Topic: This day in military history..

tomtom22 · June 29th, 2008

June 28th

1940: Following an ultimatum to the Rumanian government, the Red Army occupies Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
1941: German troops of Heeresgruppe Mitte capture Minsk.
1942: Beginning of the first stage of Fall Blau (Operation Blue), the new German summer offensive on the southern front in Russia. From the area of Kursk, the German 2. Armee and 4. Panzerarmee, with 50 divisions, advance toward Voronesh on the upper Don.
1944: In Normandy, Operation Epsom designed to break through the German defenses near Caen is halted by the fierce resistance of the I. and II. SS-Panzerkorps. source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html

1794 - Joshua Humphreys appointed master builder to build Navy ships at an annual salary of $2,000.
1814 - USS Wasp captures HMS Reindeer
1865 - CSS Shenandoah captures 11 American whalers in one day
1970 - USS James Madison (SSBN-627) completes conversion to Poseidon missile capability
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm

1944: France - RCAF fighters down 26 German planes over France; mostly in support of railway yard bombing.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=28

1918: Corporal P. Davey, VC - Corporal P. Davey, 10th Battalion, originally from Goodwood, South Australia, wins the Victoria Cross at Merris, France.
1945: Private L.T. Starcevich, VC - Private L.T. Starcevich, 2/43rd Battalion, originally from Subiaco, Western Australia, wins the Victoria Cross at Beaufort, North Borneo.1950: Seoul captured - The North Korean People's Army captured Seoul in their initial southward advance, by the end of the Korean War the city had changed hands four times.source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp

June 29th, 2008
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	June 28th 1940: Following an ultimatum to the Rumanian government, the Red Army occupies Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina. 1941: German troops of Heeresgruppe Mitte capture Minsk. 1942: Beginning of the first stage of Fall Blau (Operation Blue), the new German summer offensive on the southern front in Russia. From the area of Kursk, the German 2. Armee and 4. Panzerarmee, with 50 divisions, advance toward Voronesh on the upper Don. 1944: In Normandy, Operation Epsom designed to break through the German defenses near Caen is halted by the fierce resistance of the I. and II. SS-Panzerkorps. source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html 1794 - Joshua Humphreys appointed master builder to build Navy ships at an annual salary of $2,000. 1814 - USS Wasp captures HMS Reindeer 1865 - CSS Shenandoah captures 11 American whalers in one day 1970 - USS James Madison (SSBN-627) completes conversion to Poseidon missile capability source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm 1944: France - RCAF fighters down 26 German planes over France; mostly in support of railway yard bombing. source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=28 1918: Corporal P. Davey, VC - Corporal P. Davey, 10th Battalion, originally from Goodwood, South Australia, wins the Victoria Cross at Merris, France. 1945: Private L.T. Starcevich, VC - Private L.T. Starcevich, 2/43rd Battalion, originally from Subiaco, Western Australia, wins the Victoria Cross at Beaufort, North Borneo.1950: Seoul captured - The North Korean People's Army captured Seoul in their initial southward advance, by the end of the Korean War the city had changed hands four times.source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp __________________ "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