This day in military history..

2 Feb
1141 Battle of Lincoln
1461 Battle of Mortimer's Cross
1542 Battle of Bacente
1941 Trawler HMS Almond sunk by mine off Falmouth
1942 Trawlers HMS Cape Spartel and Cloughton Wyke bombed/sunk in the North Sea. IJN Minesweeper W-9 sunk by mine in Ambon Bay. U-581 sunk by Destroyer HMS Westcott south west of the Azores
1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends. R.N. LCT 326 sank off the Isle of Man
1944 Battle of Cisterna ends. Sub RO-110 sunk by HMIS Jumna, HMAS Ipswitch, and HMAS Launcerton in the Bay of Bengal. KM supply ship Charlotte Schliemann scuttled in the Indian Ocean to prevent capture. Torpedo Boat TA 14 sunk by British aircraft off Amorgas, Greece. Patrol Ship V-1702 sunk in a collision with U-987 in the Baltic.
1945 Frigate CD-144 sunk by sub USS Besugo off Cape Laguan, Malaya
 
5 Feb
1782 Siege of Minorca ends
1810 Siege of Cadiz begins
1913 World's 1st Naval Air mission flown by Greek pilots.
1933 A Mutiny begins on Dutch Coast Defence ship De Zeven Povincien
1940 U-41 sunk by Destroyer HMS Antelope off the south coast of Ireland
1941 Battle of Keren begins. Trawler HMS Tourmaline bombed/sunk off North Foreland
1942 Corvette HMS Arbatus sunk by U-136. Dutch Patrol ship Daneb sunk by Japanese aircraft
1943 Trawler HMS Stransay sunk by mine off Algeria. KM Sub Chaser UJ-1108 sunk by sub off Berlevag, Norway. Patrol ship V 1602 sunk by mine in The Skagerrak.
1944 KM Minesweeper M 156 damaged by 4 R.N. destroyers and beached, destroyed next by RAF aircraft.
1945 KM F-Lighter Gunboat SAT-15 and Sub Chaser UJ 307 bombed/sunk off Pillau by Soviet aircraft. MFP F 178 lost. Minesweeper R 202 sunk by an explosion off Norway.
 
8 Feb
1250 Battle of Al Mansurah begins
1807 Battle of Eylau begins
1862 Battle of Roanoke Island
1904 Battle of Port Arthur begins, Russo-Japanese War begins
1942 Battle of Singapore begins. Destroyer Natsushio damaged by US sub S-37 off Makassar, sinks next day.
1943 Trawler HMS Bredon sunk by U-521 off the Canary Islands. R.N. LCT 2335 lost as cargo when Norwegian ship SS Daghild sunk by U-402 and 608.
1944 U-762 sunk by Frigates HMS Woodpecker and Wild Goose. Norwegian MTB 625 wrecked in the Shetlands.
1945 Aux. Gunboat Eifuku Maru sunk by sub USS Pampinito off French Indochina.
1948 N. Korean Army Est.
1971 S. Vietnamese troops enter Laos
 
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9 Feb
1654 Battle of Ft. Rocher begins
1799 USS Constellation captures French Frigate L'Insurgente
1864 Libby Prison Escape
1904 Battle of Port Arthur ends
1937 1st flight Blackburn Skua
1940 Trawlers HMS Fort Royal and Robert Bowen bombed/sunk(Bowen with all hands) off Aberdeen
1942 Free French Corvette Alysse damaged by U-654, sinks next day off Cape Race. Patrol Ship HMS Tanjong Katong sunk by IJN ships off Singapore.
1943 Battle of Guadalcanal ends. Italian sub Avorio damaged by Corvette HMCS Regina, sinks next day in the Med. Sub Malachite sunk by Dutch sub Dolfijn. KM MFP F 278 lost. Corvette HMS Erica sunk by mine off Benghazi
1944 U-238 sunk by 3 R.N. Sloops. U-734 sunk by Sloops HMS Wild Goose And Starling.
1945 Rescue Tug HMS Hesperia runs aground/sinks off Libya. KM MFP F 206 lost, salvaged and put in Soviet service as BD-393. U-864 torpedoed and sunk by sub HMS Venturer, only known example in WWII of a submerged sub sinking another submerged sub. U-923 sunk by mine in Kiel Bay.
1951 Geochang Massacre begins
1959 Soviets deploy 1st ICBM, R-7
2001 Ehime Maru sunk in a collision with sub USS Greeneville off Oahu.
 
