This day in military history..

July 7
1520 Battle of Otumba
1543 France invades Luxenburg
1575 Raid of the Redeswire
1770 Battle of Larga. naval Battle of Chesma ends
1777 Battle of Hubbardton
1798 US-French "Quasi-War" begins. USS Delaware captures French Privateer La Croyable.
1915 1st Battle of Isonzo ends
1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident begins
1941 US troops replace British troops occupying Iceland. Free French-British occupy Beirut. Trawler HMS Lord St. Vincent sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. Soviet Minesweeper Petrozavodsk sunk off Kronstadt
1942 U-701 bombed/sunk by US Army A-29 off Cape Hatteras
1943 U-951 sunk by USN PB4Y north east of Cape St. Vincent. Italian MTB MAS 536 sunk in a collision with Tug Rubattino off Leros.
1944 Destroyer Tamanami sunk with all hands by sub USS Mingo south west of Manila Bay. Aux. Sub Chaser CHa-6 was lost off Rabaul. U-678 sunk by 2 RCN Destroyers and an R.N. Corvette south west of Brighton. HMCS MTB 463 sunk by mine off Normandy. Fighter Director Tender HMS FDT 216 torpedoed/sunk by German aircraft off Cherbourg.
1945 1st flight Mitsubishi J8M/Ki-200 (Me-163 copy)
1946 1st flight Hughes XF-11 Recon plane, plane crashes with Howard Hughes flying it.
1991 10 Day War ends
 
July 9
660 Battle of Hwangsonbeol
1386 Battle of Sempach
1701 Battle of Carpi
1745 Battle of Melle
1755 Battle of the Monongahela
1846 USS Portsmouth captures San Francisco, Ca.
1863 Siege of Port Hudson ends
1864 Battle of Monocacy
1917 Battleship HMS Vanguard blows up at Scapa Flow
1940 naval Battle of Calabria. Sloop HMS Foxglove bombed/damaged, withdrawn from service. Sub HMS Salmon sunk by mine off Egersund
1941 KM Minelayers Hansestadt Danzig, Prussen, and Tannenberg sunk by mines off Sweden. Aux. Sub Chaser UJ-1110 sunk by mine in the Norwegian Sea. Soviet Minesweeper Nalim lost.
1942 Trawler HMS Manor sunk by E-Boat S-67 in the English Channel off Devon. Italian sub Perla damaged, captured off Beirut.
1943 Allies invade Sicily. U-345 sunk by RAF Wellington west of Portugal. U-590 sunk by USN PBY off the mouth of the Amazon
1944 Battle of Saipan ends. British/Canadians capture Caen. Battle of Tuli-lhantala ends. Minesweeper USS Swerve sunk by mine off Anzio. KM Torpedo Boat TA 27 sunk by mine in the Med. R.N. LCT 300 and 511 lost on this date.
1945 US Minesweeper YMS-84 sunk by mine off Balikpapen. Aux. Sub Chaser CHa-50 sunk by USS Bluefish east of Malaya.
 
July 16
1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
1683 naval Battle of Penghu
1779 Battle of Stony Point
1863 Jackson, Miss evacuated by Confederates
1940 Destroyer HMS Imogen rammed/sunk by Cruiser HMS Glasgow off Duncansby Head, Scotland. Sub HMS Phoenix sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Albatros off Augusta
1941 R.N. MGBs 90 and 92 burn at Portland, England
1942 1st flight JU-290
1943 U-675 sunk by aircraft from USS Core
1944 R.N. LCT 7057 lost. KM Anti-Aircraft Cruiser Niobe bombed/sunk at Kotka, Finland.
1945 I-13 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Lawrence C Taylor. IJN Torpedo Boat Kari sunk by sub USS Baya south west of Makassar. IJN Gunboat Nankai sunk west of Surabaya by sub USS Blenny.
1948 Israel captures Nazereth
 
