This day in military history..
May 19
1643 Battle of Rocroi
1863 Siege of Vicksburg: A hasy attack by Union troops is repulsed with 900 casulties
1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse: Last fighting of the battle occurs when Ewell's Corps probes Union positions & finds the Union Army is moving to the right of CS positions
1865 Capt. Page sells the CSS Stonewall to Spain @ Havana, Cuba for money to pay his crew off.
1643 Battle of Rocroi
1863 Siege of Vicksburg: A hasy attack by Union troops is repulsed with 900 casulties
1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse: Last fighting of the battle occurs when Ewell's Corps probes Union positions & finds the Union Army is moving to the right of CS positions
1865 Capt. Page sells the CSS Stonewall to Spain @ Havana, Cuba for money to pay his crew off.
tomtom22
Chief Engineer
May 20th
1940: In the West, units of XIX. Panzerkorps (Guderian) capture Amiens and advance to the Channel coast at Abbeville, separating the British Expeditionary Force (Gort) and the Belgian Army from the French forces to the south.
1941: Taking off from airfields in Greece, German paraptroops of the 7.Fliegerdivision (Süssmann) carried in 490 Ju-52 transports of XI.Fliegerkorps (Trettner) and supported by Stuka dive-bombers of VIII.Fliegerkorps (von Richthofen) begin Operation Mercury, the capture of the island of Crete in the Mediterranean. Encountering heavy ground fire from British Commonwealth troops (total of 30,000 men under New Zealand Gen. Freyberg) in prepared positions, casualties are high: of 8,000 men landed nearly 6.000 are killed, and 151 Ju-52s destroyed before air and sea-borne mountain troops arrive to turn near disaster into victory.
1943: The US Tenth Fleet is formed for anti-submarine operations in the Atlantic.
1944: Nearly 5,000 Allied aircraft attack airfields and rail communications in France and Belgium.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/may.html
1915:Lance Corporal Albert Jacka, VC - Lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade, New Zealand and Australian Division, of Winchelsea, Victoria, wins the Victoria Cross at Courtney's Post, Gallipoli. Jacka's was the first VC to be awarded to an Australian in the First World War. Jacka also went on to win the Military Cross and bar.source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp
1631 - The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
1813 - Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church - In the VirginiaBermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20
1778: Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania - British forces from Philadelphia attempt to trap 2,200 Continentals defending Valley Forge led by Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette, through skillful maneuvering, avoids the entrapment and the destruction of his forces. The encounter takes place at Barren Hill, now known as Lafayette Hill, just northwest of Philadelphia.
1915: British renew attacks in Battle of Festubert - British, Canadian and Indian troops launch a new round of attacks against a reinforced German line around the village of Festubert, located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
1953: French see "light at the end of the tunnel" in Vietnam - Using a phrase that will haunt Americans in later years--"Now we can see [success in Vietnam] clearly, like light at the end of a tunnel"--Gen. Henri Navarre assumes command of Frennch Union Forces in Vietnam. The French had been fighting a bloody war against communist insurgents in Vietnam since 1946. The insurgents, the Viet Minh, were fighting for independence and the French were trying to reassert their colonial rule in Indochina.
source: http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp
1801 - Four warships sent to Mediterranean to protect American commerce
1815 - Commodore Stephen Decatur ( Frigate Guerriere) sails with 10 ships to suppress Mediterranean pirates' raids on U.S. shipping
1844 - USS Constitution sails from New York on round the world cruise
1943 - Establishment of Tenth Fleet in Washington, DC, under command of ADM King to coordinate U.S. antisubmarine operations in Atlantic
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesmay.htm
1941: Churchill announces the end of Abyssinian campaign as the Duke of Aosta signs the formal Italian surrender. The British took just 94 days to win the East African campaign. The Royal Navy Minesweeper Widnes is sunk by Luftwaffe planes near Suda Bay in Crete.
