August 31 1795 War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.*
August 31 1798 Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.*
August 31 1813 Peninsular War: Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.*
August 31 1864 During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.*
August 31 1878 HMS Gannet was launched at Sheerness.
August 31 1918 World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.*
August 31 1920 Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.*
August 31 1939 Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.*
August 31 1941 World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.*
August 31 1943 USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.*
August 31 1949 The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.*
August 31 1996 Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.*
August 31 2012 The last troops have been withdrawn from Afghanistan ending 20 years of military missions. The last soldier to leave was Maj Gen Chris Donahue. Commanding General of the 82nd ABNDiv 18 Airborne corps.
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