This day in military history..

July 29
904 Sack of Thesalonica begins
1014 Battle of Kleidon
1018 Battle of Vlaardingen
1030 Battle of Stiklestad
1148 Siege of Damascus ends
1588 naval Battle of Gravelines
1693 Battle of Landen
1846 USS Cyane captures San Diego
1862 Steamer #280 sails from Liverpool to be converted into CSS Alabama
1914 2 Austrian Monitors shell Belgrade
1937 Tianjin Incident
1938 Battle of Lake Khasan begins
1940 Armed Yacht HMS Gulzar bombed/sunk at Dover. Destroyer HMS Delight bombed/damaged off Portland, sinks in Portland Harbor next day
1941 Soviet Minesweeper Zaryad Sunk off Risna Light House, Estonia. R.N. LCI 8 bombed/sunk off Sidi Barani
1943 U-614 sunk by RAF Wellington north west of Cape Finisterre. E boat S-137 sunk by aircraft. Italian sub Pietro Micca sunk by sub HMS Trooper in the entrance to the Adriatic
1944 LSI(S) HMS Prince Leopold sunk in the English Channel off Normandy. Trawler HMS Lord Wakefield bombed/sunk off Omaha Beach. Bombed at Bremen: U-872 damaged/scrapped, Torpedo Boats T-2 and T-3 sunk, new Destroyer Z-44 while still fitting out, not repaired.
1967 USS Forrestal fire, 134 killed, 161 wounded
 
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History: on this day 1945, At a few minutes past midnight on July 30 two Japanese torpedoes tore into the side of the USS Indianapolis, igniting an explosion that broke the ship in two. It took only twelve minutes for the ship to dip her bow, roll to starboard and slip beneath the sea. Of her crew of 1,196, an estimated 900 survived the explosion. of those only 317 survived.

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July 30
634 Battle of Ajnadayn
1635 Siege of Schenkenschans begins, ends April 30, 1636
1656 Battle of Warsaw ends
1799 Siege of Mantua ends
1864 Siege of Petersburg: Battle of the Crater
1916 Black Tom Island munitions disaster
1941 Sub HMS Cachelot rammed/sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Gen. Achille Papa in the Med. Soviet sub S-6 bombed/sunk off Estonia
1942 U-166 sunk by USN Patrol Craft PC-566 south of the mouth of the Miss. River.
1943 1st flight SAAB 21A fighter. Soviet Minesweeper T-911 sunk by U-703. U-43 sunk by aircraft from USS Santee south west of The Azores. U-461 sunk by RAAF Sunderland north west of Cape Ortegal with U-462, sunk by RAF Halifax and 5 R.N. Sloops, the Sloops also sank U-504. U-375 sunk by USN Patrol Craft PC-624 north west of Malta. U-591 sunk by USN PV-1 Ventura Brazilian PBY and A-28 off Pernambuco.
1944 Soviet Minesweepers KT-804 and 807 sunk by U-481 in Narva Bay. Soviet Sub Chaser MO-105 sunk by U-250, in turn sunk by MO-103. U-250 raised and towed to Kristensand, comissioned into Soviet Navy as TS-4 for 3 months, later scrapped. E Boat S-144 bombed/sunk at Le Havre. USN Minesweeper YMS-304 sunk and YMS-378 damaged beyond repair by mines off Normandy.
1945 Cruiser USS Indianapolis sunk by I-58 in the Philippine Sea. Destroyer Hatsushio sunk by mine in Miyazo Bay. Frigate Okinawa sunk by mines, and Minelayer Toshima bombed/sunk, in Maizuru Bay. Sub Chaser CH-26 bombed/sunk off Chinkai.
 
July 31
30 B.C. Battle of Alexandria
1423 Battle of Cravant
1655 Russia captures Vilnius
1763 Battle of Bloody Run
1862 Battle of Harrison's Landing
1917 Battle of Passchendaele begins
1941 Soviet sub M-94 sunk by U-140 west of Hiiumaa. Soviet Minesweeper No. 46 sunk off Tallinn
1942 Sub USS Grunion sunk by Kano Maru off Kiska. U-213 sunk by Sloops HMS Erne, Rochester, and Sandwich east of The Azores. U-588 sunk by Corvette HMCS Wetaskiwin and Destroyer HMCS Skeena north east of Newfoundland. U-754 sunk by RCAF Hudson south of Nova Scotia.
1943 U-199 sunk by Brazilian A. F. PBY off Rio de Janeiro
1944 U-333 sunk by Sloop HMS Starling and Frigate HMS Loch Killin west of the Isles of Scilly. Soviet Patrol Boat MO-101 sunk by U-370 in the Gulf of Finland. Aux. Gunboat Peking Maru, ran aground July 21, is torpedoed by sub USS Aspro and is abandoned.
 