1942:The rearguards of the 1st Burma Corps cross the border from Burma into India. Once this is complete, the 1st Burma Corps is disbanded. Admiral Yamamoto issues his orders for Operation 'Mi'. 2nd Carrier Striking Force under Admiral Hosogaya (2 small aircraft carriers, 2 cruisers and 3 destroyers) was to mount an air-strike on Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians on the 3rd June, this was designed to decoy part of the American force northwards. If this happened then they would be met by a Guard Force of 4 battleships, 2 cruisers and 12 destroyers, which would position themselves between Pearl Harbor and the Aleutians. Then on the 5th June, the transports carrying the Japanese assault force would land on Attu and Kiska Islands on the 5th June. Meanwhile the 1st Carrier Striking Force under Admiral Nagumo, which included the Carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu, plus 2 battleships, 2 cruisers and 11 destroyers, would sail from Japan for Midway on the 4th June. Following this would be Transport Force which was commanded by Admiral Kondo with the invasion troops, additionally protected by 3 cruisers from Guam. Finally the Main Support force, commanded by Admiral Yamamoto onboard the super battleship Yamato and including a further 3 battleships, 4 cruisers and escorting destroyers would be ready to move up to engage the American Fleet if required. In order to be sure of the position of the American Fleet, 3 cordons of submarines were positioned north and west of Hawaii and 2 flying boats were stationed at French Frigate Shoal, about 500 miles north-west of Hawaii. The Crimea is finally cleared of the Red Army. 170,000 Russians taken prisoner. Manstein's gaze now turns fully towards Sevastopol.
1943: The Chinese launch a counter offensive on Yangtze River.
1944: The U.S. Fifth Army captures Gaeta to the South of Rome. The first orders from Eisenhower are broadcast to European underground armies.
source: http://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/timelines-index.htm
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1940: In the West, units of XIX. Panzerkorps (Guderian) capture Amiens and advance to the Channel coast at Abbeville, separating the British Expeditionary Force (Gort) and the Belgian Army from the French forces to the south.
1941: Taking off from airfields in Greece, German paraptroops of the 7.Fliegerdivision (Süssmann) carried in 490 Ju-52 transports of XI.Fliegerkorps (Trettner) and supported by Stuka dive-bombers of VIII.Fliegerkorps (von Richthofen) begin Operation Mercury, the capture of the island of Crete in the Mediterranean. Encountering heavy ground fire from British Commonwealth troops (total of 30,000 men under New Zealand Gen. Freyberg) in prepared positions, casualties are high: of 8,000 men landed nearly 6.000 are killed, and 151 Ju-52s destroyed before air and sea-borne mountain troops arrive to turn near disaster into victory.
1943: The US Tenth Fleet is formed for anti-submarine operations in the Atlantic.
1944: Nearly 5,000 Allied aircraft attack airfields and rail communications in France and Belgium.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/may.html
1915:Lance Corporal Albert Jacka, VC - Lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade, New Zealand and Australian Division, of Winchelsea, Victoria, wins the Victoria Cross at Courtney's Post, Gallipoli. Jacka's was the first VC to be awarded to an Australian in the First World War. Jacka also went on to win the Military Cross and bar.source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp
1631 - The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
1813 - Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church - In the VirginiaBermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20
1778: Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania - British forces from Philadelphia attempt to trap 2,200 Continentals defending Valley Forge led by Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette, through skillful maneuvering, avoids the entrapment and the destruction of his forces. The encounter takes place at Barren Hill, now known as Lafayette Hill, just northwest of Philadelphia.
1915: British renew attacks in Battle of Festubert - British, Canadian and Indian troops launch a new round of attacks against a reinforced German line around the village of Festubert, located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
1953: French see "light at the end of the tunnel" in Vietnam - Using a phrase that will haunt Americans in later years--"Now we can see [success in Vietnam] clearly, like light at the end of a tunnel"--Gen. Henri Navarre assumes command of Frennch Union Forces in Vietnam. The French had been fighting a bloody war against communist insurgents in Vietnam since 1946. The insurgents, the Viet Minh, were fighting for independence and the French were trying to reassert their colonial rule in Indochina.
source: http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp
1801 - Four warships sent to Mediterranean to protect American commerce
1815 - Commodore Stephen Decatur ( Frigate Guerriere) sails with 10 ships to suppress Mediterranean pirates' raids on U.S. shipping
1844 - USS Constitution sails from New York on round the world cruise
1943 - Establishment of Tenth Fleet in Washington, DC, under command of ADM King to coordinate U.S. antisubmarine operations in Atlantic
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesmay.htm
1941: Churchill announces the end of Abyssinian campaign as the Duke of Aosta signs the formal Italian surrender. The British took just 94 days to win the East African campaign. The Royal Navy Minesweeper Widnes is sunk by Luftwaffe planes near Suda Bay in Crete.
