Its is always good to look back at old documentaries here is one i was watching last night.
Originally posted in April 2011 loads of scenes will Moments for every one.
Friday 31 May 2019
Today in Military History May 31st
May 31 1223 Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
May 31 1805 French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock.
May 31 1862 American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
May 31 1864 American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
May 31 1902 Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
May 31 1916 World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
May 31 1941 Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
May 31 1942 World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
May 31 1805 French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock.
May 31 1862 American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
May 31 1864 American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
May 31 1902 Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
May 31 1916 World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
May 31 1941 Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
May 31 1942 World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
Thursday 30 May 2019
Today in Military History May 30th
May 30 1431 Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the
19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated
tribunal. The Roman Catholic Church remembers this day as the
celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
May 30 1434 Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
May 30 1635 Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
May 30 1814 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition: The Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon is exiled to Elba.
May 30 1941 World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
May 30 1942 World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
May 30 1967 The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
May 30 1982 Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
May 30 1434 Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
May 30 1635 Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
May 30 1814 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition: The Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon is exiled to Elba.
May 30 1941 World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
May 30 1942 World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
May 30 1967 The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
May 30 1982 Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
Wednesday 29 May 2019
Today in Military History May 29
May 29 363 The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
May 29 1108 Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
May 29 1167 Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
May 29 1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
May 29 1416 Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli.[1][2]
May 29 1453 Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
May 29 1658 Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
May 29 1780 American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
May 29 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
May 29 1918 Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
May 29 1932 World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
May 29 1945 First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
May 29 2004 The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
May 29 1982: Battle of Goose ended Green.
Tuesday 28 May 2019
Today on Military History May 28
May 28 621 Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the
Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou
Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of
the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the
Tang dynasty.
May 28 1588 The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
May 28 1644 English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
May 28 1754 French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22 year old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
May 28 1802 In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops.
May 28 1871 Fall of the Paris Commune.
May 28 1905 Russo Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
May 28 1940 World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
May 28 1940 World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
May 28 1942 World War II: In retaliation for the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people.
May 28 1982: Battle of Goose Green began.
May 28 1982 Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones, VC, OBE (14 May 1940 – 28 May 1982), known as H. Jones was killed in Action was killed in the Battle of Goose Green, He later recieved the Victoria Cross for his Actions that day
May 28 1588 The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
May 28 1644 English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
May 28 1754 French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22 year old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
May 28 1802 In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops.
May 28 1871 Fall of the Paris Commune.
May 28 1905 Russo Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
May 28 1940 World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
May 28 1940 World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
May 28 1942 World War II: In retaliation for the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people.
May 28 1982: Battle of Goose Green began.
May 28 1982 Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones, VC, OBE (14 May 1940 – 28 May 1982), known as H. Jones was killed in Action was killed in the Battle of Goose Green, He later recieved the Victoria Cross for his Actions that day
Citation
On 28th May 1982 Lieutenant Colonel Jones was commanding 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment on operations on the Falkland Islands. The Battalion was ordered to attack enemy positions in and around the settlements of Darwin and Goose Green. During the attack against an enemy who was well dug in with mutually supporting positions sited in depth, the Battalion was held up just South of Darwin by a particularly well-prepared and resilient enemy position of at least eleven trenches on an important ridge. A number of casualties were received. In order to read the battle fully and to ensure that the momentum of his attack was not lost, Colonel Jones took forward his reconnaissance party to the foot of a re-entrant which a section of his Battalion had just secured. Despite persistent, heavy and accurate fire the reconnaissance party gained the top of the re-entrant, at approximately the same height as the enemy positions. From here Colonel Jones encouraged the direction of his Battalion mortar fire, in an effort to neutralise the enemy positions. However, these had been well prepared and continued to pour effective fire onto the Battalion advance, which, by now held up for over an hour and under increasingly heavy artillery fire, was in danger of faltering. In his effort to gain a good viewpoint, Colonel Jones was now at the very front of his Battalion. It was clear to him that desperate measures were needed in order to overcome the enemy position and rekindle the attack, and that unless these measures were taken promptly the Battalion would sustain increasing casualties and the attack perhaps even fail. It was time for personal