Tuesday 30 April 2019

Today in Military History April 30th

30/04/1557  Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.

30/04/1636   Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.

30/04/1863   A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.

  
30/04/1917    William Sanders’s   was awared the Victoria Cross for his actions on 30/04/1917 his body was lost at sea  the VC and DSO was presented to William Sanders’s father. His medals are now held by the Auckland War Museum, Auckland.

30/04/1943  World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.

30/04/1945   World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.

30/04/1945   World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.

30/04/1961   K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.

Monday 29 April 2019

Today in Military History 29 April

1091   Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.W

1386   Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal. W

1429   Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans. W

1521   Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås. W

1781   American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique. W

1802  The Marines became the Royal Marines. TW

1861   American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.W

1862 – American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.W

1916   World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.W

1916   Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.W



1917 Reginald Leonard Haine was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions this day 27/28 April. W

1944   World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group. W

1945   World War II: The German army in Italy surrenders to the AlliesW

1945   World War II: Start of Operation Manna. W

1945   World War II: The Captain-class frigate HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II. W

1945   World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day. W

1945   Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. W

1970   Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong. W

1975   Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnamese-held Trường Sa Islands. W

Acknowledgement

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Sunday 28 April 2019

Falkland Island WarTime Line



April 2 1982:    Argentine forces invade Falkland Islands.

April 3 1982:    Invasion condemned by UN Security Council.

April 5 1982:    British task force set sail.

April 25 1982:  Royal Marines retook South Georgia/

April 30 1982:  The Task force arrived at the 300 mile exclusion zone.

May 1  1982:     Argentine aircraft attack. 

May 2  1982:     HMS Conqueror attacked and sunk the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano

May 4 1982:      HMS Sheffield abandoned after being attacked by aircraft

May 19 1982:   22 British servicemen killed when helicopter ditches in the sea.

May 21 1982:   British landings begin at San Carlos.
                          HMS Ardent sunk by Argentine aircraft
                         15 Argentine aircraft shot down.

May 24 1982:   HMS Antelope abandoned after bomb detonates
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May 25 1982:   HMS Coventry sunk by Argentine aircraft.

May 28 1982:   Battle of Goose Green began.

May 29 1982:   Battle of Goose ended Green.

June 8  1982:  British soldiers killed in attacks on  RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram

June 11 1982: to 12th British forces take Mount Longdon, Two Sisters and Mount Harriet.  

June 12 1982: British destroyer HMS Glamorgan badly damaged in missile attack.

June 14 1982: British forces take Argentine positions  overlooking Port Stanley.

June 14 1982: Argentine surrenders.













Today in Military History April 28

28/04/1503   The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.

28/04/1758   Battle of Attock: The Marathas under Raghunath Rao capture Attock from the Durranis.

 28/04/1789    The mutiny on HMS Bounty took place

28/04/1792   France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.

28/04/1944    World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.

28/04/1952   Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.

28/04/1952   The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.

28/04/1952   The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.

28/04/1965   United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.

28/04/1970   Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.

28/04/1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.

Saturday 27 April 2019

Today In Military History April 27

1296   First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.

1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.

1522   Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.

1650   The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.

1777   American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.

1805   First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' Hymn).

1813   War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.

1941   World War II: German troops enter Athens.

1941   World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation.

1945    World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.

1945   World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while -attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.

Friday 26 April 2019

Brothers and Chaplins Laid To Rest At Arlington.


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A former  Army chaplain known as Father Frank was laid to rest on April 24 in the same grave as his brother, Father Robert Brett, who died in a bunker in Vietnam in 1968 while serving as a Navy chaplain.

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US Zaps Troops with Electricity


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The US Army is looking at passing an electric current into soilders heads to enhance preformance.
The trial is to see how if at all this could enhance the solider, the treatment has been used in rehabilitaion.

Related link  Super soldiers

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Today in History 26 April

1794   Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. W

1805   First Barbary War: United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon. W

1865  American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states. W

1937   Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe. W


1915  For his actions this day Jemadar Mir Dast was awarded the Victoria Cross
        
"For most conspicuous bravery and great ability at Ypres on 26th April 1915, when he led his platoon with great gallantry during, the attack, and afterwards collected various parties of the regiment (when no British Officers were left) and kept them under his command until the retirement was ordered. Jemadar Mir Dast subsequently on this day displayed remarkable courage in helping to carry eight British and Indian Officers into safety, whilst exposed to very heavy fire."   UK.GOV

1945   World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht. W

1945   World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army are liberated in Baguio City and they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita W

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Thursday 25 April 2019

India Invites Women To Military Police.


