This day in military history..

Sept 2
31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium
1649 Papal forces destroy Castro, Italy
1807 2nd Battle of Copenhagen begins
1862 Confederates occupy Lexington, Ky
1864 Union troops occupy Atlanta
1898 Battle of Omdurman
1939 Polish auxilleries Gdansk & Gydnie bombed/sunk off Gdansk
1940 US-UK Bases for Destroyers Deal. KM Troopship Pionier sunk by HMS Sturgeon off Skagen, Denmark. Sub Chaser UJ-121 sunk by mine off Ostend
1943 IJN Frigate Mutsure sunk by USS Snapper north of Truk
1944 Soviet Minesweeper BTSC-410 Vzryv sunk by U-19 in the Black Sea. U-394 sunk by Swordfish from HMS Vindex & gunfire from 4 R.N. ships
1945 Japanese surrender on USS Missouri. Japanese Garrisons surrender on Palau, Truk, Rota & Pagan Island
 
Sept 3
36 B.C. naval Battle of Naulochus
863 Battle of Lalakaon
1260 Battle of Ain Julat
1650 Battle of Dunbar
1651 Battle of Worchester
1777 Battle of Cooch's Bridge
1782 The US Navy's 1st Ship-of-the-Line, USS United States, is transfered upon launch to France
1798 Battle of St. George's Caye
1861 CS troops invade Ky
1863 Battle of Whitestone Hill, Dakota Territory. Union Cavalry inflicts the worse defeat in Sioux history
1864 Battle of Berryville
1925 Zepelin USS Shenandoah crashes in Ohio
1939 UK, France, New Zealand & Australia declares War on Germany. Polish Destroyer Wicher, Minesweeper Mewa & Minelayer Gryf bombed/sunk at Hel
1940 U-57 sunk in collision with Norwegian S.S. Rona off Brunsbuttel. Raised, repaired & returned to service
1943 Allies invade Italy. K.M. Patrol Ship UJ-1202 sunk by a sub off Norway. US troops land at Lae & Salamaua, P.N.G.
1944 1st use of radio controlled PB4Y flying bomb, remote controlled from a PV, to hit sub pens @ Heligoland Island. K.M. Sperrbrecher 155 scuttled at Antwerp, repaired & returns to (Belgian?) service as S.S. Ardea in May of 1945
1945 Japanese surrender on Wake Island
 
Sept 4
1260 Battle of Montaperti
1804 Fireship USS Intrepid destroyed in Tripoli Harbor with all hands lost
1812 Siege of Ft. Harrison begins
1861 Confederates occupy Columbus, Ky
1886 Geronimo surrenders
1939 Polish Torpedo Boats A-64 & A-68 scuttled off Danzig
1940 Tug HMS Saucy sunk with all hands by a mine in the Firth of Forth
1941 U-652 misses Destroyer USS Greer with torpedos, but is damaged by depth charges from Greer
1942 IJN Ammo Ship Kashina sunk by USS Growler off Formosa
1944 Finnish-Soviet Continuation War ends. British liberate Antwerp
1954 US Navy P2V shot down off Swatow, China
1967 Operation Swift begins
 
Sept 5
1590 Siege of Paris ends
1697 naval Battle of Hudson's Bay
1781 Battle of the Chesapeake
1800 British capture Malta from the French
1812 Siege of Ft. Wayne begins
1813 USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off Portland, Me.
1914 1st Battle of the Marne begins
1940 Two KM Flackships are sunk by mines, V201 in the Westerschelde & V-402 off Dunkerque
1942 Destroyer-Transports USS Little & Gregory sunk by IJN Destroyers off Guadalcanal
1970 Operation Jefferson Glenn begins
1972 Munich Massacre
 
Sept 6
394 Battle of Frigidus
1634 Battle of Nordlingen
1781 Battle of Groton Heights
1861 Union troops occupy Paducah
1963 CS troops evacuate Chatanooga, CS troops evacuate Battery Wagner over the night of 6-7th.
1918 US Navy manned 14" Railroad Guns bombard a German railhead in the Compeigne Forest
1937 Battle of El Mazuco begins
1939 South Africa declares War on Germany. Polish Guard Ship General Haller, damaged in previous air attacks & stripped of armament, is bombed/sunk at Hel
1940 Corvette HMS Godetia sunk in collision with SS Marsa off Altacarry Head, N. Ireland.
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Brora founders in the Sound of Harris, and R.N. Trawler HMS Strathbone sunk by a mine in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. KM Gunnery Training ship Bremse sunk by HMS Nigeria in Hammerfjiord, Norway. Soviet Patrol Boats MO-404 and 407 sunk by German field artillery off Kuivasto Estonia. Italian anti-aircraft ship Carla run ashore attempting to evade attack from Dutch sub O-24 off La Spezia
1943 Destroyer HMS Puckeridge sunk by U-617 east of Gibraltar
1944 Ypres, Belgium & Yartu, Estonia are Liberated. German Lightship Norderney II sunk by Beaufighters off Emden
 
