 sunk in diving accident at Truk.
1945 U-237, 749, and 3003 bombed/sunk at Kiel. LSM-12 wrecked at Okinawa. LCI(G)-82 sunk by Assault Demolition Boats at Okinawa. IJN Frigate MoKuto sunk by mine in the Shimonoseki Strait.
 
5 April
1242 Battle of Lake Peipus
1818 Battle of Maipu
1941 U-76 sunk by 3 R.N. ships south of Iceland
1942 Cruisers HMS Cornwall & Dorsetshire sunk off Ceylon. Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Hector and Destroyer HMS Tenedos bombed/sunk at Colombo. Minesweeper HMS Abingdon bombed/sunk at Malta, along with Destroyer HMS Gallant, beached earlier in the year with mine damage.
1943 U-167 bombed by RAF Hudson and scuttled off the Canary Islands. U-635 sunk by RAF B-24 south-west of Iceland. RO-34 sunk by Destroyers USS Bannon and Strong off the Russell Islands.
1945 Sea Plane Tender USS Thornton damaged in 2 collisions off Okinawa and beached, abandoned at Kerama Retto. U-242 sunk by mine in St. George's Channell. U-677 bombed/sunk at Hamburg
1992 Siege of Sarajevo begins(ends 29 Feb. 1996) longest Siege in modern history
 
April 6
46 B.C. Battle of Thapsus
402 Battle of Pollentia
1453 Siege of Constantinople begins
1779 US squadron captures British Privateer Hibernia
1862 Battle of Shiloh begins
1865 Battle of Saylor's Creek
1911 Battle of Deciq
1917 US declares War on Germany
1938 1st flight P-39
1940 U-50 sunk by mine in North Sea.
1941 Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia. Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Cormorin burns/sinks in the Atlantic. R.N. Armed Yacht HMS Torrent sunk by mine off Falmouth. Greek Aux. Georgios and Armed Yacht HMS Surf bombed/sunk at Piraeus
1942 Tug HMS West Cocker bombed/sunk at Malta. Indian Navy Sloop HMIS Indus bombed/sunk at Akyab, Burma. Destroyer HMS Havock run aground off Tunisia, scuttled
1943 U-632 sunk by RAF B-24 south-west of the Azores.
1944 U-302 sunk by Frigate HMS Swale north-west of the Azores.
1945 Destroyers USS Bush and Colhoun sunk by Kamakazes. Destroyers USS Leutze, Morris, and Newcomb damaged and not repaired. Destroyer-Minesweeper USS Emmons sunk. Destroyer Amatsukaze bombed, beached, scuttled and Coast Defence Frigates CD-1 and CD-134 bombed/sunk, all three in the Formosa Strait. IJN Minesweeper W-12 torpedoed by sub USS Besugo, beached, torpedoed again and sunk off Komodo Island
1965 TSR-2 cancelled
 
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1776 USS Lexington captures Tender HMS Edward
1779 US squadron captures 7 British merchantmen
1862 Battle of Shiloh ends. Battle of Island No. 10 begins
1865 Battle of Appomattox begins
1939 Italy invades Albania
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Rachebonne bombed/sunk off The Lizard
1942 Tugs HMS Hellespont and Emily bombed/sunk at Malta
1943 Destroyer USS Aaron Ward, Oiler USS Kanawha and Minesweeper HMNZS Moa bombed/sunk at Tulagi. U-644 sunk by HMS Tuna north-west of Narvik
1944 U-856 sunk by Destroyer USS Champlin and Destroyer Escort USS Huse east of N.Y. IJN sub I-2 sunk by Destroyer USS Saufley.
1945 U-1195 sunk by Destroyer HMS Watchman south-east of the Isle of Wight. Cruiser Isuzu damaged by sub USS Gambilan, and sunk by sub USS Charr in the Java Sea. Battle of the East China Sea: Battleship Yamato, Cruiser Yahagi, and Destroyers Asashimo, Hamakaze, Isokaze bombed/sunk Kasumi bombed and scuttled. R.N. MTB-494 rammed and sunk, and MTB-5001 sunk, by E-Boats in the North Sea. USN Motor Gunboat PGM-18 sunk by mine in Buckner Bay, Okinawa. USN LST-447 sunk by Kamakazes at Kerama Retto.
1989 Soviet sub Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea
2003 US captures Baghdad
 
April 8
876 Battle of Dayr al-Aqul
1740 R.N. captures Spanish Ship-of-the-Line Princess.
1862 Battle of Island No. 10 ends
1863 Ironclad USS Keokuk sinks off Charleston from previous days battle damage in an exchange with Ft. Sumter
1864 Battle of Mansfield
1898 German Army adopts the '98 Mauser
1940 Destroyer HMS Glowworm sunk by Cruiser Adm. Hipper. KM Troopship Rio de Janiero sunk by Polish sub Orzel, both off Norway
1941 Italian MAS Boats 204, 206, 210, 213, 216, Minelayer Ostia, Destroyer Vincenzio Giardino Orsini all scuttled at Massawa
1942 Mooring Vessel HMS Moor sunk by mine at Malta. R.N. Whalers HMS Thorgrim and Svana bombed/sunk by Italian aircraft off Alaxandria
1944 U-2 sunk in a collision with trawler Helmi Sohle west of Pillau. U-962 sunk by HMS Crome and Cygnet north-west of Cape Finesterre
1945 KM Aux. Franken bombed/sunk at Hela, Luftwaffe Seaplane Tender Hans Albrecht Wedel bombed/sunk by Soviet aircraft. U-774 sunk by HMS Bentinch and Calder north-west of Ireland. U-1001 sunk by HMS Byron and Fitzroy south-west of Land's End. U-2509 and 2514 bombed/sunk at Hamburg. U-3512 bombed/sunk at Kiel. USN Minesweeper YMS-103 damaged by a mine the previous day, is beached and abandond.
 
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