Saturday 1 June 2019

Today in Military History 01 June

June 01 1676   Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79)

June 01 1779   Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.

June 01 1794   The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.

June 01 1812  War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.

June 01 1862  American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.

June 01 1918   World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.


June 01 1941   World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.

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