1942:The rearguards of the 1st Burma Corps cross the border from Burma into India. Once this is complete, the 1st Burma Corps is disbanded. Admiral Yamamoto issues his orders for Operation 'Mi'. 2nd Carrier Striking Force under Admiral Hosogaya (2 small aircraft carriers, 2 cruisers and 3 destroyers) was to mount an air-strike on Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians on the 3rd June, this was designed to decoy part of the American force northwards. If this happened then they would be met by a Guard Force of 4 battleships, 2 cruisers and 12 destroyers, which would position themselves between Pearl Harbor and the Aleutians. Then on the 5th June, the transports carrying the Japanese assault force would land on Attu and Kiska Islands on the 5th June. Meanwhile the 1st Carrier Striking Force under Admiral Nagumo, which included the Carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu, plus 2 battleships, 2 cruisers and 11 destroyers, would sail from Japan for Midway on the 4th June. Following this would be Transport Force which was commanded by Admiral Kondo with the invasion troops, additionally protected by 3 cruisers from Guam. Finally the Main Support force, commanded by Admiral Yamamoto onboard the super battleship Yamato and including a further 3 battleships, 4 cruisers and escorting destroyers would be ready to move up to engage the American Fleet if required. In order to be sure of the position of the American Fleet, 3 cordons of submarines were positioned north and west of Hawaii and 2 flying boats were stationed at French Frigate Shoal, about 500 miles north-west of Hawaii. The Crimea is finally cleared of the Red Army. 170,000 Russians taken prisoner. Manstein's gaze now turns fully towards Sevastopol.
1943: The Chinese launch a counter offensive on Yangtze River.
1944: The U.S. Fifth Army captures Gaeta to the South of Rome. The first orders from Eisenhower are broadcast to European underground armies.
source: http://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/timelines-index.htm
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tomtom22
Chief Engineer
May 21st
1940: In the West, an attack by a French armored brigade under General de Gaulle against 7.Panzer-Division (Rommel) at Arras fails after initial success. The French Ninth Army is surrounded and destroyed, its commander, General Giraud, taken prisoner.
1941: In the battle for Crete, 80 Ju-52s crash-land a regiment of 5.Gebirgsjäger-Division (Ringel) to support the hard-pressed paratroopers at Maleme airfield. In the south Atlantic, against strict orders not to attack American vessels, the US merchant ship Robin Moor is sunk by U-69 (Kptlt. Metzler). This sinking of a neutral American vessel is publicly denounced by President Roosevelt and becomes yet another argument for him in his secret desire for bringing the United States into war against Germany.
1943: The Luftwaffe carries out a raid by FW-190 fighter bombers against Malta.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/may.html
1968: HMAS Sydney leaves Brisbane - HMAS Sydney left Brisbane on its tenth voyage to Vietnam with 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, embarked.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/may.htm
1850 - Washington Navy Yard begins work on first castings for the Dahlgren guns
1917 - USS Ericsson fires first torpedo of war
1944 - During preparations for the invasion of Saipan an accidental ordnance blast on LST 353 sets off cataclysmic ammunition explosions at West Loch, Pearl Harbor, killing 163 and injuring 396. Six tank landing ships (LST-39, LST-43, LST-69, LST-179, LST-353, LST-480), three tank landing craft (LCT-961, LCT-963, LCT-983), and 17 track landing vehicles (LVTs) are destroyed in explosions and fires.
1964 - The initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea.