leadership and action. Colonel Jones immediately seized a sub-machine gun, and, calling on those around him and with total disregard for his own safety, charged the nearest enemy position. This action exposed him to fire from a number of trenches. As he charged up a short slope at the enemy position he was seen to fall and roll backward downhill. He immediately picked himself up, and again charged the enemy trench, firing his sub-machine gun and seemingly oblivious to the intense fire directed at him. He was hit by fire from another trench which he outflanked, and fell dying only a few feet from the enemy he had assaulted. A short time later a company of the Battalion attacked the enemy, who quickly surrendered. The devastating display of courage by Colonel Jones had completely undermined their will to fight further. Thereafter the momentum of the attack was rapidly regained, Darwin and Goose Green were liberated, and the Battalion released the local inhabitants unharmed and forced the surrender of some 1,200 of the enemy. The achievements of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment at Darwin and Goose Green set the tone for the subsequent land victory on the Falklands. They achieved such a moral superiority over the enemy in this first battle that, despite the advantages of numbers and selection of battle-ground, they never thereafter doubted either the superior fighting qualities of the British troops, or their own inevitable defeat. This was an action of the utmost gallantry by a Commanding Officer whose dashing leadership and courage throughout the battle were an inspiration to all about him.
Supplement to The London Gazette of 8 October 1982. 11 October 1982, Numb. 49134, p. 12831
May 28 1987 A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. He is immediately detained and released on August 3, 1988.
May 28 1987 A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. He is immediately detained and released on August 3, 1988.
Monday 27 May 2019
Today in Military History May 27
May 27 1798 The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia
May 27 1799 War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland.
May 27 1813 War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
May 27 1860 Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
May 27 1863 American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson
May 27 1905 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
May 27 1941 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
May 27 1941 World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
May 27 1942 World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
May 27 1958 First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
May 27 1960 In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
May 27 1965 Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
May 27 1967 The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
May 27 1996 First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire
May 27 1799 War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland.
May 27 1813 War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
May 27 1860 Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
May 27 1863 American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson
May 27 1905 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
May 27 1941 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
May 27 1941 World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
May 27 1942 World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
May 27 1958 First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
May 27 1960 In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
May 27 1965 Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
May 27 1967 The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
May 27 1996 First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire
Sunday 26 May 2019
To Day in Military History May 26
May 26 1573 The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence.
May 26 1637 Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
May 26 1644 Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
May 26 1736 The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia
May 26 1770 The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
May 26 1865 American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
May 26 1900 Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
May 26 1940 World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
May 26 1940 World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison
May 26 1942 World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
May 26 1981 An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
May 26 1637 Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
May 26 1644 Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
May 26 1736 The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia
May 26 1770 The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
May 26 1865 American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
May 26 1900 Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
May 26 1940 World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
May 26 1940 World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison
May 26 1942 World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
May 26 1981 An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
Saturday 25 May 2019
Today in Military History May 25
May 25 567 BC Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans
May 25 1644 Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
May 25 1738 A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
May 25 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place
May 25 1809 Chuquisaca Revolution: Patriot revolt in Chuquisaca (modern day Sucre) against the Spanish Empire, sparking the Latin American wars of independence.
May 25 1938 Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
May 25 1982: HMS Coventry sunk by Argentine aircraft.
Friday 24 May 2019
Today in Military History May 24
May 24 1218 The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
May 24 1667 The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance
May 24 1822 Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
May 24 1861 American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
May 24 1900 Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
May 24 1915 World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
May 24 1941 World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
May 24 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
May 24 1967 Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
May 24 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
May 24 2000 Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
May 24 1667 The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance
May 24 1822 Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
May 24 1861 American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
May 24 1900 Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
May 24 1915 World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
May 24 1941 World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
May 24 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
May 24 1967 Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
May 24 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
May 24 2000 Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
Thursday 23 May 2019
Today in Military History May 23
May 23 1430 Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to raise the Siege of Compiègne.