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Feb 12
1429 Battle of Rouvray
1593 Battle of Haengju
1814 Battle of Chateau-Thierry. Battle of La Victoria
1817 Battle of Chacabuco
1935 Zepplin USS Macon crashes and sinks off California
1940 U-33 sunk by Minesweeper HMS Gleaner in the Firth of Clyde
1942 Destroyer HMS Maori bombed/sunk at Malta. KM Patrol ship V 1302 John Mahn sunk by British aircraft in the English Channel.
1943 U-442 sunk by RAF Hudson west of Cape St. Vincent
1944 Sub I-27 sunk by Destroyer HMS Petard in the Maldives. Aux. Sub Chaser Choko Maru sunk by sub HMS Stonehenge north west of Penang. Submarine Rescue Ship USS Macaw, grounded on a reef at Midway since 16 Jan. '44, slips off the reef and sinks.
1945 KM Minesweeper M 381 sunk off Kristiansund by a sub or MTB. Patrol ship V 1106 sunk by mine off Cuxhaven.
 
Feb 15
1898 Battleship USS Maine blows up at Havana.
1942 Battle of Singapore ends. Anti-sub vessel HMS Mata Hari shelled/sunk at Bangka Island. Patrol Boat HMS Dymas captured north of Muntok Light, and Patrol Boats HMS Klas and Jernantat scuttled at Palembang. Motor Launch ML 433 sunk in Banga Strait. Dutch Minelayer Pro Patia & Navy Tanker Semiramis scuttled at Palembang. Destroyer Van Ghent ran aground on Ross Island and scuttled. R.N. Yacht Siwa lost at Singapore. R.N. ML 169 burned/sank at Gibraltar.
1943 U-529 sunk by RAF B-24
1944 2nd Battle of Monte Cassino begins. Narva Offensive begins. US LCT-35 bombed/sunk off Anzio. Cruiser Agano damaged by USS Scamp south east of Guam, sinks on 15th. RO-40 sunk by destroyers USS Macdonough and Phelps, and Minesweeper USS Sage north west of Kwajalein. I-43 sunk by sub USS Aspro east of Guam. Aux. Gunboat Taiyo Maru No. 3 sunk by sub USS Gato at Rabaul. Norwegian Motor Launch ML 210 sunk by mine off the Somme Estuary. KM minelayer Niedersachsen sunk off Toulouse. Minesweeper M 3411 sunk in a collision during a battle of Suffolk. Vichy French Patrol Ship Ping Sang bombed/sunk by B-25s off Hongay, French Indochina.
1945 U-1053 sank in a diving accident while conducting Diving Trials in Byfjorden, Norway
1989 Soviets finish Afghanistan evacuation.
 