July 21
1242 Battle of Taillebourg
1403 Battle of Shrewsbury
1545 Isle of Wight Invasion
1568 Battle of Jemmingen
1588 naval battle off Plymouth
1656 Malaga Raid
1861 1st Battle of Manassas
1903 Battle of Ciudad Bolivar
1921 Battleship Ostfriesland sinks during 2nd day of bomb testing
1936 Nationalists capture the navy base at El Ferrol and 1 Battleship, 2 Cruisers, one Destroyer, plus 2 Cruisers under construction there.
1941 Soviet sub M-94 sunk by U-140 off Saaremaa
1942 R.N. MTB 328 sunk by KM surface ships in Dover Strait
1943 U-662 sunk by USN PBY off the mouth of the Amazon
1944 Battle of Guam begins. KM Minesweeper M-20 bombed/sunk off Sweden and M-413 bombed/sunk in Narva Bay, both by Soviet aircraft. M-307 bombed/sunk off Langeoog, Germany by British aircraft. U-212 sunk by Frigates HMS Curzon and Ekins south of Brighton. Brazilian Minelayer Camaqua sank in a storm east of Recife
1977 Libya-Egyptian War begins
 
July 22
838 Battle of Anzen
1209 Sack of Beziers
1298 Battle of Falkirk
1456 Siege of Belgrade ends
1484 Battle of Lochmaben Fair
1499 Battle of Dornach
1797 Battle of Cape Finisterre
1802 USS Constellation defeats 9 Tripolitan Gunboats
1805 2nd Battle of Cape Finisterre
1812 Battle of Salamanca
1864 Battle of Atlanta
1940 Trawler HMS Campina sunk with all hands by mine off Holeyhead
1941 Soviet MTB TK-71 sunk by E-Boats.
1942 USAT Southern Seas strikes a reef and sinks in Taruiu Pass, raised, repaired, put in US Navy service
1943 Allies capture Palermo. R.N. MTB 288 bombed/sunk off Augusta, Sicily. Italian Minelayer Durazzo sunk by sub HMS Safari east of Corsica. Seaplane Carrier Nisshin bombed/sunk off south east tip of Bouganville.
 
July 23
1319 Battle of Chios
1677 Siege of Marstrand ends
1793 Siege of Mainz ends
1821 Greeks capture Monemvasia
1920 Battle of Maysalun Pass
1940 HMS Narwhale bombed/sunk in Norwegian Sea
1941 Destroyer HMS Fearless torpedoed by Italian aircraft, scuttled north east of Bone, Algeria. KM Sub Chaser UJ-113 sunk by mine off Liepuja. Patrol Boat V-1310 sunk by R.N. MTB off Boulogne, and V-1508 sunk south west of Boulogne.
1943 Italian sub Ascianghi sunk by HMS Eclipse and Laforey off Augusta, Sicily. KM Minesweeper M-152 sunk by mine in the Geronde Estuary. Aux. Minesweeper M-3131 sunk by mine at Dunarmundung. U-598 sunk by US B-24 off Natal, Brazil. U-527 sunk by aircraft from USS Bogue south of the Azores. U-613 sunk by Destroyer USS George E. Badger south of the Azores. USN LCT 196 sank in a storm off Salerno.
1944 US invades Tinian
1945 Aux. Sub Chaser CHa-117 sunk by USS Hardhead south east of Bali.
 
July 27
1202 Battle of Basiqan
1214 Battle of Bouvines
1302 Battle of Bapheus
1689 Battle of Killiecrankie
1720 naval Battle of Grengam
1778 1st naval Battle of Ushant
1880 Battle of Maiwand
1940 Destroyer HMS Codrington bombed/beached, damaged beyond repair at Dover. Destroyer HMS Wren bombed/sunk off Aideburgh. Spanish sub C-4 sunk in a collision with Spanish destroyer Lepanto off Morro de la Vaca.
1941 Soviet Destroyer Smelyi sunk by E Boat S-54 in Gulf of Riga
1942 1st Battle of El Alamein ends. R.N. MGB 501 sunk by an explosion off Land's End. Aux. Cruiser Shofuku Maru No. 2 sunk by Dutch sub O-23 in Strait of Malacca.
1943 Minelayer Kirashima sunk by USS Swordfish off Fukue Jima. I-168 sunk by USS Scamp in Steffen Strait. R.N. LCT 353 bombed/sunk by Italian aircraft off Syracuse. R.N. MTB 345 ran aground off Norway and was captured, put in KM service as SA 12. U-396, E-boat S-137 and Barracks Ship (ex-Cruiser) Hamburg bombed/sunk at Hamburg.
1944 R.N. MTB 412 sunk in a collision off Normandy. Soviet sub V-1 sunk by RAF B-24 off Norway. Trawler HMS Maaloy sunk by U-510 off Ceylon.
1945 USN LCT-1050 was sunk while tied up alongside SS Pratt Victory when the Victory ship was damaged by an aerial torpedo at Ie Shima. Midget submarine-Kaiten-Explosive Motor Boat Tender Komahashi bombed/sunk at the Owase Submarine Base.
1953 Korean War ends
 
