This day in military history..

Nov 12
764 Tibetan troops occupy Tang Dynasty capitol of Changan
1864 Sherman completes the destruction of Atlanta
1940 Free French Forces capture Gabon & French Equitorial Africa from Vichy French forces
1941 Soviet Light Crusier Chervona Ukraina sunk @ Sevastopol in air raid
1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
1944 Battleship Tirpitz sunk in air raid
2001 Taliban abandon Kabul
 
Nov 18
401 Visigoths invade Italy
1494 French occupy Florence
1803 Battle of Vertieres
1809 French Frigates capture 3 British East Indiamen in the Indian Ocean
1991 Siege of Vukovar ends
 
Nov 20
762 Tang Dynasty recaptures Luoyang from rebels
1194 Holy Roman Empire captures Palermo
1739 Battle of Porto Bello
1845 Battle of Vuelta de Obligado
1917 Battle of Camgrai begins
1940 Hungary joins the Axis
1943 US Marines invade Tarawa
1962 Cuban Missle Crisis ends
 
Nov 21
1386 Tamerlane sacks Tbilisi
1894 Japanese capture Port Arthur
1910 Brazilian Navy suffers a Mutiny
1916 Hospital ship Brittanic sunk by a mine
1970 Unsucsessfull Son Tay Prison camp Raid
1971 Battle of Garibpur
 
Nov 22
845 Battle of Ballon
1718 Blackbeard killed in fight with Royal Navy
1812 Battle of Wildcat Creek
1861 A Bombardment between Confederate held Ft. McRee, Ft. Barrancas & batteries @ the Pensacola Navy Yard vs Union held Ft. Pickens & USS Niagra & USS Richmond begins
1864 Union troops capture Georgia's Capitol, Milledgeville
1940 Greeks capture Korytsa
1942 Soviets surround Stalingrad trapping the 6th Army.
 
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Nov 23
1248 Castille captures Toledo
1510 Ottomans capture Imeveti
1808 Battle of Tudela
1863 Battle of Chattanooga begins
1940 Romania joins the Axis
1943 US secures Tarawa & Makin
2010 North Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island
 
Nov 24
1429 Siege of Le Charite begins
1542 Battle of Solway Moss
1850 Battle of Lottorf
1861 Bombardment between US & CS Forts & batteries south of Pensacola ends before sun up.
1863 Battle of Chattanooga: Battle of Lookout Mountain A.K.A. "The Battle above the Clouds".
1940 Slovakia joins the Axis
1943 Escort Carrier USS Liscome Bay explodes after being torpedoed by I-175
 
Nov 25
1177 Battle of Montgisard
1491 Siege of Grenada begins
1758 British capture Ft. Duquesne from the French.
1863 Battle of Chattanooga: Battle of Missionary Ridge
1917 Battle of Negomano
1940 1st flight, DeHavilland Mosquito & the B-26 Marauder
 
Nov 26
1865 naval Battle of Papudo Chilean Corvette defeats Spanish Schooner
1939 Shelling of Mainila: Staged event by Soviets to provoke War with Finland
1950 Chinese counter attack in N. Korea, Battle of Chongchon River begins
 
1776 Siege of Ft. Cumberland, Canada ends
1861 CS Navy orders the former Frigate USS Merrimack converted into an Ironclad, & is renamed CSS Virginia
1863 Battle of Ft. Saunders
1864 Sand Creek Massacre
1872 Battle of Lost River
 
Dec 2
1775 USS Alfred becomes the 1st ship to fly the US flag (Grand Union)
1805 Battle of Austerlitz
1899 Battle of Tirad Pass
1917 Russia signs armistice with the Central Powers
1943 German air raid on Bari, Italy sinks a number of ships, including Liberty Ship John Harvey releasing its cargo of Mustard Gas
1956 Communists under Castro & Guevarra land in Cuba to start the Cuban Revolution
1975 Communist Pathet Lao take over Laos
 
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