Feb 22
1316 Battle of Picotin
1744 naval Battle of Toulon
1797 Battle of Fishguard
1799 HMS Espoir captures Spanish "Africa" off Marbella
1815 Battle of Ft. Peter, Ga.
1847 Battle of Buena Vista begins
1864 Battle of Okalona
1865 Battle of Wilmington ends
1909 Great White Fleet finishes its around the World voyage
1940 KM Destroyer Leberecht Maass bombed/sunk by HE-111, Destroyer Max Schultz was sunk with all hands by a mine while trying to assist Maass on the Dogger Bank.
1941 Italian sub Marconi sunk by Destroyer HMS Montgomery west of the Hebrides. Monitor HMS Terror damaged by Italian aircraft and 2 mines, damaged by Italian aircraft again the next day, and sinks on the 24th.
1943 Corvette HMCS Weyburn sunk by mine east of Gibraltar. U-225 sunk by Corvette HMS Dianthus s.w. of Ireland. U-606 sunk by Polish Destroyer Burza and USCG Cutter Campbell in mid-Atlantic. US patrol boat YP-72 runs aground and sinks off the entrance to Kodiak, Alaska Territory
1944 PT-200 sunk in a collision off Newport, R.I.. Minelayer Natsushima sunk by Destroyers USS Charles Ausborne, Dyson and Stanly off Tingwon, New Ireland. CHa-29 sunk by mine off Keviang. Salvage/repair ship Nagaure sunk by 5 US destroyers near Kevaing.
1945 Corvette HMCS Trentonian sunk by U-1004 near Falmouth. R.N. LST-364 sunk by KM Midget Sub off Ramsgate. R.N. LCVP 707 sunk by E boats & E Boat S-193 sunk by convoy escorts at the entrance to the Thames Estuary. S-167 sunk in a collision in the North Sea. Minesweeper R-4 sunk by US aircraft at Albona, Croatia. U-300 sunk by Minesweepers HMS Recruit and Pincher, and Armed Yacht HMS Evadne, west of Cadiz.
1958 Indonesia bombs Badung, Sumatra and Menado, Celebes.
 
Feb 23
1554 Battle of Marihuenu
1814 HMS Epervier captures American Privateer "Alfred"
1836 Battle of The Alamo begins
1847 Battle of Buena Vista ends
1885 Battle of Dong Dang
1900 Cuba leases Gitmo to the US. Battle of Hart's Hill
1904 US acquires the Panama Canal Zone
1940 U-53 sunk by Destroyer HMS Gurkha west of the Orkney Islands. R.N. Trawler HMS Benvolio sunk by mine off the mouth of the Humber.
1941 Armed Boarding Vessel HMA Manisee sunk by U-107 and Italian sub Michele Bianchi in the Atlantic
1942 Sub HMS P-38 sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Circe east of Tripoli
1943 U-443 sunk by Destroyer Escort HMS Bicester, Lamberton, and Wheatland north west of Algiers. U-522 sunk by Sloop HMS Totland west of Madeira. Siebel Ferrys SF 87 and 210 were lost. USN Patrol vessel YP-336 runs aground and sinks in the Delaware River.
1944 KM Minesweeper R 187 damaged by Allied aircraft, towed to Pola where she sinks, later raised. E Boat S 53 sunk by R.N. ships. S 128 sunk in a collision with S 94. Repair Ship Yamashiro Maru sunk by USS Tang.
1945 Battle of Manila ends. Photo of flag raising on Iwo Jima taken. IJN Sub Chaser CH-35 bombed/sunk off Cape Padaran, French Indochina. Escort ship Yaku sunk by USS Hammerhead n.e. of Nha Trang, French Indochina. Free French destroyer La Combattante sunk by mine off Cromer. KM patrol ship V 6733 sunk by Allied aircraft at Horten.
1991 Coalition Forces invade Iraq.
2008 B-2 crashes on Guam
 