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 by German and Italian aircraft.
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 by U-621 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 damaged while still fitting out, not repaired.
1967 USS Forrestal fire, 134 killed, 161 wounded
 
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. Aux. Minesweeper M 4008 and Net Layer Uranus sunk by Allied aircraft off Brittany.
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.
 
Aug 2
338 B.C. Battle of Chaeronea
216 B.C. Battle of Cannae
47 B.C. Battle of Zela
1377 Battle of Pyana River
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 Taranto
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. Soviet Minesweeper T-39 and Guard Ships MO-211, 212, and 225 sunk by mines in The Baltic
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 Boats S-39 and S-114 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 motor boat off Normandy
 
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. Minesweeper M-5602 sunk in a collision with U-212 south of Kristiansand. USN LCT 311 shelled/sunk off Bizerte. US LCT-318 bombed/beached/abandoned Sicily. Italian Destroyer Vincenzo Gioberti sunk by sub HMS Simoom off La Spezia.
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, Ohama, and Inagi, Minesweeper W-33 and Sub Chaser CH-42 bombed/sunk by R.N. Corsairs from HMS Formidable in Onegawa Bay. Minesweeper W-1 bombed/sunk by USN aircraft in Yamada Bay. IJA Oiler Daito Maru torpedoed by Soviet DB-3 off Korea, beached but sank next day.
 
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. Soviet sub ShCh-405 sunk by mine off Seiskari, Finland.
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 British 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
 
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
1862 Sioux Uprising begins
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
1940 KM Minesweeper Tender Von der Groeben damaged by mine and beached near Boulogne, later refloated, repaired and returned to service as minesweeper M-507.
1941 Soviet Destroyer Statnyi sunk by mine off Suurstrat. Sub Tender Boug bombed/sunk at Kherson by German aircraft. Sub HMS 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. KM patrol ship V-406 sunk by mine in Bay of Biscay.
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. Aux. Sub Chasers CHa-5 and 18 sunk by 4 US destroyers off Vella Lavella.
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.
 
August 20
636 Battle of Yarmouk ends
917 Battle of Achelous
1467 2nd Battle of Olmedo
1666 Holme's Bonfire ends
1707 1st Siege of Pensacola ends
1710 Battle of Saragossa
1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers
1847 Battle of Churubusco. battle of contreres ends
1862 Battle of Brandy Station
1914 Germans capture Brussels. Battle of Gumbinnen
1940 U-51 sunk by HMS Cachalot in Bay of Biscay. Trawler HMS Resparko bombed/sunk at Falmouth
1941 Trawler HMS Lorinda caught fire and sank off Freetown. Soviet Minesweeper Buy sunk by mine off Hogland and Primunas sunk by KM MTB S-58 in Moon Sound
1942 U-464 damaged by a USN PBY and scuttled off Iceland
1943 U-197 sunk by RAF PBY south of Madagascar. U-670 sunk in a collision with KM Target ship Bolkoburg in the Gulf of Danzig. Minesweeper R-84 sunk by British aircraft in La Manche. Aux. Gunboat Chosa Maru sunk by Dutch sub O-24 in the Strait of Molucca.
1944 2nd Jassy-Kishinev Offensive begins. U-9 bombed/sunk at Constanta, raised, repaired, put in Soviet Navy service as "TS-16". U-188 scuttled at Bordeaux. U-984 sunk by 3 RCN Destroyers west of Brest. U-188 sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers in the English Channel. U-1229 sunk by aircraft from USS Bogue in mid Atlantic. E Boat S-42 burned in shipyard during air attack, S-45 scuttled, and S-52 bombed/sunk, at Constanta. S-131 lost in an air attack. Frigate SG-17 scuttled west of Marseilles. Romanian Torpedo Boat Naluca sunk at Constanta by Soviet aircraft.
1968 Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslavakia
1981 Iran-Iraq War ends
 