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesmay.htm
1969 : Military spokesman defends "Hamburger Hill" - A U.S. military command spokesman in Saigon defends the battle for Ap Bia Mountain as having been necessary to stop enemy infiltration and protect the city of Hue. The spokesman stated that the battle was an integral part of the policy of "maximum pressure" that U.S. forces had been pursuing for the prior six months, and confirmed that no orders had been received from President Nixon to modify that basic strategy. On May 20, the battle, described in the American media as the battle for "Hamburger Hill," had come under attack in Congress from Senator Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), who described the action as "senseless and irresponsible." On May 22 in Phu Bai, South Vietnam, Maj. Gen. Melvin Zais, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division that took "Hamburger Hill," responded to continuing media criticism by saying that his orders had been "to destroy enemy forces" in the A Shau Valley and that he had not received any other orders to reduce casualties by avoiding battles.
source: http://www.history.com/tdih.do?
1863 - American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana.
1941 - 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, the freighter SS Robin Moor becomes the first United States ship sunk by a GermanU-boat.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21
1940: In the West, an attack by a French armored brigade under General de Gaulle against 7.Panzer-Division (Rommel) at Arras fails after initial success. The French Ninth Army is surrounded and destroyed, its commander, General Giraud, taken prisoner.
1941: In the battle for Crete, 80 Ju-52s crash-land a regiment of 5.Gebirgsjäger-Division (Ringel) to support the hard-pressed paratroopers at Maleme airfield. In the south Atlantic, against strict orders not to attack American vessels, the US merchant ship Robin Moor is sunk by U-69 (Kptlt. Metzler). This sinking of a neutral American vessel is publicly denounced by President Roosevelt and becomes yet another argument for him in his secret desire for bringing the United States into war against Germany.
1943: The Luftwaffe carries out a raid by FW-190 fighter bombers against Malta.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/may.html
1968: HMAS Sydney leaves Brisbane - HMAS Sydney left Brisbane on its tenth voyage to Vietnam with 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, embarked.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/may.htm
1850 - Washington Navy Yard begins work on first castings for the Dahlgren guns
1917 - USS Ericsson fires first torpedo of war
1944 - During preparations for the invasion of Saipan an accidental ordnance blast on LST 353 sets off cataclysmic ammunition explosions at West Loch, Pearl Harbor, killing 163 and injuring 396. Six tank landing ships (LST-39, LST-43, LST-69, LST-179, LST-353, LST-480), three tank landing craft (LCT-961, LCT-963, LCT-983), and 17 track landing vehicles (LVTs) are destroyed in explosions and fires.
1964 - The initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea.
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesmay.htm
1969 : Military spokesman defends "Hamburger Hill" - A U.S. military command spokesman in Saigon defends the battle for Ap Bia Mountain as having been necessary to stop enemy infiltration and protect the city of Hue. The spokesman stated that the battle was an integral part of the policy of "maximum pressure" that U.S. forces had been pursuing for the prior six months, and confirmed that no orders had been received from President Nixon to modify that basic strategy. On May 20, the battle, described in the American media as the battle for "Hamburger Hill," had come under attack in Congress from Senator Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), who described the action as "senseless and irresponsible." On May 22 in Phu Bai, South Vietnam, Maj. Gen. Melvin Zais, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division that took "Hamburger Hill," responded to continuing media criticism by saying that his orders had been "to destroy enemy forces" in the A Shau Valley and that he had not received any other orders to reduce casualties by avoiding battles.
source: http://www.history.com/tdih.do?
1863 - American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana.
1941 - 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, the freighter SS Robin Moor becomes the first United States ship sunk by a GermanU-boat.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21
1951: The U.S. Eighth Army counterattacks to drive the Communist Chinese and North Koreans out of South Korea.