May 23 1568 Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
May 23 1706 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
May 23 1793 Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
May 23 1846 Mexican–American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
May 23 1900 American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
May 23 1915 World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London
May 23 1939 The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians.
May 24 1218 The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
May 24 1667 The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance
May 24 1822 Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
May 24 1861 American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
May 24 1900 Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
May 24 1915 World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
May 24 1941 World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
May 24 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
May 24 1967 Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
May 24 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
May 24 2000 Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Today in Military History May 22
May 22 853 A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
May 22 1200 King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.
May 22 1455 Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
May 22 1629 Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
May 22 1863 American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
May 22 1864 American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
May 22 1939 World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
May 22 1941 During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah.
May 22 1942 Mexico enters World War II, joining the Allies.
May 22 1996 The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.
May 22 2011 An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damages, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.
May 22 1200 King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.
May 22 1455 Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
May 22 1629 Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
May 22 1863 American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
May 22 1864 American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
May 22 1939 World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
May 22 1941 During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah.
May 22 1942 Mexico enters World War II, joining the Allies.
May 22 1996 The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.
May 22 2011 An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damages, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Today in Military History May 21
May 21 1660 The Battle of Long Sault concludes after five days in which French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, are defeated by the Iroquois Confederacy.
May 21 1809 The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
May 21 1863 American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
May 21 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
May 21 1871 French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
May 21 1879 War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
May 21 1966 The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
May 21 1982: British landings begin at San Carlos. HMS Ardent sunk by Argentine aircraft
15 Argentine aircraft shot down.
Monday 20 May 2019
Today in Military History May 20
May 20 685 The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
May 20 794 King Æthelberht II of East Anglia visits the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls, with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth. He is taken captive and beheaded.
May 20 1217 The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
May 20 1449 The Battle of Alfarrobeira is fought, establishing the House of Braganza as a principal royal family of Portugal.
May 20 1631 The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
May 20 1813 Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
May 20 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
May 20 1882 The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
May 20 1941 World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
May 20 1969 The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
May 20 1971 In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
May 20 1989 The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Sunday 19 May 2019
Today in Military History May 19
May 19 1445 John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
May 19 1643 Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
May 19 1655 The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
May 19 1776 American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
May 19 1848 Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
May 19 1942 World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
May 19 1959 The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
May 19 1982: Falklands conflict 22 British servicemen killed when helicopter ditches in the sea.
May 19 1643 Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
May 19 1655 The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
May 19 1776 American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
May 19 1848 Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
19 May 1941 For his actions this day Sergeant Leakey wa awarded the Victoria Cross.
At Kolito, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), when the Allied forces had made a bridgehead against the strong Italian opposition, the enemy made a sudden counterattack with both light and medium tanks. In the face of withering fire, Sergeant Leakey leaped on top of one of the tanks, wrenched open the turret and shot all the crew except the driver, whom he forced to drive the tank to cover. Along with three others, he tried to repeat this with another tank, but just as he opened the turret, he was killed. The confusion and loss of armour Leakey caused was critical to the Italian defeat in the battle.[Captain David Hines witnessed the event through binoculars, as did other soldiers.
Leakey has no known grave but he is commemorated on the East Africa Memorial, near Nairobi, Kenya. W
May 19 1942 World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
May 19 1959 The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
May 19 1982: Falklands conflict 22 British servicemen killed when helicopter ditches in the sea.
Saturday 18 May 2019
Today in Military History May 18
May 18 1096 First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
May 18 1268 The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch.
May 18 1291 Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land.
