Topic: This day in military history..

tomtom22 · April 11th, 2008

April 9th

1940: With no opposition, German forces occupy Denmark, while other seaborne and parachute troops are landed at Oslo, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Trondheim, Bergen and Narvik in Norway. During these operations, the Kriegsmarine loses the cruisers Blücher (sunk by Norwegian coastal batteries), Königsberg and Karlsruhe to British naval action.
1941: German forces occupy Nish in Yugoslavia and Salonika in Greece. In Libya, the Afrikakorps captures Bardia.
1945: In the East, the fortress city of Königsberg falls to the Red Army. In Italy, the US fifth Army (Clark) begins an offensive toward Bologna and the Po river valley.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/april.html

1917: Private T.J.B. Kenny VC _ Kenny, 2nd Battalion, originally from Paddington, New South Wales, wins the Victoria Cross at Hermies, France.
1942: The destroyer, HMAS Vampire and the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes were sunk by Japanese bombers off Colombo in the Bay of Bengal.
1968: HMAS Sydney arrived at Vung Tau: 1 RAR disembarked, 7RAR embarked. - The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment disembarked, the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment embarked. HMAS Sydney made 21 voyages to Vietnam during the war.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp

1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies.
1865 - Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
1916 - Battle of Verdun - German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
1917 - Battle of Arras - The battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on the Vimy Ridge.
1942 - Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March - United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. 78,000 troops are captured, including 12,000 Americans, but 2,000 escape to Corregidor. This is the largest capitulation in US History. Japanese Navy launches air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1945 - The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.
2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad, Iraq falls to American forces.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_9

1917: Vimy France - Arthur William Currie 1875-1933 leads all four divisions of the Canadian Corps. fighting as a unit for the first time, with one British brigade under Lt.-Gen. Julian Byng, to Easter Monday victory at Vimy Ridge. Using 1,000 guns and a masterful artillery barrage technique developed by Currie and his gunners, they take the German stronghold where the French and British had earlier failed; 4,000 Canadians killed, 6,000 wounded. From that day onward, Germany is on the defensive.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_...mth=Apr&day=09

1861 - Second relief convoy for Fort Sumter left New York
1941 - Commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns
1943 - Re-establishment of Commodore rank
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesapr.htm

1918: Battle of the Lys begins - German troops launch “Operation Georgette,” the second phase of their final, last-ditch spring offensive, against Allied positions in Armentieres, France, on the River Lys.
source: http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?

1941: German forces capture Nis and Monastir in Yugoslavia. German tanks enter Thessalonika, trapping the Greek 2nd Army in the Metaxas line, forcing them to surrender. The RAF attack Kiel in an attempt to knock out the port facilities.
1942: The Germans make some limited advances towards their surrounded units at Kholm-Staraya, Russa. Russian troops attack furiously at Kerch in the Crimea, but there have no success because of the stubborn German defense.
1943: Exterminations at Chelmno cease. The camp will be reactivated in the spring of 1944 to liquidate ghettos. In all, Chelmno will total 300,000 deaths.
1944: Fierce fighting across the District Commissioner’s tennis court at Kohima. The Japanese renew their struggle with the 17th Indian Division, South West of Imphal. The remains of the 1st Panzer Army regain the German lines after a 150-mile forced march. The Red Army breaks through the German lines at Kerch in the eastern Crimea.
1945: The British Eighth Army launches its final offensive in Italy with a 1,800-plane and 1,500-gun bombardment of the German positions East of Bologna. The U.S. Fifth Army begins its offensive toward Bologna and the Po river valley. Army Group E is now completely isolated from the main German forces, but continues its struggle against Titos partisan forces in Yugoslavia.
source: http://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/timelines-index.htm

April 11th, 2008
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	April 9th 1940: With no opposition, German forces occupy Denmark, while other seaborne and parachute troops are landed at Oslo, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Trondheim, Bergen and Narvik in Norway. During these operations, the Kriegsmarine loses the cruisers Blücher (sunk by Norwegian coastal batteries), Königsberg and Karlsruhe to British naval action. 1941: German forces occupy Nish in Yugoslavia and Salonika in Greece. In Libya, the Afrikakorps captures Bardia. 1945: In the East, the fortress city of Königsberg falls to the Red Army. In Italy, the US fifth Army (Clark) begins an offensive toward Bologna and the Po river valley. source: http://www.feldgrau.com/april.html 1917: Private T.J.B. Kenny VC _ Kenny, 2nd Battalion, originally from Paddington, New South Wales, wins the Victoria Cross at Hermies, France. 1942: The destroyer, HMAS Vampire and the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes were sunk by Japanese bombers off Colombo in the Bay of Bengal. 1968: HMAS Sydney arrived at Vung Tau: 1 RAR disembarked, 7RAR embarked. - The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment disembarked, the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment embarked. HMAS Sydney made 21 voyages to Vietnam during the war. source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp 1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies. 1865 - Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war. 1916 - Battle of Verdun - German forces launch their third offensive of the battle. 1917 - Battle of Arras - The battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on the Vimy Ridge. 1942 - Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March - United States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. 78,000 troops are captured, including 12,000 Americans, but 2,000 escape to Corregidor. This is the largest capitulation in US History. Japanese Navy launches air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1945 - The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk. 2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad, Iraq falls to American forces. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_9 1917: Vimy France - Arthur William Currie 1875-1933 leads all four divisions of the Canadian Corps. fighting as a unit for the first time, with one British brigade under Lt.-Gen. Julian Byng, to Easter Monday victory at Vimy Ridge. Using 1,000 guns and a masterful artillery barrage technique developed by Currie and his gunners, they take the German stronghold where the French and British had earlier failed; 4,000 Canadians killed, 6,000 wounded. From that day onward, Germany is on the defensive. source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_...mth=Apr&day=09 1861 - Second relief convoy for Fort Sumter left New York 1941 - Commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns 1943 - Re-establishment of Commodore rank source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesapr.htm 1918: Battle of the Lys begins - German troops launch “Operation Georgette,” the second phase of their final, last-ditch spring offensive, against Allied positions in Armentieres, France, on the River Lys. source: http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp? 1941: German forces capture Nis and Monastir in Yugoslavia. German tanks enter Thessalonika, trapping the Greek 2nd Army in the Metaxas line, forcing them to surrender. The RAF attack Kiel in an attempt to knock out the port facilities. 1942: The Germans make some limited advances towards their surrounded units at Kholm-Staraya, Russa. Russian troops attack furiously at Kerch in the Crimea, but there have no success because of the stubborn German defense. 1943: Exterminations at Chelmno cease. The camp will be reactivated in the spring of 1944 to liquidate ghettos. In all, Chelmno will total 300,000 deaths. 1944: Fierce fighting across the District Commissioner’s tennis court at Kohima. The Japanese renew their struggle with the 17th Indian Division, South West of Imphal. The remains of the 1st Panzer Army regain the German lines after a 150-mile forced march. The Red Army breaks through the German lines at Kerch in the eastern Crimea. 1945: The British Eighth Army launches its final offensive in Italy with a 1,800-plane and 1,500-gun bombardment of the German positions East of Bologna. The U.S. Fifth Army begins its offensive toward Bologna and the Po river valley. Army Group E is now completely isolated from the main German forces, but continues its struggle against Titos partisan forces in Yugoslavia. source: http://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/timelines-index.htm __________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations