Tuesday 9 April 2019

This Day in Military History 9th April

1241 Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.

1288 Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Yuan forces are defeated by Trần forces in the Battle of Bach Dang in present-day northern Vietnam.


1865
American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.

1916 World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.

1917 World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.


1918 World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.


1940 – World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.


 
1945 Soviet troops stormed the city-fortress of Königsberg, the current Kaliningrad. After the end Of The war, about 760 thousand people were awarded the medal "for the capture of Koenigsberg".

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