Sept 7
70 Romans take Jeruselem
1191 Battle of Arsuf
1775 USS Hannah captures British supply ship Unity, 1st prize taken by the Continental Navy
1776 Sub Turtle attempts to sink Ship-of-the-Line HMS Asia in NY harbor
1812 Battle of Borodino
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Abronia foundered in the River Thames. Ocean Boarding Vessels HMS Inanda & Inkosi bombed/sunk in the Royal Albert Dock. Inanda rebuilt and returned to service as SS Empire Explorer & Inkosi as SS Empire Chivalry. Armed Yacht HMS Rhodora sunk in collision with SS Ngatira in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff.
1942 Battle of Milne Bay ends. 1st flight B-32. Armed Yacht HMCS Raccoon sunk with all hands by U-165 in the Strait of Belle Isle
1944 KM Transport Westfalen sunk by mine off Marstrand, Sweden
1965 Operation Piranah begins
 
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Sept 8
1380 Battle of Kulikovo
1514 Battle of Orsha
1655 Sweden captures Warsaw
1755 Battle of Lake George
1756 Battle of Kittanning
1781 Battle of Eutaw Springs
1793 Battle of Hondeschoote ends
1796 Battle of Bassano
1863 2nd Battle of Sabine Pass
1923 Honda Point Disaster: 9 US Destroyers run aground, 7 lost
1939 Dutch Minesweeper Willem Van Ewijck sunk by mine off Terschelling
1941 Siege of Leningrad begins. Aux Minesweeper HMS Corfield sunk by mine off Grimsby. Italian sub Maggiore Barracca rammed/sunk by Destroyer HMS Croome in the Atlantic
1954 SEATO formed
 
Sept 9
9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
999 naval Battle of Svolder
1493 Battle of Krbava Field
1513 Battle of Flodden Field
1855 Siege of Sevastapol ends
1939 Battle of Hel ends
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Dervish sunk by mine off the mouth of the Humber
1942 Aux. USS Muskeget sunk with all hands by U-755
1943 Allies invade Italy, landing @ Salerno, Toranto & Calabria. Italian Govt changes sides. Italian Battlefleet sails to join Allies. Italian Battleship Roma sunk by German Fritz X guided missle from a Do-217 off Asinara. Fleet Tug USS Nauset bombed/sunk in the Gulf of Salerno. IJN sub I-182 sunk by USS Trout. Sub USS Grayling probably sunk by ramming by SS Hokuan Maru west of Luzon.
1944 US carriers raid on Mindanao
 
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Sept 10
1547 Battle of Pinkie Cleogh
1561 4th Battle of Kawanakajima
1798 Battle of St. George's Caye ends
1813 Battle of Lake Erie
1861 Battle of Carnifax Ferry
1918 Red Army captures Kazan from the White Army
1939 Canada declares War on Germany. Sub HMS Triton sinks sub HMS Oxley off Stravanger, Norway. 1st R.N. ship lost.
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Christine Rose wrecked on Knap Rock, Argyllshire. CAM ship SS Empire Hudson sunk by U-81. KM Minesweeper M-1102 sunk by RAF in the North Sea. U-501 damaged by HMCS Chambley. U-Boat surrenders & is boarded by Boarding Party from HMCS Moosejaw, but sinks.
1942 Italian Hospital Ship Arno sunk by RAF n.e of Ras El Tin, Libya
1943 Germans occupy Rome. Minelayer HMS Abdiel sunk by mine in Toranto Harbor
1944 U-20 & 23 scuttled in the Black Sea
 
Sept 11
1297 Battle of Sterling Bridge
1541 Indians attack Santiago, Chile
1565 Siege of Malta lifted
1683 Battle of Vienna begins
1697 Battle of Zenta
1709 Battle of Malplaquet
1714 Siege of Barcelona ends( began 7/25/13)
1758 Battle of Seint Cast
1777 Battle of Brandywine creek
1803 Battle of Delhi
1814 Battle of Lake Champlain
1861 Battle of Cheat Mountain
1914 Australia invades German Neu Pommern: Battle of Bita Paka
1919 US Marines land in Honduras
1939 Canada declares War on Germany
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Beathwood sunk by mine off Montrose, Angus
1941 U-207 sunk by HMS Leamington & Veteran
1942 Corvette HMS Charlottetown sunk by U-517 off Ca-Chat, Quebec IJN Aircraft Ferry Kanto Maru sunk by sub USS Saury in the Makassar Strait
1943 Germans occupy Corsica & Kosovo. Destroyer USS Rowan sunk by E Boat off Oran, Algeria. R.N. Midget subs X 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9 lost attempting to attack KM Lutzow, Tirptz & Scharnhorst in Norway
2001 9-11 Islamic Terrorist attacks
 