source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history?tihMonth=5&tihDay=21&tdih=GO
source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history?tihMonth=5&tihDay=21&tdih=GO
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May 22
334 B.C. Battle of Granicus Macedonians defeat Persians
853 Byzantines sack & destroy Damietta, Egypt
1455 1st Battle of St. Albans
1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling ends
1863 Vicksburg Campaign: Union troops launch 2 more unsucsessfull attacks
1942 Mexico declares War on the Axis
1968 Sub USS Scorpion sinks in the Atlantic
334 B.C. Battle of Granicus Macedonians defeat Persians
853 Byzantines sack & destroy Damietta, Egypt
1455 1st Battle of St. Albans
1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling ends
1863 Vicksburg Campaign: Union troops launch 2 more unsucsessfull attacks
1942 Mexico declares War on the Axis
1968 Sub USS Scorpion sinks in the Atlantic
May 23
1568 Battle of Heiligerlee
1706 Battle of Ramillies
1862 Battle of Lewisburg, Va. 1862 Valley Campaign: Battle of Front Royal, Va
1864 Battle of North Anna begins
1915 Italy declares War on Austria-Hungary
1939 Sub USS Squalus sinks in the Atlantic
1967 Egypt blockades Eilat, Israel
1568 Battle of Heiligerlee
1706 Battle of Ramillies
1862 Battle of Lewisburg, Va. 1862 Valley Campaign: Battle of Front Royal, Va
1864 Battle of North Anna begins
1915 Italy declares War on Austria-Hungary
1939 Sub USS Squalus sinks in the Atlantic
1967 Egypt blockades Eilat, Israel
May 25
1085 Castile recaptures Toledo from the Moors
1862 Valley Campaign: Jackson's troops drive Union troops out of Winchester, Va
1864 Battle of New Hope Church, Ga. begins
1865 20 tons of captured gunpowder explodes @ Mobile, Al causing 300 casulties & extensive damage to the dock area
1982 HMS Coventry sunk in Argentine air raid
2000 Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon
1085 Castile recaptures Toledo from the Moors
1862 Valley Campaign: Jackson's troops drive Union troops out of Winchester, Va
1864 Battle of New Hope Church, Ga. begins
1865 20 tons of captured gunpowder explodes @ Mobile, Al causing 300 casulties & extensive damage to the dock area
1982 HMS Coventry sunk in Argentine air raid
2000 Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon
May 26
451 Battle of Avarayr
1736 Battle of Ackia, Miss.
1862 Valley Campaign: Union troops withdraw across the Potomoc just ahead of Jackson's troops arrival
1864 Fighting all along the New Hope Church-Dallas, Ga. line
1940 Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins
1942 Battle of Bir Hakiem begins
451 Battle of Avarayr
1736 Battle of Ackia, Miss.
1862 Valley Campaign: Union troops withdraw across the Potomoc just ahead of Jackson's troops arrival
1864 Fighting all along the New Hope Church-Dallas, Ga. line
1940 Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins
1942 Battle of Bir Hakiem begins
May 27
927 Battle of the Bosnian Heights
1798 Battle of Oulart Hill, Ireland
1799 battle of Winterthur, Switzerland
1812 Battle of La Coronella
1813 US captures Ft. George, Canada
1860 Garibaldi attacks Palermo
1862 Battle of Hanover Courthouse, Va.
1863 Siege of Port Hudson: A day after completing siege preparations, Union troops launch an attack that is beaten back with heavy casulties. Gunboat CSS Chatahoochie is sunk by a boiler explosion on the Apalachicola River near Blountstown, Fla. She is later raised, repaired & put back into CSN service.
1864 Fighting continues along the New Hope Church-Dallas, Ga line. A Union attack @ Pickett's Mill is repulsed.
1905 naval Battle of Tsushima begins
1919 US Navy NC-4 finishes the 1st trans-Atlantic flight
1941 Bismarck sunk
1958 1st flight F-4 Phantom
927 Battle of the Bosnian Heights
1798 Battle of Oulart Hill, Ireland
1799 battle of Winterthur, Switzerland
1812 Battle of La Coronella
1813 US captures Ft. George, Canada
1860 Garibaldi attacks Palermo
1862 Battle of Hanover Courthouse, Va.
1863 Siege of Port Hudson: A day after completing siege preparations, Union troops launch an attack that is beaten back with heavy casulties. Gunboat CSS Chatahoochie is sunk by a boiler explosion on the Apalachicola River near Blountstown, Fla. She is later raised, repaired & put back into CSN service.