Feb 24
1303 Battle of Roslin
1525 Battle of Pavia
1739 Battle of Karnal
1809 naval Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne
1813 HMS Peacock sunk by USS Hornet in 11 minutes off the mouth of the Demerara River, Guiana
1826 1st Anglo-Burmese War ends
1862 Union troops occupy Nashville and Harper's Ferry
1863 USS Indianola is rammed by CSS Webb, beached and abandond to the Confederates.
1895 Cuban War of Independence begins
1940 U-63 sunk by 3 R.N. ships south of the Shetlands
1941 Monitor HMS Terror sinks off Derna after being bombed and hitting 2 mines on the 22nd & bombed again on the 23rd. Destroyer HMS Dainty bombed/sunk by JU-88s off Tobruk
1942 Turkish Navy Auxiliary Cancay sunk by Soviet sub ShCh-213 off Kara Burna
1943 Sub HMS Vandal sinks north of Arran. R.N. MTB 262 bombed/sunk off Cape Serrat, Tunisia. U-649 sunk in a collision with U-232 in the Baltic. F Lighter F143 sunk by mine off Kerch. Patrol ship V 1249 sunk by mine off Borkum.
1944 U-257 sunk by Frigate HMS Wakesiu in the Mid-Atlantic. U-761 detected by a US Navy PBY equipped with MAD gear. Bombed/damaged by the PBY, a PV-1 Ventura and a RAF PBY. Scuttled when intercepted byDestroyers HMS Anthony and Wishart. 1st sub sunk as a result of use of MAD. A-A ship Krischen der Grosse bombed/sunk off Antwerp
1945 Whaler HMS Ellesmere sunk with all hands by U-1203 in the English Channel. Cable Layer HMS Alert 2 sunk with all hands by U-5330 east of Ramsgate. U-713 sunk by Destroyer HMS Keppel in the Norwegian Sea north of Narvik. U-927 sunk by an RAF Warwick s.e. of Falmouth. U-1203 sunk by Frigates HMS Duckworth and Rowley south east of the Isles of Scilly. U-3007, 3042, 3043, 3052 bombed/sunk at Bremen. Incomplete Torpedo Boat TA 8 bombed/sunk by British aircraft at Horten. I-371 sunk by sub USS Legarto in the Bungo Strait.
 
Feb 29
1704 Deerfield, Ma Raid
1944 US troops invade the Admiralty Islands. Navy PB4Ys bomb Wake Island. USS Trout sunk by Destroyer Asashimo in the East China Sea. KM Sub Chaser UJ 201 sunk by Free French Destroyers Fantasque and Terrible in the Adriatic. Minesweeper R 194 sunk by aircraft off Corfu.
 
Mar 1
1476 Battle of Toro
1562 French Wars of Religion begin
1713 Siege of Ft. Neoheroka begins
1870 Battle of Cerro Cora
1896 Battle of Adwa
1901 Australian Army Est.
1941 Bulgaria joins the Axis. Trawler HMS St. Donats sunk in a collision with Destroyer HMS Cotswald. Trawler HMS Plowboy damaged by mine, or bombed, and beached at Malta
1942 Destroyer USS Edsall bombed and then sunk by Battleships Hiei and Kirishima and 2 Cruisers near Christmas Island. Tanker USS Pecos bombed/sunk near Christmas Island. 2nd Battle of the Java Sea: Cruiser HMS Exeter and Destroyers HMS Encounter and USS Pope sunk. Battle of Sunda Strait: Cruisers USS Houston and HMAS Perth, and Dutch Destroyer Evertson sunk, IJN Minesweeper W-2 and Landing Craft Depot Ship Shinshu Maru torpedoed/sunk by Cruiser Mogami when she missed the Allied Cruisers. Many Dutch Navy ships scuttled at ports in Java. U-656 sunk by US Navy Hudson off Cape Race, Newfoundland.
1943 Italian Torpedo Boat Monsone sunk by Allied aircraft at Naples
1944 Frigate HMS Gould sunk by U-358, who in turn is sunk by 4 other R.N. Frigates off Portugal. U-603 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Bronstein south west of Ireland. U-709 sunk north of The Azores by 3 USN Destroyer Escorts.
1945 Torpedo Boat Manazuru and Aux. Gunboat Chohakusan Maru sunk by US Navy aircraft off Naha, Okinawa. Minelayer Tsubame sunk by US Navy aircraft off Miyako Jima. E-Boat S-220 sunk by Frigate HMS Seymour. Minesweeper M 2 sunk by RAF in Fedjeford, Norway
2002 Operation Anaconda begins
 