August 21
1140 Battle of Vancheng
1680 Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe
1689 Battle of Dunkeld
1778 Siege of Pondicherry begins
1808 Battle of Vimeiro
1863 Lawrence, Ks Raid
1864 2nd Battle of the Weldon Railroad ends
1914 Battle of Charleroi
1918 2nd Battle of the Somme begins
1941 KM Gunboat SAT-1 "Ost" sunk by Soviet Destroyers Artem and Surovyi in the Baltic, later salvaged.
1942 Battle of the Tenaru
1944 Corvette HMCS Alberni sunk by U-480 off the Isle of Wight. R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launch 1179 sank in a storm off Jamaica. Sloop HMS Kite sunk by U-344 in the Barents Sea. Corvette HMS Orchis strikes a mine and is beached off Juno Beach, Normandy, declared a Total Loss. U-230 ran aground near Toulon and is scuttled. KM Minesweeper M-292 bombed/sunk in the Geronde Estuary. Training ship Viper and supply ship Hako scuttled at Bayonne. Hako raised, repaired and returned to her original Norwegian owners post War. KM Sub Chaser RA 259 and Italian Social Republic Sub Chaser VAS 255 sunk by R.N. ships in Genoa Bay.
 
26 August
1071 Battle of Manzikert
1278 Battle of Marchfeld
1346 Battle of Crecy
1303 Delhi captures Chittorgarh
1813 Battle of Katzbach
1814 Battle of Las Tres Acequias
1862 2nd Battle of Manassas begins
1914 Battle of Le Cateau. Allies invade German Togoland
1941 Soviet submarine Depot ship Marija Uljanova damaged by U-571 in the Barents Sea and beached, later refloated and used as an oil storage hulk
1942 KM Sub Chaser UJ-1216 sunk at Vik, Norway
1943 Soviet sub ShCh-203 sunk by Italian sub SB-4 west of the Crimea.
1944 R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launch HMS HDML 1381 captured by KM surface units. Soviet Minesweeper T-45 sunk by U-745 in Narva Bay, and Survey ship Nord sunk by U-957 in the Kara Sea. KM Sperrbrecher 135 bombed/sunk at Brest
1945 R.N. MTB 261 sank at Alexandria, Egypt
1946 Tug HMS Buccaneer shelled and sunk while towing a target for gunnery practice(Guess they needed more!)
1999 2nd Chechen War begins
 
27 August
410 Sack of Rome ends
1776 Battle of Long Island
1798 Battle of Castlebar
1810 naval Battle of Grand Port ends
1813 Battle of Dresden ends
1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War begins and ends, World's shortest War at 45 minutes
1914 Battle of Etreux
1916 Romania declares War on Austria-Hungary
1918 Battle of Ambos Nogales, only WWI battle fought on US soil
1922 Ottomans capture Afyonkarisar
1939 1st flight He-178, 1st jet to fly
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Dunvegan Castle damaged by U-45, sinks next day. Armed Yacht HMS White Fox II burns.
1941 U-570 captured south of Iceland, put in R.N. service as HMS Graph. Whaler HMS Skudd III bombed/sunk at Tobruk.
1942 KM Aux. Minelayer Cobra sunk by aircraft at Schiedam
1943 Japanese evacuate New Georgia. US LCT-319 wrecked off Kiska. Sloop HMS Egret sunk by glide bomb in Bay of Biscay. U-847 sunk by aircraft from USS Card.
1944 Minesweepers HMS Britomart and Hussar bombed/sunk, and HMS Salamander bombed/damaged beyond repair, by RAF Typhoons in the English Channel. Vichy French Battleship Clemenceau bombed/sunk at Brest. US LST-327 damaged beyond repair by U-92 in the English Channel. KM Minesweeper R-38 sunk by mine off Paros.
 
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