May 18 1756 The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
May 18 1794 Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
May 18 1803 Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
May 18 1811 Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
May 18 1863 American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
May 18 1917 World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
May 18 1944 World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
May 18 1268 The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch.
May 18 1291 Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land.
May 18 1756 The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
May 18 1794 Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
May 18 1803 Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
May 18 1811 Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
May 18 1863 American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
May 18 1917 World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
May 18 1944 World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
May 18 1955 Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
Friday 17 May 2019
Today in Military History May 17
May 17 1395 Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army.
May 17 1814 Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
May 17 1869 Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War.
May 17 1940 World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
May 17 1943 World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.
May 17 1987 Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
May 17 1997 Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
May 17 1814 Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
May 17 1869 Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War.
May 17 1940 World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
May 17 1943 World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.
May 17 1987 Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
May 17 1997 Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Thursday 16 May 2019
Toay in Military History May 16
May 16 1739 The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
May 16 1771 The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
May 16 1811 Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
May 16 1822 Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
May 16 1834 The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal
May 16 1975 Dogs and cats along with other animals where banned on Royal Navy Ships due to the new rabies Laws.
May 16 1771 The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
May 16 1811 Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
May 16 1822 Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
May 16 1834 The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal
May 16 1975 Dogs and cats along with other animals where banned on Royal Navy Ships due to the new rabies Laws.
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Today in Military History May 15
May 15 1525 Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
May 15 1792 War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
May 15 1796 War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
May 15 1849 Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily.
May 15 1864 American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
May 15 1904 Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
May 15 1933 All military aviation organizations within, or under the control of, the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner, to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
May 15 1940 USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
May 15 1940 World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
May 15 1941 First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
May 15 1942 World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
May 15 1943 Tunisia. 1 and 8 Army met at at Bou Ficha
May 15 1945 World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
May 15 1957 At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
May 15 1988 Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
May 15 206 Operation Mountain Thrust begins in the area around Kandahar, led by 3,300 British soldiers supported by American, Canadian, Australian and Afghan forces.
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May 15 1792 War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
May 15 1796 War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
May 15 1849 Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily.
May 15 1864 American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
May 15 1904 Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
May 15 1933 All military aviation organizations within, or under the control of, the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner, to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
May 15 1940 USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
May 15 1940 World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
May 15 1941 First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
May 15 1942 World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
May 15 1943 Tunisia. 1 and 8 Army met at at Bou Ficha
May 15 1945 World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
May 15 1957 At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
May 15 1988 Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
May 15 206 Operation Mountain Thrust begins in the area around Kandahar, led by 3,300 British soldiers supported by American, Canadian, Australian and Afghan forces.
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Tuesday 14 May 2019
Today in Military History May 14
May 14 1264 Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.
May 14 1509 Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.
May 14 1747 War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
May 14 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
May 14 1868 Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
May 14 1940 World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
May 14 1943 World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
May 14 1955 Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
May 14 2004 The Battle of Danny Boy Amarah in southern Iraq.
May 14 1509 Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.
May 14 1747 War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
May 14 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
May 14 1868 Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
May 14 1940 World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
May 14 1943 World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
May 14 1955 Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
May 14 2004 The Battle of Danny Boy Amarah in southern Iraq.
Monday 13 May 2019
Today in Military History May 13
May 13 1568 Battle of Langside: The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
May 13 1779 War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
May 13 1804 Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city.
May 13 1846 Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
May 13 1862 The USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
May 13 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
May 13 1865 American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
May 13 1912 The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom
May 13 1940 World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
May 13 1940 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
May 13 1941 World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
May 13 1943 World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
May 13 1958 May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
May 13 1980 A F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
May 13 1779 War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
May 13 1804 Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city.
May 13 1846 Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
May 13 1862 The USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
May 13 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
May 13 1865 American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
May 13 1912 The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom
May 13 1940 World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
May 13 1940 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
May 13 1941 World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
May 13 1943 World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
May 13 1958 May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
May 13 1980 A F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
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