1 Aug
902 Siege of Taormina ends
1192 Battle of Jaffa
1664 Battle of Gotthard
1759 Battle of Minden
1798 Battle of the Nile
1801 USS Enterprise captures/disarms/releases Tripolitan warship Tripoli off Tripoli
1914 Germany declares War on Russia
1920 Red Army captures Brest-Litovsk from the Poles.
1927 Nanchang Uprising begins
1940 Sub HMS Oswald rammed/sunk by Italian Destroyer Gen. Uglino Vivaldi in the Strait of Messina. HMS Spearfish sunk by U-34 south west of Stavenger
1941 1st flight Grumman Avenger
1943 Burma declares War on US & UK. U-383 sunk by RAF Sunderland west of Brittany. U-445 sunk by RAAF Sunderland in Bay of Biscay. PT-117 and 164 bombed/sunk in Rendova Harbor
1944 Warsaw Uprising begins. Battle of Tinian ends
 
Aug 2
338 B.C. Battle of Chaeronea
216 B.C. Battle of Cannae
47 B.C. Battle of Zela
1554 Battle of Marciano
1798 Battle of the Nile ends
1861 Union troops evacuate Ft. Stanton, New Mexico Territory
1897 Siege of Malakand ends
1914 Germany invades Luxenbourg.
1916 Italian Battleship Leonardo da Vinci sunk by magazine explosion at Toranto
1940 Trawler HMS Cape Finisterre bombed/sunk off Harwich
1941 Italian sub Tembian rammed/sunk by Cruiser Hermione off Tunis. Soviet sub S-11 sunk by mine in Soela Strait
1942 KM Minesweepers R-9 and R-11 bombed/sunk at Bardia
1943 PT-109 rammed/sunk by Destroyer Amigiri in the Solomons. U-106 sunk by RAF and RAAF Sunderland north west of Cape Ortegal
1944 Destroyer Escort USS Fiske sunk by U-804 north of the Azores. E Boat S-39 bombed/sunk.
1964 Pt.1 Tonkin Gulf Incident
1990 Iraq invades Kuwait
1998 2nd Congo War begins
 
Aug 3
881 Battle of Saucourt
1342 Siege of Algeciras begins, ends 26 March 1344
1601 Battle of Guruslau
1645 2nd Battle of Nordlingen
1804 1st Battle of Tripoli Harbor begins
1914 Germany declares War on France
1940 Italians invade British Somililand. U-25 sunk by mine off Terschelling
1941 U-401 sunk by Destroyers HMS Wanderer, St. Albans and Frigate HMS Hydrangea south west of Ireland
1942 Destroyer USS Tucker strikes mine late on the 3rd and sinks before sun up on the 4th off Espiritu Santo
1943 Italian sub Argento sunk by Destroyer USS Buck in the Med. U-335 sunk by sub HMS Seracin south east of the Faroes. U-572 sunk by USN PBM Mariner off Trinidad. U-706 sunk by USN B-24 and RCAF Hampden north west of Cape Ortegal.
1944 Destroyer HMS Quorn sunk by a KM Neger torpedo device or explosive boat off Normandy
 