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For  the first time Women have been invited to apply for a position in the Indian Corps of Military Police. It is hope up to 20 percent of the corps officers will be women.



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Today In Military History April 25th

1707   A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.

1829   Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.

1862   American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

1864   American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills.

1882   French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.

1898   Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.

1915   World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.




1915 Six  Victoria Crosses where earned this day at the  Battle Beach, Helles they where awarded to 

Capt Richard Raymond Willis, 1876 - 1966 
Maj Cuthbert Bromley, 1878 - 1915
Sgt Frank Edward Stubbs, 1888 - 1915
Sgt Alfred Richards, 1879 - 1953 
Cpl John Elisha Grimshaw, 1893 -1980 
Pte William Kenealy, 1886 - 1915

For the Citation's and detail  The Gallipoli Association and or BBC Archives

1916   Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

1960 – The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.

Wednesday 24 April 2019

Today in Military History April 24th

24/04/1547   Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.

24/04/1877   Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.

24/04/1918   World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.

24/04/1944   World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.

24/04/1965   Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.

24/04/1967   Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily".

Tuesday 23 April 2019

Today in Military History April 23

1014   Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. w

1521   Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comunerosw

1655   The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later. w

1918   World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebruggew

1941   World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmachtw

1942  World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeckw

1943


John Thompson McKellar Anderson was awarded the VC, on 23 April 1943 at the Battle of Longstop Hill. The citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and outstanding devotion to duty during the attack on "Longstop" Hill, Tunisia, on the 23rd April, 1943.

Over a period of five hours Major Anderson led the attack through intense enemy machine-gun and mortar fire. As leading Company Commander he led the assault on the Battalion's first objective, in daylight, over a long expanse of open sloping hillside and most of the time without the effective cover of smoke. Enemy infantry opposition was most determined, and very heavy casualties were sustained, including all other rifle Company Commanders, before even the first objective was reached.

On the first objective and still under continual enemy fire, Major Anderson reorganised the Battalion and rallied men whose Commanders, in most cases, had been either killed or wounded. The Commanding Officer having been killed, he took command of the Battalion and led the assault on the second objective. During this assault he received a leg wound, but in spite of this he carried on and finally captured "Longstop" Hill with a total force of only four officers and less than forty other ranks. Fire had been so intense during this stage of the attack that the remainder of the Battalion were pinned down and unable to advance until Major Anderson had successfully occupied the hill.

During the assault, he personally led attacks on at least three enemy machine-gun positions and in every case was the first man into the enemy pits; he also led a successful attack on an enemy mortar position of four mortars, defended by over thirty of the enemy. Major Anderson's force on the hill captured about 200 prisoners and killed many more during the attack. It is largely due to this officer's bravery and daring that "Longstop" Hill was captured, and it was the inspiration of his example which encouraged leaderless men to continue the advance.[3]


1945   World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Hitler that the telegram is treasonous w

1946    Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippinesw

1951    The Battle of the Imjin River had begun in South Korea. 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment occupied hill 235 w

1971   Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately
3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). w




Monday 22 April 2019

Today in Military History April 22

1622 – The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island. W

1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. W

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1836 – Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when one of his fellow captives mistakenly gives away his identity. W
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1898 – Spanish–American War: The USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship. W



1903 - John Gough was 31 years old, and a brevet major in The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) during the Third Somaliland Expedition when the following event took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross 


        During the action at Daratoleh, on 22nd April last, Major Gough assisted Captains Walker and Rolland in carrying back the late Captain Bruce (who had been mortally wounded)and preventing that Officer from falling into the hands of the enemy. Captains Walkerand Rolland have already been awarded the Victoria Cross for their gallantry on this occasion, but Major Gough (who was in command of the column) made no mention of his own conduct, which has only recently been brought to notice. 

On this day George Murray ROLLAND was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions this day.