Mar 4
1238 Battle of Sit River
1665 2nd Anglo-Dutch War begins
1814 Battle of Longwoods, Ont.
1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, Fla.
1913 Battle of Bizani begins
1941 KM Trawler Krebs sunk by Destroyer HMS Somali off the Lofetens Islands.
1942 Depot Ship HMS Anking, Minesweeper MMS 51 and Sloop HMAS Yarra sunk by IJN Cruisers south of Java
1943 U-87 sunk by Corvette HMCS Shediac and Destroyer HMCS St. Croix. E Boat S 70 sunk by mine in the North Sea. Battle of the Bismarck Sea ends: US Army and RAAF aircraft sink abandoned Destroyers Tokitsukaze and Asashio.
1944 U-472 sunk by Destroyer HMS Onslaught and Swordfish from HMS Chaser. Sub Chasers KT 42 and UJ 6080 bombed/sunkat Toulon. Guard Ship Vs 223 sunk by mine in the Baltic.
1945 Lapland War begins. U-3508 bombed/sunk at Wilhelmshaven. Sub Chaser CH-8 shelled/sunk by subs HMS Terrapin and Trenchant in the Malacca Strait. Aux. Sub Chaser Kiku Maru sunk by sub HMS Clyde in the Malacca Strait
1970 French Sub Eurydice sunk by an explosion while submerged.
2001 BBC terror bombing
2002 Battle of Takur Ghar begins
 
Mar 7
1799 Napoleon captures Jaffa
1814 Battle of Craonne
1902 Battle of Tweebosch
1940 French Aux. Minesweeper Marie Yette sunk in a collision on the Gironde
1941 U-70 sunk by Corvettes HMS Camellia and Arbutus. R.N. MTB 28 burns at Portsmouth.
1942 Dutch Minelayer Gouden Leeuw scuttled at Surabaya. Seaplane Tender Volk scuttled at Tjilatjap, salvaged and put in Japanese service as Patrol Boat PB-104
1943 Italian Torpedo Boat Ciclone sunk by mine in the Med. KM Minesweeper R 40 sunk by mine off Boulogne.
1944 PT-337 sunk by shore batteries off Hansa Bay, New Guinea. KM Minesweeper M 4405 sunk by RAF in Bay of Biscay, Sperrbrecher 19 sunk by mine in North Sea.
1945 US captures the Ludendorf Bridge. U-1302 sunk by 3 Canadian Frigates in St. George's Channell. Patrol vessels V-1610, 1612 and 4 MFPs sunk by RAF in the Kattegat
1951 Operation Ripper begins
 
Mar 8
1722 Battle of Gulnabud
1801 Battle of Abukir
1862 Battle of Pea Ridge ends. Battle of Hampton Roads begins, Frigates USS Congress and Cumberland sunk
1865 Battle of Kinston begins
1916 Battle of Dujaila
1932 1st Battle of Shanghai ends
1937 Battle of Guadalajara begins
1941 Aux. Minesweeper HMS Dart sunk by mine in the Suez Canal.
1942 Battle of Java ends, Japan captures Rangoon. Dutch Minesweeper Jan Van Amsted sunk by IJN Destroyers in Madura Strait, Minesweeper Eland Dubois scuttled in Madura Strait and Minelayer Krakatau scuttled off Madura. Trawler HMS Nothern Princess sunk with all hands by U-587 off Newfoundland. Trawler HMS Notts County sunk with all hands south of Iceland. Soviet Guard Boat DK-38 runs aground and sinks at Cape Tsyp-Navolok.
1943 U-156 sunk by USN PBY east of Barbados. E Boat S 119 sinks from battle damage or a collision in the English Channel. R.N. LCT-2480 lost as deck cargo when SS Fort Lamy sunk by U-527 in the Atlantic
1944 Bouganville: Battle of Hill 700 begins. KM Torpedo Boat TA 8 sunk by British aircraft at Heraklion.
1945 Frigate CD-69 damaged by B-24s off Hainan, sinks under tow off Hong Kong on the 16th.
 