Aug 4
1265 Battle of Eversham
1327 Battle of Stanhope Park
1578 Battle of Alcassar
1790 US Revenue Cutter Service est. (USCG)
1796 Battle of Lenato ends
1824 Battle of Kos
1846 USS Congress captures Santa Barbara, Ca
1914 Germany invades Belgium. Belgium and UK declares War on Germany
1915 Germans capture Warsaw
1940 Trawler HMS Drummer sunk by mine off Brightlingsea, Trawler HMS Marsona sunk by mine in Moray Firth, and Trawler HMS Oswaldian by mine in the Bristol Channel. KM Sub Chaser UJ-175 sunk by mine off Ameland
1941 Soviet Patrol Boat Tumon sunk by KM Destroyers Z-4, 10, and 16.
1942 U-372 sunk by RAF Wellington & 4 R.N. warships south west of Haifa, Palestine
1943 Destroyer HMS Arrow damaged beyond repair by the explosion of SS Fort La Montee at Algiers. U-489 sunk by RCAF Sunderland, that was also shot down, south east of Iceland
1944 KM Minesweeper M-422 bombed/sunk off St. Malo. Trawler HMS Guirsay sunk by KM explosive motorboat off Normandy. Destroyer Matsu sunk by USN Destroyers, and High Speed Transport No. 4 bombed/sinks next day, off Chichi Jima, and Landing Ship No. 133 bombed/sunk off Iwo Jima.
1964 Tonkin Gulf Incident, Pt. 2
1995 Operation Storm begins (Bosnian War and Croatian War)
 
Aug 5
641(642?) Battle of Maserfield
910 Battle of Tettenhall
939 Battle of Alhandic
1068 Siege of Bari begins, ends 15 April 1071
1278 Siege of Algeceras begins, ends July 1279
1388 Battle of Otterburn (or 19th?)
1716 Battle of Ptrovaradin
1763 Battle of Bushy Run begins
1781 1st Battle of the Dogger Bank
1824 naval Battle of Samos
1862 Battle of Baton Rouge
1864 Mobile Bay Campaign: Battle of Mobile Bay
1914 German Minelayer SMS Konigin Luise sunk by Cruiser HMS Amphion off the Thames Estuary
1916 Battle of Romani ends
1940 Trawler HMS River Clyde sunk by mine off Aldeburgh
1941 1st Battle of Smolensk ends
1943 Gunboat USS Plymouth sunk by U-566 off Elezibeth City, N.C. Trawler HMS Red Gauntlet sunk by E Boat S-86 off Harwich. U-34 sunk in collision with Sub Tender Lech at Memel
1944 Coura POW breakout. R.N. LCT 1076 foundered at an unknown location. KM Minesweepers M-271 and 325 bombed/sunk at Pavillac, France. U-671 sunk by Destroyer HMS Wensleydale and Frigate HMS Stayner south of Brighton
1964 Operation Peirce Arrow
1965 '65 Indo-Pakistani War begins
1995 Croats capture Knin
 
6 Aug
1284 Battle of Meloria ends
1506 Battle of Kletsk
1777 Battle of Oriskany
1824 Battle of Junin
1862 CSS Arkansas scuttled near Baton Rouge
1864 Mobile Bay Campaign: CS evacuates, blows up Ft. Powell
1870 Battle of Spicheren. Battle of Worth
1914 Serbia declares War on Germany. Austria-Hungary declares War on Russia
1915 Battle of Sari Bair begins
1917 Battle of Marasesti begins
1941 Trawler HMS Agate wrecked, lost with all hands on Haisborough Sands. Soviet Dispatch ship PS-70 sunk by U-652 off Cape Teriberka
1942 U-210 sunk by Destroyer HMCS Assiniboine. U-612 sunk in collision with U-444 off Gotenhafen, raised, repaired, returned to service. Sub HMS Thorn sunk by Italian torpedo Boat Pegaso off Gavdos Island
1943 Battle of Vella Gulf: Destroyers Arashi, Hagikaze and Kawakazi sunk by US Destroyers.
1944 KM Minesweepers M-263 and 486, Flackship V-414, Cable ship V-1594 and Corvette SG-3 sunk by R.N. ships off France. Minesweeper M-206 scuttled at St. Malo. U-736 sunk by Frigate HMS Loch Killin west of St. Nazaire. U-471,592 and 969 bombed/sunk at Toulon by B-24s, U-471 raised, repaired, put in French Navy service post War as "Mille". R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launch HDML 1060 sevearly damaged by ammo explosion at Poole, not repaired.
1945 Atom bombing of Hiroshima. Sub USS Bullhead bombed/sunk off Bali.
 