 During the return of Major Gough’s column to Donop on the 22nd April last, after the action at Daratoleh, the rear-guard got considerably in rear of the column, owing to the thick bush, and to having to hold their ground while wounded men were being placed on camels. At this time Captain Bruce was shot through the body from a distance of about 20 yards, and fell on the path unable to move. Captains Walker and Rolland, two men of the 2nd Battalion King’s African Rifles, one Sikh and one Somali of the Camel Corps were with him when he fell. In the meantime the column being unaware of what had happened were getting further away. Captain Rolland then ran back some 500 yards and returned with assistance to bring off Captain Bruce, while Captain Walker and the men remained with that Officer, endeavouring to keep o f the enemy, who were all round in the thick bush. This they succeeded in doing, though not before Captain Bruce was hit a second time, and the Sikh wounded. But for the gallant conduct displayed by these Officers and men, Captain Bruce must have fallen into the hands of the enemy.

On this day William George Walker was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions this day.


Captain Walker and George Murray Rolland, with four other men were with a fellow officer when he fell badly wounded, and while one went for assistance, Captain Walker and the rest stayed with him, endeavouring to keep off the enemy. This they succeeded in doing, and when the officer in command of the column, John Edmund Gough, arrived, they managed to get the wounded man on to a camel. He was, however, hit a second time and died immediately.






 
1915 – The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres. W

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1944   The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater. W
1944   World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. W
                                                          
1945   World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape. W
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1948   Arab–Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces. W
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1951   Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong. W

1997: Troops storm embassy in Peru The four-month siege of the Japanese embassy in Peru ends in gunfire and explosions as troops storm in. W

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Sunday 21 April 2019

Today in Military History April 21

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21/04/1282   Welsh siege of Rhuddlan Castle lifted by English force led by future, Amadeus V, Count of Savoy.

21/04/1802   Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, invaded city of Karbala, killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city.

 In the foreground, HMS Tremendous aborts her attempt at raking Cannonière under the threat of being outmanoeuvred and raked herself by her more agile opponent. In the background, the Indiaman Charlton fires her parting broadside at Cannonière.
21/04/1806   Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa
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21/04/1809   Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.

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21/04/1836   Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna
 

21//04/1898   Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
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21/04/1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.

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21/04/1945   World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.

Saturday 20 April 2019

Russian Missile Live Fire Exercise.


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Tass reports 500 personal and over 100 Vehicles took part in a live fire exercise with BUK-M2" Missiles systems .

The drill took place at the live fire range at Kapustin Yar site in Astrakhan.
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Today in Military History April 20th

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1657   Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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1689    Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
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1775   American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
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1792   France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.

1809   Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.



1861 Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia

1918    Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.

1945    World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.

Friday 19 April 2019

Today In Military History April19th

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19/04//1809   An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.

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19/04/1989   A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

Thursday 18 April 2019

Russian May Day Parade Practice.

 Russian Forces training  for the May Day  parade in Alabino




Timeline for preparatory activities in Moscow

  • 26-27 March towards 6 April – beginning of parade practice runs in Alabino, Moscow Oblast
  • 2nd up to the 3rd week of April – General practice run-through in the Alabino training field, including flypast[8]
  • 4th week of April until 2 days before Victory Day - practice runs in Red Square right up to the general practice run
    • 26–30 April, 2–6 May – evening parade practice run-throughs
    • 4–5 May – Air flypast practice runs
    • 6 May – the general practice run at 10 am MST (set to be livestreamed)
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How NATO Copes With Hybrid Means of Warfare









Propaganda, deception, sabotage and other non-military tactics have beed growing iver the years. This is how NATO deals with this form of Warfare.

Today In Military History 18 April


18/04/1775   American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.

18/04/1847   American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.

18/04/1864   Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.

18/04/1897   The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.

18/04/1942   World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.

18/04/1943   World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

18/04/1945   Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany

18/04/1947   The Royal Navy detonated 7000 tons (7112.328 Tonne)of unused WW2 Ordnance on the German Island of Heligoland.

18/04/1988   The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

Wednesday 17 April 2019

Life Saving Battlefield Medical Treatment

Life-saving frontline technology given £5 million boost

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The development of the TXA Autoinjector will allow life-saving blood clotting treatment to be given at the push of a button.
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Published 16 April 2019

Today in Military History September 12

1897 21 Sikh soldiers of the Army of British India  where killed at  Saragarhi hill fort   https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2020...