1864 Fighting continues along the New Hope Church-Dallas, Ga line. A Union attack @ Pickett's Mill is repulsed.
1905 naval Battle of Tsushima begins
1919 US Navy NC-4 finishes the 1st trans-Atlantic flight
1941 Bismarck sunk
1958 1st flight F-4 Phantom
May 28
585 B.C. Battle of the eclipse
1588 The Spanish Armada begins to sail for England, takes 3 days for all ships to leave
1754 Battle of Jumonville Glen, Pa
1905 naval Battle of Tsushima ends
1940 Belgium surrenders to the Germans. Allies recapture Narvik, Norway from the Germans
1982 Battle of Goose Green
May 29
363 Battle of Ctesiphan
1167 Battle of Monte Porzio
1176 Battle of Legano
1415 Constantinople, & the Byzentine Empire, falls to the Turks
1780 Battle of Waxhaws
1861 Union troops occupy Newport News, Va
1918 Battle of Sardarapat
1940 1st flight F4U Corsair
1945 1st combat mission B-32
585 B.C. Battle of the eclipse
1588 The Spanish Armada begins to sail for England, takes 3 days for all ships to leave
1754 Battle of Jumonville Glen, Pa
1905 naval Battle of Tsushima ends
1940 Belgium surrenders to the Germans. Allies recapture Narvik, Norway from the Germans
1982 Battle of Goose Green
May 29
363 Battle of Ctesiphan
1167 Battle of Monte Porzio
1176 Battle of Legano
1415 Constantinople, & the Byzentine Empire, falls to the Turks
1780 Battle of Waxhaws
1861 Union troops occupy Newport News, Va
1918 Battle of Sardarapat
1940 1st flight F4U Corsair
1945 1st combat mission B-32
June 1
1204 King Philip of France takes Rouen
1215 Battle of Peking
1298 Battle of Turaida
1648 Battle of Maidstone
1679 Battle of Drumclog
1794 naval Battle of the glorious 1st of June
1813 HMS Shannon defeats USS Chesapeake. Mortaly wounded Capt Lawrence declares "Don't give up the ship". The ship was given up, but became a rally cry for the US.
1861 Battle of Fairfax Courthouse
1862 Battle of Fair Oaks ends. With the wounding of Gen Joe Johnston
R.E. Lee takes command of Richmond's defences, G W Smith takes command of the Army of Northern Virginia on the field
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood
1941 Germany captures Crete
1204 King Philip of France takes Rouen
1215 Battle of Peking
1298 Battle of Turaida
1648 Battle of Maidstone
1679 Battle of Drumclog
1794 naval Battle of the glorious 1st of June
1813 HMS Shannon defeats USS Chesapeake. Mortaly wounded Capt Lawrence declares "Don't give up the ship". The ship was given up, but became a rally cry for the US.
1861 Battle of Fairfax Courthouse
1862 Battle of Fair Oaks ends. With the wounding of Gen Joe Johnston
R.E. Lee takes command of Richmond's defences, G W Smith takes command of the Army of Northern Virginia on the field
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood
1941 Germany captures Crete
June 2
455 Vandals sack Rome
1295 1st Siege of Antioch ends
1676 naval Battle of Palermo
1763 Chippewas capture Ft. Michilimackinac
1864 fighting around Cold Harbor continues
1865 Gen. Kirby Smith surrenders all troops in the Trans-Mississippi Dept.
1866 Finian invasion of Canada: Finians win Battles of Ft. Erie & Ridgeway.
455 Vandals sack Rome
1295 1st Siege of Antioch ends
1676 naval Battle of Palermo
1763 Chippewas capture Ft. Michilimackinac
1864 fighting around Cold Harbor continues
1865 Gen. Kirby Smith surrenders all troops in the Trans-Mississippi Dept.
1866 Finian invasion of Canada: Finians win Battles of Ft. Erie & Ridgeway.
tomtom22
Chief Engineer
June 3rd
1940: In Norway, British and French forces (24,000 men) abandon Narvik, while the last Allied troops are evacuated from Dunkirk (in all, 218,226 British and 120,000 French).