Aug 7
1782 Purple Heart (current name) Est.
1789 US War Dept Est.
1819 Battle of Boyaca
1940 Flackship V-1501 sunk by mine in the Skaggerak off Frerikshavn, Denmark, raised, repaired, returned to service
1941 R.N. Motor Minesweeper MMS 39 sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary
1942 Battle of Guadalcanal begins. Battle of Tulagi begins. R.N. MTB 237 sunk by KM surface units off Barfleur, France. MTB 44 sunk by KM surface units off Dover
1943 U-84 sunk by a USN PB4Y in the Atlantic. U-117 sunk by aircraft from USS Card. U-615 sunk by USN PBM Mariners and a Ventura north of Parlamar in the Caribbean
1944 Cruiser Nagara sunk by USS Croaker in East China Sea. Frigate Kusagaki sunk by sub USS Guitaro north west of Subic Bay. USN LCT-182 foundered in heavy seas in Kula Gulf
1945 Frigate CD-39 bombed/sunk off Korea by US Army B-25s. IJA Landing Craft Depot Ship Kibitsu Maru damaged by mine/beached near Kobe.
2008 South Ossetia War begins
 
8 Aug
1813 Gunboats USS Hamilton and Scourge sunk by sudden storm on Lake Ontario
1864 Mobile Bay Campaign: Siege of Ft. Gaines ends
1918 Battle of Amiens begins
1941 Soviet Destroyer Karl Marx bombed/sunk in Loksa Bay
1942 Battle of Tulagi ends. Italian Destroyer Strale, run aground off Tunisia on 21 June, is torpedoed/destroyed by sub HMS Turbulent. Attack Transport USS George F. Elliott is hit by a bomber and scuttled off Guadalcanal. U-379 rammed/sunk by Corvette HMS Dianthus south east of Cape Farewell.
1943 R.N. MGB 64 foundered in the Dover Strait. PT-113 wrecked on Veale Reef, New Guinea.
1944 Corvette HMCS Regina sunk by U-667 off Trevose Head, Cornwall. KM Minesweepers M-366, 367, 428, and 438 bombed/sunk off Noirmoutier, France. M-422 bombed/sunk off Geronde. R-34 bombed/sunk off Milos. Sperrbrecher 134 bombed/sunk off Lorient
1946 1st flight B-36
 
Aug 9
48 B.C. Battle of Pharsalus
378 Battle of Adrianople
1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain
1864 Mobile Bay Campaign: Siege of Ft. Morgan begins
1877 Battle of Big Hole begins
1914 Battle of Mulhouse begins
1938 Battle of Lake Khasan ends
1941 R.N. MGB 62 sunk in collision with MGB 67 in the North Sea. Soviet Patrol Ship SKR-12 sunk by KM Destroyers Hans Lody, Fredrick Eckoldt and Richard Beitzen.
1942 R.N. Motor Launch ML 301 sunk by an explosion at Freetown. Battle of Savo Island: Cruisers USS Astoria, Quincy, Vincennes, HMAS Canberra sunk by IJN Cruisers. Destroyer USS Jarvis bombed/sunk off Tulagi
1943 U-664 sunk by Avengers from USS Card. USN LCT 311 shelled/sunk off Bizerte. US LCT-318 bombed/beached/abandoned Sicily.
1944 PT-509 shelled/rammed/sunk by KM Minesweeper off Jersey. A US Navy PB4Y attempting to take off from Stickwell Field, Eniwetok crashes into a carrier aircraft depot, destroying 106 aircraft.
1945 Atom bombing of Nagasaki. Frigates Amakusa and Inagi, Escort Ohama, Minesweeper W-33 and Sub Chaser CH-42 bombed/saunk by R.N. Corsairs from HMS Formidable in Onegawa Bay. Minesweeper W-1 bombed/sunk by USN aircraft in Yamada Bay
 
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10 August
955 Battle of Lechfeld
991 Battle of Maldon
1316 2nd Battle of Athenry
1512 naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu
1557 Battle of Quentin
1628 Vasa sinks in Stockholm Harbor
1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek
1904 Battle of the Yellow Sea
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Transylvania is sunk by U-56 off Malin Head, Ireland
1941 U-144 sunk by Soviet Sub ShCh-307 off Hiiumaa, Estonia. KM Minesweeper M-1102 sunk off Lindesnes, Norway. Soviet Patrol Ship Zhemchung sunk by U-451 west of Kanin.
1942 Cruiser Kako sunk by USN sub S-44 off New Ireland returning to base from the Battle of Savo Island. Italian sub Scire sunk by Trawler HMS Islay off Haifa, Palestine
1943 USN LST-318 is beached and abandoned on the north shore of Sicily after being bombed the day before.
1944 Battle of Guam ends. Battle of Narva ends. R.N. LCT 1092 sinks under tow, unknown location. U-608 sunk by RAF B-24 and HMS Wren. KM Accomodation ship Lindau scuttled in the Loire, Minesweeper M-384 scuttled at Nantes. Sperrbrecher 16 bombed, sinks next day
1945 Frigate CD-82 torpedoed and sunk by Soviet Il-4 off Kunsudan, Korea. CD-63 has her bow blown off by a mine and beached in Nanao Bay.
 
