Sunday 9 June 2019

Today in Military History June 9

June 9 721   Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.

 June 9 747   Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard.

June 9 1667   Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.

June 9 1762   British forces begin the Siege of Havana and capture the city during the Seven Years' War.

June 9  1798   Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battles of Arklow and Saintfield.

June 9 1862   American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.

June 9 1863   American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.

June 9 1885   Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.

June 9 1923   Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.

June 9 1944   World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
 
June 1944   World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
June 9 1959   The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.

June 9 1965   Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.

June 9 1967  Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.

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