1944: In Italy, German forces withdraw from Rome which has been declared an 'open city'.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html
1785 - Order to sell last ship remaining in Continental Navy, frigate Alliance. No other Navy were ships authorized until 1794.
1898 - Collier Merrimac sunk in channel leading to Santiago, Cuba in unsuccessful attempt to trap Spanish fleet. The crew was captured and later received the Medal of Honor.
1949 - Wesley A. Brown becomes the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy.
1966 - Launch of Gemini 9, piloted by LCDR Eugene A. Cernan, USN. The mission included 45 orbits over 3 days. Recovery was by USS Wasp (CVS-18).
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm
1942: Battle of Midway begins - The battle of Midway was the first decisive defeat inflicted on Japan by America in the Second World War. The battle shifted the balance of sea power in the Pacific towards the Allies and forced Japan to abandon plans for advances on New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa and delayed their offensive in New Guinea.
1944: Last major air combat by RAAF in the Second World War - South of Biak Isand 15 P-40Ns from 78 Squadron attacked 15 Japanese aircraft comprising 12 fighters and three dive bombers and succeeded in shooting down seven fighters and all of the dive bombers for the loss of one P-40 and pilot.source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jun.asp
1940: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
1969 - Melbourne-Evans collision: Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_3
1098: Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seize Antioch, Turkey
1861: Union troops defeat Confederate forces at Philippi, in western Virginia
1864: Some 7,000 Union troops are killed within 30 minutes during the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia.
1942: Japanese carrier-based planes strafe Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway Island.
source: http://www.historynet.com/tdih0603.htm
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1940: In Norway, British and French forces (24,000 men) abandon Narvik, while the last Allied troops are evacuated from Dunkirk (in all, 218,226 British and 120,000 French).
1944: In Italy, German forces withdraw from Rome which has been declared an 'open city'.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html
1785 - Order to sell last ship remaining in Continental Navy, frigate Alliance. No other Navy were ships authorized until 1794.
1898 - Collier Merrimac sunk in channel leading to Santiago, Cuba in unsuccessful attempt to trap Spanish fleet. The crew was captured and later received the Medal of Honor.
1949 - Wesley A. Brown becomes the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy.
1966 - Launch of Gemini 9, piloted by LCDR Eugene A. Cernan, USN. The mission included 45 orbits over 3 days. Recovery was by USS Wasp (CVS-18).
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm
1942: Battle of Midway begins - The battle of Midway was the first decisive defeat inflicted on Japan by America in the Second World War. The battle shifted the balance of sea power in the Pacific towards the Allies and forced Japan to abandon plans for advances on New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa and delayed their offensive in New Guinea.
1944: Last major air combat by RAAF in the Second World War - South of Biak Isand 15 P-40Ns from 78 Squadron attacked 15 Japanese aircraft comprising 12 fighters and three dive bombers and succeeded in shooting down seven fighters and all of the dive bombers for the loss of one P-40 and pilot.source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jun.asp
1940: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
1969 - Melbourne-Evans collision: Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_3
1098: Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seize Antioch, Turkey
1861: Union troops defeat Confederate forces at Philippi, in western Virginia
1864: Some 7,000 Union troops are killed within 30 minutes during the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia.
1942: Japanese carrier-based planes strafe Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway Island.
source: http://www.historynet.com/tdih0603.htm
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tomtom22
Chief Engineer
June 4th
1940: German troops enter Dunkirk, taking 40,000 French prisoners and huge quantities of abandoned British equipment: 84,000 vehicles, 2,500 guns and 650,000 tons of supplies and ammunition. French bombers carry out night raids on Munich and Frankfurt, with negligible results.
1941: Luftwaffe bombers carry out a night raid on the port of Alexandria in Egypt.
1942: Hitler flies to Finland to meet with the Finnish head of state, Marshal Mannerheim.
1943: In the East, Luftwaffe bombers attack the great tank-producing plants at Gorki.