11 August
490 Battle of Adda
1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor ends
1473 Battle of Otlukbeli
1675 Battle of Konzer Brucke
1812 Battle of Majadahonda
1898 US captures Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
1918 Battle of Amiens ends
1920 Latvian War of Independence ends
1936 Nationalist Gunboat Eduardo Dato sunk by Republican Battleship Jaime I at Algeciras
1937 1st flight Boulton Paul Defiant
1942 Carrier HMS Eagle sunk by U-73 south of Majorca
1943 U-468 sunk by RAF B-24 off Gambia. U-525 sunk by aircraft from USS Card north west of the Azores. U-604 damaged by a USN PB4Y and a Ventura, scuttled. E boat S-121 sunk by aircraft.
1944 U-385 sunk by RAAF Sunderland and Sloop HMS Starling in Bay of Biscay. U-967 scuttled at Toulon. KM Minesweepers M-84 and 384 scuttled at St. Nazaire. R-70 sunk by mine in Gulf of Finland. KM Auxiliary ship Ermland sunk off Nantes.
1972 Last US ground combat unit leaves S. Vietnam
 
13 August
1521 Cortez captures Tenochtitlan
1704 Battle of Blenheim
1779 Siege of Ft. George ends
1806 Battle of Misar
1846 US captures Los Angeles
1898 Sham Battle of Manila
1920 Battle of Warsaw begins
1937 Battle of Shanghai begins
1940 Trawler HMS Elizabeth Angela bombed/sunk in The Downs
1941 Soviet Patrol Ship #41 sunk by an E Boat in the Gulf of Finland north of Tallinn. R.N. LCT 14 lost in Home waters
1942 Destroyer HMS Foresight torpedoed by Italian aircraft on the 12th, scuttled on 13th. Cruiser HMS Manchester damaged by Italian MAS Boats and scuttled. Cruiser Bolzano damaged by sub HMS Unbroken, beached on Panarea
1943 Attack Transport USS John Penn torpedoed/sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal. KM Minesweeper R-6 sunk by British aircraft off Cape Linaro
1944 U-270 sunk by RAAF Sunderland in Bay of Biscay. KM Minesweeper M-383 bombed/sunk off Spiekeroog, Germany. Sub USS Flier sunk by mine in Balabac Strait. aux. Sub chaser Misago Maru sunk by sub USS Tambor in Davao Gulf.
1945 Frigate CD-6 sunk by sub USS Atule off Hokkaido
 
Aug 15
636 Battle of Yarmouk begins
717 2nd Siege of Constantinople begins
718 2nd Siege of Constantinople ends
778 Battle of Roncevaux Pass, the death of Roland
927 Toranto captured/destroyer by Saracens
1057 Battle of Lumphanan
1237 Battle of Puig
1281 Battle of Koan, The Kamakaze victory
1309 Knights of St. John capture Rhodes, become Knights of Rhodes
1461 Trebizond Empire falls
1511 Portugal captures Malacca
1599 Battle of Curlew Pass
1695 Bombardment of Brussels ends
1760 Battle of Liegnitz
1812 Battle of Ft. Dearborn
1914 Battle of Cer begins
1940 Greeek Cruiser Elli sunk by Italian sub Delfino in port at Tinos while the 2 countrys are not at War.
1942 Soviet sub M-97 sunk by Finnish Patrol Ship VMV 5 off Suursaari Island. KM Minesweeper R-89 sunk by British aircraft off Alesund. R-106 sunk by Soviet aircraft in Gulf of Finland
1943 R.N. MTB 665 sunk by Italian shore batteries off Messina.
1944 R.N. LST 404 damaged by U-741 and scuttled, US LST-282 damaged by glide bomb, beached and abandoned off St. Tropez. U-741 sunk by Corvette HMS Orchis, off St. Catherine Point. KM Minesweeper M-385 sunk by Cruiser HMS Mauritius off France. M-4001 bombed/sunk off Brest. R-29 sunk by Soviet aircraft in Gulf of Finland. Allies invade southern France: Battle of Port Cros: KM Corvettes UJ-6081 and SG-21 sunk by Destroyer USS Somers. Frigate SG-25 bombed/sunk at Toulon.
1945 Japan surrenders. Frigate Kanju sunk by mine off Wonsan, Korea. Soviet Minesweeper T-279 sunk by mine off Kham Island, Korea
 
