Topic: This day in military history..

tomtom22 · June 29th, 2008

June 26th

1941: In the East, German forces of Heeresgruppe Nord capture Dünaburg in Latvia. The Luftwaffe carries out raids on Leningrad. Finland declares war on the oviet Union.
1942: Generaloberst Rommel, C-in-C of the Afrikakorps is promoted to Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal).
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html

1956: Sungei Siput, Malaya - Men of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, attacked a Communist camp near Sungei Siput in Perak, Malaya. Three of the Communists were killed in the fight.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp

1943: Tunisia - RCAF bomber wing begins operating from North Africa; 3 squadrons; a prelude to invasions of Sicily and Italy.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=26

1884 - Congress authorizes commissioning of Naval Academy graduates as ensigns
1918 - Marine brigade captures Belleau Wood
1959 - Twenty-eight Naval vessels sail from Atlantic to Great Lakes, marking the formal opening of Saint Lawrence Seaway to seagoing ships.
1962 - NAVFAC Cape Hatteras makes first Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) detection of a Soviet diesel submarine.
1973 - Navy Task Force 78 completes minesweeping of North Vietnamese ports.
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm

1862: General Robert E. Lee attacks McClellen’s line at Mechanicsville during the Seven Days’ campaign.
1863: Jubal Early and his Confederate forces move into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1900: The United States announces it will send troops to fight against the Boxer Rebellion in China.
1916: Russian General Aleksei Brusilov renews his offensive against the Germans.
1917: General Pershing arrives in France with the American Expeditionary Force.
1918: The Germans begin firing their huge 420 mm howitzer, "Big Bertha," at Paris.
1924: After eight years of occupation, American troops leave the Dominican Republic.
1942: The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter flies for the first time.
source: http://www.historynet.com/tdih0626.htm

1948: The Berlin Airlift began in earnest as the United States, Britain and France began ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes.
1950: President Harry S. Truman authorized the Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean conflict. (The order, made on June 26, was not made public until June 27.)
source: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/gene.../20080626.html

June 29th, 2008
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	June 26th 1941: In the East, German forces of Heeresgruppe Nord capture Dünaburg in Latvia. The Luftwaffe carries out raids on Leningrad. Finland declares war on the oviet Union. 1942: Generaloberst Rommel, C-in-C of the Afrikakorps is promoted to Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal). source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html 1956: Sungei Siput, Malaya - Men of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, attacked a Communist camp near Sungei Siput in Perak, Malaya. Three of the Communists were killed in the fight. source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp 1943: Tunisia - RCAF bomber wing begins operating from North Africa; 3 squadrons; a prelude to invasions of Sicily and Italy. source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=26 1884 - Congress authorizes commissioning of Naval Academy graduates as ensigns 1918 - Marine brigade captures Belleau Wood 1959 - Twenty-eight Naval vessels sail from Atlantic to Great Lakes, marking the formal opening of Saint Lawrence Seaway to seagoing ships. 1962 - NAVFAC Cape Hatteras makes first Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) detection of a Soviet diesel submarine. 1973 - Navy Task Force 78 completes minesweeping of North Vietnamese ports. source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm 1862: General Robert E. Lee attacks McClellen’s line at Mechanicsville during the Seven Days’ campaign. 1863: Jubal Early and his Confederate forces move into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1900: The United States announces it will send troops to fight against the Boxer Rebellion in China. 1916: Russian General Aleksei Brusilov renews his offensive against the Germans. 1917: General Pershing arrives in France with the American Expeditionary Force. 1918: The Germans begin firing their huge 420 mm howitzer, "Big Bertha," at Paris. 1924: After eight years of occupation, American troops leave the Dominican Republic. 1942: The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter flies for the first time. source: http://www.historynet.com/tdih0626.htm 1948: The Berlin Airlift began in earnest as the United States, Britain and France began ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes. 1950: President Harry S. Truman authorized the Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean conflict. (The order, made on June 26, was not made public until June 27.) source: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/gene.../20080626.html __________________ "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