1944: The US Fifth Army (Clark) enters Rome. U-505, patroling off Cape Blanco on the West African coast is forced to the surface by depth-charges from the US destroyer escort Chatelain, captured intact and towed to Bermuda by the escort carrier Guadalcanal.
SOURCE: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html
1934 - USS Ranger, first ship designed from the keel up as a carrier, is commissioned at Norfolk, VA
1942 - Battle of Midway (4-6 June) begins; during battle, the 4 Japanese carriers which attacked Pearl Harbor are sunk; this decisive U.S. victory is a turning point in the Pacific war
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm
1900: Six Mile Spruit - Victorians and West Australians heavily engaged at Six Mile Spruit.
1944: Allied troops enter Rome - The Italian campaign, aimed at exploiting the Allied victory in North Africa and distract German forces from France and the Eastern Front, became a lengthy war of attrition that was not brought to an end with the fall of Rome.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jun.asp
1742: Quebec Quebec - Le Canada launched; first French warship built in Canada sails for Rochefort, France.
1940: France - RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron posted to France. Dunkirk France - Dunkirk evacuation completed; Canadians recross Channel with only six men missing.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=04
1615: The fortress at Osaka, Japan, falls to Shogun Leyasu after a six-month siege.
1794: British troops capture Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
1859: The French army, under Napoleon III, takes Magenta from the Austrian army.
1918: French and American troops halt Germany’s offensive at Chateau-Thierry, France.
source: http://www.historynet.com/tdih0604.htm
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1940: German troops enter Dunkirk, taking 40,000 French prisoners and huge quantities of abandoned British equipment: 84,000 vehicles, 2,500 guns and 650,000 tons of supplies and ammunition. French bombers carry out night raids on Munich and Frankfurt, with negligible results.
1941: Luftwaffe bombers carry out a night raid on the port of Alexandria in Egypt.
1942: Hitler flies to Finland to meet with the Finnish head of state, Marshal Mannerheim.
1943: In the East, Luftwaffe bombers attack the great tank-producing plants at Gorki.
1944: The US Fifth Army (Clark) enters Rome. U-505, patroling off Cape Blanco on the West African coast is forced to the surface by depth-charges from the US destroyer escort Chatelain, captured intact and towed to Bermuda by the escort carrier Guadalcanal.
SOURCE: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html
1934 - USS Ranger, first ship designed from the keel up as a carrier, is commissioned at Norfolk, VA
1942 - Battle of Midway (4-6 June) begins; during battle, the 4 Japanese carriers which attacked Pearl Harbor are sunk; this decisive U.S. victory is a turning point in the Pacific war
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm
1900: Six Mile Spruit - Victorians and West Australians heavily engaged at Six Mile Spruit.
1944: Allied troops enter Rome - The Italian campaign, aimed at exploiting the Allied victory in North Africa and distract German forces from France and the Eastern Front, became a lengthy war of attrition that was not brought to an end with the fall of Rome.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jun.asp
1742: Quebec Quebec - Le Canada launched; first French warship built in Canada sails for Rochefort, France.
1940: France - RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron posted to France. Dunkirk France - Dunkirk evacuation completed; Canadians recross Channel with only six men missing.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=04
1615: The fortress at Osaka, Japan, falls to Shogun Leyasu after a six-month siege.
1794: British troops capture Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
1859: The French army, under Napoleon III, takes Magenta from the Austrian army.
1918: French and American troops halt Germany’s offensive at Chateau-Thierry, France.
source: http://www.historynet.com/tdih0604.htm
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June 7
1099 Siege of Jerusalem begins
1420 Vinice captures Udine
1863 Battle of Miliken's Bend, Miss. French troops capture Mexico City.
1880 Battle of Arica
1917 Battle of Missines
1942 Battle of Midway ends. Japanese occupy Attu & Kiska
1981 Israel bombs Iraqi nuclear reactor
1099 Siege of Jerusalem begins
1420 Vinice captures Udine
1863 Battle of Miliken's Bend, Miss. French troops capture Mexico City.
1880 Battle of Arica
1917 Battle of Missines
1942 Battle of Midway ends. Japanese occupy Attu & Kiska
1981 Israel bombs Iraqi nuclear reactor