August 16
1513 Battle of Guinegate
1777 Battle of Bennington
1780 Battle of Camden, S.C.
1812 Ft. Dteroit surrenders with out a fight
1869 Battle of Acosta Nu
1870 Battle of Mars-la-Tour
1900 Battle of Elands River ends
1914 Battle of Brussels ends
1920 Battle of Radzymin ends
1940 Inspection vessel HMS Manx Lad sunk when the ship being inspected hits a mine
1944 1st flight Ju-287. Minesweepers HMS BYMS 2022 and USS YMS-24, PT-202 and PT-218 sunk by mines off St. Tropez. R.N. MGB 313 sunk by mine, and Motor Fishing Vessel HMS MFV 624 sunk, both off Normandy. KM Minesweeper R-20 sunk by mine off Sylt. R-184 sunk by MGB 330, 331 and 605 off Calais. R-217 scuttled at Paris.
 
Aug 17
986 Battle of the Gates of Trajan
1424 Battle of Verneuil
1549 Battle of Sampford Courtenay
1585 Siege of Antwerp ends, began July 1584
1717 Siege of Belgrade ends
1864 Battle of Gainesville, Fl
1914 Battle of Stalluponen
1941 Soviet Patrol Boat no. 80 sunk by E Boat S-58 off Saaremaa
1943 Schweinfurt-Regensburg air raid. Battle of Sicily ends. USN LCI(L)-1 bombed/sunk in Lac de Bizerte
1944 R.N. LCT 123 sank off Normandy. Battle of La Ciotat: KM Corvette UJ-6082 and Armed Yacht UJ-6073 sunk by Destroyer USS Endicott
1945 Frigate CD-46 sunk by mine off Mokpo, Korea. R.N. Motor Launch ML 230 sunk in a collision in the East Indies
 
Aug 18
684 Battle of Marj Rahit
1304 Battle of Mons-en-Pevele
1487 Siege of Malaga ends
1759 naval Battle of Lagos
1864 2nd Battle of the Weldon Railroad
1870 Battle of Gravelotte
1941 Soviet Destroyer Statnyi sunk by mine off Suurstrat. R.N. sub P 32 sunk by mine north of Tripoli, and P 33 sunk by enemy action in the Med
1942 R.N. MTB 218 sunk by mine in Dover Strait. MTB 43 sunk by KM surface ships off Gravelines, France
1943 U-403 sunk by RAF Wellington off Dakar. USN LST-396 exploded and sank at New Georgia. R.N. LCT 416 explodes and sinks at Tripoli sinking R.N. LCT 301
1944 KM Minesweeper M-27 sunk by mine in Geronde Estuary. Torpedo Boats T-22, 30, and 32 sunk by mines in Narva Bay. UJ-1103 sunk in a collision off Lista, Norway. U-107 sunk by RAF Sunderland in Bay of Biscay. U-129 scuttled at Lorient. U-621 sunk by 3 RCN destroyers in Bay of Biscay. Cruiser Natori sunk by USS Hardhead east of Samar. Escort Carrier Taiyo sunk by sub USS Rasher in South China Sea. R.N. MTB 707 sunk in a collision with Free French Frigate L'Escarmauche north of Ireland. Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Fratton sunk by KM Neger torpedo device off Normandy.
1945 Battle of Shumshu begins: Soviet LCI DS-1, 5, 9, 43 and 47 sunk by Japanese shore batteries.
1965 Battle of Van Tuong begins
1966 Battle of Long Tan.
1971 Australian and New Zealand troops withdrawn from Vietnam
 
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