Thursday 11 April 2019

Today In Military History 11th April

1512   War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.

1544   Italian War of 1542–46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, but fails to exploit its victory

1868   Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate
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1908    SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, launches.

1951    Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.

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