Mar 10
241 B.C. naval Battle of Aegusa
1783 Frigate USS Alliance defeats Frigate HMS Sybil off Cape Canaveral, Fl., Sybil manages to escape after the fight ends. Last battle of the American Revolutionary War.
1814 Battle of Laon
1830 Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) founded.
1831 French Foriegn Legion founded
1865 Battle of Kinston ends
1915 Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins
1936 1st flight Fairey Battle
1942 Armed Merchant Cruiser Kongo Maru and Aux. Minelayer Tenyo Maru bombed/sunk by USN aircraft off Lae, New Guinea
1943 U-633 rammed/sunk by SS Scortun south of Iceland. R.N. MGB 622 sunk by KM warships off Tershelling, Netherlands.
1944 Destroyer Escort USS Leopold sinks after being torpedoed by U-255 on the 9th south of Iceland. U-343 sunk by Trawler HMS Mull north of Bizerta. U-450 sunk by 4 R.N. and one USN ship off Ostia, Italy. U-625 sunk by RCAF Sunderland west of Ireland. U-845 sunk by 3 RCN and one R.N. ship south-west of Ireland. Corvette HMS Asphodel sunk by U-575 north west of Cape Finistere. USN Sub Chaser SC-700 burns at Vella Lavella in a refueling accident. Soviet sub S-54 sunk by mines in Syltefjord, Norway
1945 U-275 sunk by mine off Beachy Head. U-681 sunk by USN PB4Y west of the Isles of Scilly. Norwegian Naval Trawler Nordhav II sunk by U-714 off Dundee, Scotland. Vichy French Sloop Amiral Charner and Gunboat Marne scuttled in French Indochina. Soviet MTB TK-214 wrecked.
1968 Battle of Lima Site 85 begins
1975 Battle of Ban Me Thuot begins
 
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Mar 23
1757 British capture Chandannagar
1815 HMS Penguin captured by USS Hornet off Tristan da Cunha
1821 Battle of Kalama
1862 1st Battle of Kernstown
1879 Battle of Topater
1885 Battle of Phu Lam Tao
1939 Slovak-Hungarian War begins
1940 Trawler HMS Loch Assiter sunk by mine north east of Kinnaird Head. U-22 sunk by mine in Skaggerak.
1941 U-551 sunk by Trawler HMS Visenda south of Iceland
1942 Italian Destroyers Lanciere and Scirocco sank in a storm. Soviet aux. Minelayer Ostrovsky sunk at Tuapse by aircraft. Japanese occupy the Andaman Islands.
1943 Italian sub Delfino scuttled after a collision off Augusta
1944 I-42 sunk by sub USS Tunny off Palau. US LCT-315 explodes and sinks at Eniwetok. U-575 sunk by US and Canadian ships and USN and RAF aircraft. Patrol Ship V 6109 sunk by Soviet aircraft in Busse Sound. US Patrol Boat YP-331 sinks in a storm off Key West
1945 Battleship Gniesenau scuttled as a blockship at Gdynia. KM Patrol Ship V-2022 sunk by Soviet sub L-29 in the Kattegat. Minesweeper M3138 sunk by mine off Pillau. R.N. MTB 705 sunk by mine in the Adriatic. RO-41 sunk by destroyer USS Haggard.
2003 Battle of Nasiriyah begins
 
26th March 1945. My uncle John AC2 RAFVR murdered by Japanese guards on the Sandekan Death March. He has no known grave. The Japanese reported his death due to Malaria, they forgot to add the starvation diet and brutal treatment handed out by the vicious guards.

Rest in Peace Uncle John wherever you lay, I will never forget you.
 
