Topic: This day in military history..

tomtom22 · June 12th, 2008

June 9th

1940: In the West, German forces of Heeresgruppe A (von Küchler) advancing S from the Somme capture Rouen on the Seine.
1942: 6. Armee (Paulus) launches a counterattack against advancing Soviet forces in the Charkov area.
1944: The Red Army begins an offensive against Finnish positions in the Karelian Isthmus N of Leningrad. In Normandy, US forces advancing from Utah Beach capture St. Mere-Eglise.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html

1882 - Establishment of Office of Naval Records of the War of the Rebellion (became part of Naval Historical Center)
1942 - First Navy photograhic interpretation unit set up in the Atlanic.
1959 - Launching of USS George Washington (SSBN-598), first nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarine, at Groton, CT
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm

1941: Litani River, Lebanon - Having seen the bridge over the River destroyed by Vichy French troops, two platoons of the 7th Division crossed the Litani River in canvas boats and captured several French positions on the far shore.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp

1775: Quebec Quebec - Guy Carleton, Baron Dorchester proclaims martial law and calls out militia to augment 800 British regular troops; suspends administration of the Quebec Act to meet the American invasion.
1942: Valetta Malta - George 'Buzz' Beurling reaches Malta; starts rise to top rank of Canadian fighter pilots; the Montrealer will shoot down 15 enemy aircraft while with the Royal Air Force.
1944: Norrey France -D-Day +3; Kurt Meyer withdraws his defeated 12th SS Panzer Grenadiers to Rots, then throws his last fresh Panther tank company in broad daylight against the Regina Rifles position at Norrey; but the 17-pounder Sherman Firefly tanks of the 1st Hussars drive him back. Later in the day, the Queens Own Rifles and 1st Hussars capture the village of Le Mesnil-Patry, seven miles forward of Norrey; attacked by 88s, they lose 19 of the Hussar Shermans in fifteen minutes; the Queen's Own Rifles have 87 casualties, the 1st Hussars 60. Later in the day, the SS executes 18 more Canadian POWs at Abbey d'Ardenne, Kurt Meyer's HQ, on his orders.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=09

1863: At the Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia, Union and Confederate cavalries clash in the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War.
1951: After several unsuccessful attacks on French colonial troops, North Vietnam’s General Vo Nguyen Giap orders Viet Minh to withdraw from the Red River Delta.
1972: American advisor John Paul Vann is killed in a helicopter accident in Vietnam. (Editorial Note: One of the very few men who truly understood how to pursue the fight against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army, a great loss.)
source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history?tihMonth=6&tihDay=9&tdih=GO

June 12th, 2008
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	June 9th 1940: In the West, German forces of Heeresgruppe A (von Küchler) advancing S from the Somme capture Rouen on the Seine. 1942: 6. Armee (Paulus) launches a counterattack against advancing Soviet forces in the Charkov area. 1944: The Red Army begins an offensive against Finnish positions in the Karelian Isthmus N of Leningrad. In Normandy, US forces advancing from Utah Beach capture St. Mere-Eglise. source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html 1882 - Establishment of Office of Naval Records of the War of the Rebellion (became part of Naval Historical Center) 1942 - First Navy photograhic interpretation unit set up in the Atlanic. 1959 - Launching of USS George Washington (SSBN-598), first nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarine, at Groton, CT source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm 1941: Litani River, Lebanon - Having seen the bridge over the River destroyed by Vichy French troops, two platoons of the 7th Division crossed the Litani River in canvas boats and captured several French positions on the far shore. source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp 1775: Quebec Quebec - Guy Carleton, Baron Dorchester proclaims martial law and calls out militia to augment 800 British regular troops; suspends administration of the Quebec Act to meet the American invasion. 1942: Valetta Malta - George 'Buzz' Beurling reaches Malta; starts rise to top rank of Canadian fighter pilots; the Montrealer will shoot down 15 enemy aircraft while with the Royal Air Force. 1944: Norrey France -D-Day +3; Kurt Meyer withdraws his defeated 12th SS Panzer Grenadiers to Rots, then throws his last fresh Panther tank company in broad daylight against the Regina Rifles position at Norrey; but the 17-pounder Sherman Firefly tanks of the 1st Hussars drive him back. Later in the day, the Queens Own Rifles and 1st Hussars capture the village of Le Mesnil-Patry, seven miles forward of Norrey; attacked by 88s, they lose 19 of the Hussar Shermans in fifteen minutes; the Queen's Own Rifles have 87 casualties, the 1st Hussars 60. Later in the day, the SS executes 18 more Canadian POWs at Abbey d'Ardenne, Kurt Meyer's HQ, on his orders. source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=09 1863: At the Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia, Union and Confederate cavalries clash in the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War. 1951: After several unsuccessful attacks on French colonial troops, North Vietnam’s General Vo Nguyen Giap orders Viet Minh to withdraw from the Red River Delta. 1972: American advisor John Paul Vann is killed in a helicopter accident in Vietnam. (Editorial Note: One of the very few men who truly understood how to pursue the fight against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army, a great loss.) source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history?tihMonth=6&tihDay=9&tdih=GO __________________ "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