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Sept 12
490 B.C. Battle of Marathon
1213 Battle of Muret
1229 Aragon invades Majorca
1683 Battle of Vienna ends
1814 Battle of North Point, Md
1847 Battle of Chapultepec begins
1861 Battle of Cheat Mountain, Va ends. Siege of Lexington, Mo begins
1897 Battle of Saragarhi
1940 Tug HMS Salvage King wrecked off Duncansby Head, Caithness
1941 Soviet Patrol Ship PC-121 bombed/sunk in Black Sea off Tendra
1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge begins
1943 Mussolini rescued by Skorzeny
1944 Destroyer USS Noa sunk after being rammed by Destroyer USS Fullam. US Subs attack a Japanese convoy, USS Growler sinks Destroyer Shikinami & Frigate Hirado, plus Rayuku Maru & Kachidoki Maru carrying rubber & 2118 British & Australian POWs. Japanese rescue 780 & US Subs 159. They were survivors of those who worked on building the Burma Railroad. US Minesweeper YMS-409 foundered with all hands in the Great Hurricane of 1944 off Florida
1948 India invades Hyderabad
1967 Operation Coronado V begins
 
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Sept 13
533 Battle of Ad Decium
1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham
1808 Battle of Jutas
1814 Battle of Ft. McHenry begins
1847 Battle of Chapultepec ends
1882 Battle of Tel el-Kibir
1900 Battle of Pulang Lupa
1914 Battle of Aisne begins
1939 French Minelayer Pluton blows up at Toulon. Minelayer La Tour d'Auvergne blows up while unloading mines at Casablanca, 3 civilian trawlers are sunk & Aux Minesweepers Charcot, Chellah & Grosse damaged beyond repair, at least 200 killed.
1940 KM Trawler M-1306 sunk by mine off Hanstholm
1941 KM Flackship V-308 sunk bySoviet MBT off Porkkala, Finland. Finnish Coast Defence Ship Ilmarinen sunk by mine off Uto, Finland
1944 Destroyer-Minesweeper USS Perry sunk by mine off Palau. Destroyer USS Warrington founders during the Great Hurricane of 1944 off of The Bahamas
 
Sept 14
1180 Battle of Ishibashiyama
1808 Battle of Oravais
1812 French enter Moscow
1814 Battle of Ft. McHenry ends
1862 Battle of South Mountain
1939 Polish Minesweeper Jaskolkc bombed/sunk at Jastarnia. U-39 sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers after her torpedoes malfuntion when launched at HMS Ark Royal off Rockall. 1st U-Boat lost in WWII.
1940 Two KM Naval Trawlers are lost in Norway, NM 11 catches fire & sinks at Kristiansund, & UJ-173 is wrecked at Hardangersjord
1942 Destroyer HMCS Ottawa sunk by U-91. Operation Agreement: A Raid on Tobruk results in disaster for the British, Cruiser HMS Coventry bombed by Ju-87s & scuttled, Destroyers Sikh and Zulu bombed/sunk, MTBs 308, 310, and 312 bombed/sunk & Motor Launches 351 & 352 sunk by German field artillery & MTB 314 bombed/damaged & later captured by KM Minesweeper R-10.
1943 Greek sub Katsonis sunk by KN Sub Chaser UJ-2101 off Skiathos.
1944 The Great Hurricane of 1944 sinks the USCG Cutters Bedloe and Jackson, the Vinyard Sound Lightship is sunk with all hands
 
Sept 15
994 Battle of the Orantes
1762 Battle of Signal Hill, Newfoundland
1816 HMS Whiting wrecks on the Doom Bar
1862 CS troops capture Harper's Ferry
1894 Battle of Pyongyang
1916 Battle of the Somme: Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 1st use of Tanks on this day
1940 Battle of Britain Day, height of the Battle. Sloop HMS Dundee sunk by U-48 off Northern Ireland
1942 IJN sub I-19 sinks Carrier USS Wasp & heavily damages Destroyer USS O'Brien south of Guadalcanal
1943 IJN sub Ro-101 sunk by Destroyer USS Saufley & PBYs
1944 Battle of Peleliu begins
1945 A Hurricane wrecks 366 planes & 26 Blimps at NAS Richmond
1950 Inchon Invasion
 
Sept 16
1776 Battle of Harlem Heights
1862 Battle of Sharpesburg begins
1940 Italians capture Sidi Barrani. British troopship Aska bombed/sunk off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland
1941 Italian sub Seraldo sunk in the Med. KM Flackship V-5107 sunk in collision with SS Carl Rehder off Norway
1945 Japanese surrender Hong Kong
1975 1st flight Mig-31
 
Sept 17
1176 Battle of Myriokephalon
1462 Battle of Swiecino
1631 1st Battle of Brietenfeld
1716 Jean Thurel Enlists, starting an apx 90 yr carrier In French Army, seems unlikely
1775 Siege of Ft. St. Jean begins
1862 Battle of Sharpesburg ends
1894 Battle of the Yalu River
1939 Soviets invade Poland. Carrier HMS Couragious sunk by U-29
1940 Italian Destroyers Aquilone & Borea sunk by Swordfish in Benghazi Harbor. KM Fkackdhip V-304 sunk by mine.
1941 Swedish Destroyers Goteborg, Klas Horn & Klas Ugga sunk by explosives, probable Soviet sabotage at Harsfjarden. Klas Horn raised, repaired & returned to service
1942 R.N. Trawler HMS Waterfly bombed/sunk in English Channel off Dungeness
1944 Operation Market-Garden begins(A bridge too far). IJN Escort Carrier Unyo sunk by USS Albacore in South China Sea.
 
Sept 18
324 Battle ofChrysopolis
1454 Battle of Chojnice
1743 HMS Bridgewater lost off Newfoundland
1759 British capture Quebec
1901 Destroyer HMS Cobra breaks in half & sinks in a storm
1914 South Africa invades German South West Africa
1931 Mukden Incedent begins
1939 R.N. Trawler HMS Lord Minto sunk by U-35 N.W. of St. Kilda
1941 Italian Troopships Neptunia & Oceania sunk by HMS Upholder off Tripoli
1943 KM Sub Chaser UJ-2104 sunk by 2 R.N. & 1 Greek Destroyer
1944 POW ship Junyo Maru sunk by sub HMS Tradewind carrying 1377 Dutch, 64 U.K. & Australian, & 8 US POWs, plus 4200 Javanese slave laborors. Ony 723 rescued
1947 US Air Force est.
1948 India captures & annexes Hyderabad
 
Sept 19
1356 Battle of Poitiers
1777 1st Battle of Saratoga
1799 Battle of Bergen
1862 Battle of Iuka
1863 Battle of Chicamauga begins
1864 Battle of Opequon Creek
1870 Siege of Paris begins. Battle of Rome begins
1939 Battle of Oksywie Heights ends
1940 KM Torpedo Boat T-3 bombed/sunk at Le Harve, raised, repaired & returned to service
1941 Corvette HMCS Levis sunk by U-74 off Cape Farewell, Greenland. R.N. Oiler Denbydale severly damaged by Limpet mines placed by frogmen from Italian sub Scire at Gibraltar, used as a refueling hulk untill 1955
1943 KM Hospital Ship Strassburg torpedoed by R.N. MTB 617 in the Med.
1944 Battle of the Huertgen Forest begins. IJN Frigate Iwoshima sunk by USS Shad off Honshu. U-407 sunk by 2 R.N. & 1 Polish Destroyer off Milos. U-565 bombed/scuttled south off of Salamis. U-867 sunk by RAF B-24 west of Bergen
 
Sept 20
1187 Siege of Jerusalem begins
1792 Battle of Valmy
1835 rebels capture Porto Alegre, Brazil
1854 Battle of Alma
1857 Supoy Mutiny ends with East India Co. troops capturing Delhi
1861 Siege of Lexington, Mo ends
1863 Battle of Chicamauga ends
1870 Battle of Rome ends
1939 U-27 sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers west of Lewis, Scotland
1941 CAM ship Empire Burton sunk by U-74 east of Cape Farewell, Greenland. R.N. Trawler HMS Marconi sunk off Harwich
1942 Minesweeper HMS Leda sunk s.w. of Spitsberen. HMS Somali torpedoed by U-705 in the Greenland Sea
1943 Frigate HMS Lagan damaged by U-270, declared total loss. Destroyer HMCS St. Croix sunk by U-305 in Bay of Biscay. U-338 sunk by HMCS Drumheller. U-346 lost in diving accident in DanZig Bay
1951 1st combat helo landing by USMC in Korea
 
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