Mar 29
1430 Ottomans capture Thessalonica
1461 Battle of Towton
1831 Bosnian Uprising begins
1847 Siege of Veracruz ends
1879 Battle of Kumbula
1911 Colt M1911 adopted by the US Army
1942 KM Destroyer Z-26 sunk by Cruiser HMS Trinidad and Destroyer Eclipse in the Barents Sea.
1943 KM E Boat S-29 sunk by R.N. MGBs. Minesweeper r 30 sunk by Soviet aircraft off Kerch. Sub Chasers UJ 2201 and 2204 sunk by sub HMS Sibyl in Palermo Bay.
1944 U-961 sunk by Sloop HMS Starling north of the Faroes. MFP 456 sunk off Livorno. MFPs F 479 and 505 lost. Minesweeper M 4000 sunk by mine off St. Malo. R 191 sunk in the Aegean
1945 Frigates CD-18 and 130 bombed/sunk, and CD-84 sunk by USS Hammerhead, all off Cape Varella, French Indochina. Aux. Sub Chaser Shinan Maryu sunk by B-25s off Hainan. Aux. Gunboat Eikichi Maru sunk by sub USS Tirante off Kyushu. Frigate HMCS Teme damaged by U-315 and scrapped. KM Patrol Boat V-5532 damaged by Norwegian MTB 716 and 717, beached/burned off Norway. U-1106 sunk by RAF B-24 north east of the Faroes. U-1169 sunk by Frigate HMS Duckworth south of Lizard Point Wilhelmshaven Air Raid: Frigate Konigin Luise, Cruiser Koln, Minesweepers M 329 and 3430, U 96, 429, 3508, U Boat Tender Vistula, E Boats S 186, 194, 224 sunk Hamburg Air Raid: U 348, 350, 1167, 2340 sunk. Bremen Air Raid: U 430, 870, 882, 884, 1197, 3036, 3043, 3046, 3045 sunk. Patrol ship Vs 343 sunk by mine off Kolberg
1947 Malagasy Uprising begins
1973 Last US combat troops leave S. Vietnam
 
April 12
238 Battle of Carthage
1204 Crusaders capture Constantinople
1807 Froberg Mutiny ends
1861 Bombardment of Ft. Sumter begins,US Civil War begins
1862 The Great Locomotive Chase
1863 Battle of Bayou Teche begins
1864 Ft. Pillow Massacre
1865 Confederate Army of Mobile evacuates Mobile, US troops captures Montgomery, Al.
1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge ends
1935 1st flight Bristol Blenheim
1940 French Sub Chaser C107 sunk in a collision in the Loire. KM Tanker Moonsund stopped by sub HMS Snapper and sunk after crew abandoned ship. KM Sub Chaser UJ-117 sunk by mine in Danish Straits. Captured Norwegian Patrol Ships Senja and Michael Sars bombed/sunk by British at Narvik, raised, repaired and returned to KM service. Norwegian Guard Ship Sperm scuttled at Vikedal
1941 Trawler HMS Rypa sank in a storm in Loch Ewe. Yugoslav River Monitors Drava, Morava, Sava, and Vardar scuttled or bombed/sunk. Morava and Sava raised, repaired and put in Croatian service.
1942 PT-35 scuttled while under repair at Cebu to prevent capture. US Aux. minesweeper YAG-4 shelled/sunk off Corrigidor.
1944 PT-135 scuttled after running aground off Crater Point, New Britain. USN Rescue Tug ATR-98 sunk in collision with Tug USS Abnaki west of the Azores. IJN sub I-174 bombed/sunk by USN PB4Y off Truk. Aux. Minesweeper Wa-104 sunk by HMS Stygia south west of Bali.
1945 U-486 sunk by sub HMS Tapir north-west of Bergen. U-1024 captured by R.N. ships off the Isle of Man, sinks next day. USN LST 493 wrecked/sunk off Plymouth, U.K. LCT-66 lost at Pearl Harbor, unknown causes. LCS(L)-33 and Destroyer USS Manert L Abele sunk by Kamakzes off Okinawa. IJN sub RO-64 sunk by mine in Hiroshima Bay.
1970 Soviet sub K-8 sinks after a fire on the 8th.
 
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