Today in Military History May 9th

May 9 1271      Ninth Crusade, Edward I of England disembarks at Acre.

May 9 1763      The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.

May 9 1864       Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.

May 9 1865      American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.

May 9 1865    American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.

May 9 1915     World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.

May 9 1918     World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.

May 9 1920     Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.

 May 9 1940    World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.

May 9 1941    World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

May 9 1945   World War II: The final German Instrument of Surrender is signed at the Soviet headquarters in Berlin-Karlshorst.

May 9 1945   World War II: The German occupation of the Channel Islands comes to an end.

May 9 2015   Russia stages its biggest ever military parade in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.

May 9 2015    An Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft crashes near the Spanish city of Seville with three people on board killed.