Topic: This day in military history..

tomtom22 · July 2nd, 2008

July 1st

1940: German troops complete the occupation of the Channel Islands, the only British territory ever captured by Germany during WWII. The French government of Marshal Petain moves from Bordeaux to Vichy. Marshal Balbo is replaced by Marshal Graziani as C-in-C of Italian forces in Libya. In the first 6 months of the year, German U-boats have sunk 900,000 tons of Allied shipping.
1941: In the East, armored forces of Panzergruppe 4 (Hoepner) of Heeresgruppe Nord (von Leeb) cross the Dvina and capture Riga, while units of Panzergruppe 2 (Guderian) of Heeresgruppe Mitte (von Bock) reach the Beresina near Borisov near Minsk.
1942: Infantry and combat engineers trof 11.Armee (von Manstein) complete the capture of the fortress of Sevastopol in the Crimea. In Egypt, armored units of the Afrikakorps approach the defensive lines of the British Eighth Army at El Alamein on the road to Alexandria.
1944: Since D-Day, the Allies have landed 920,000 tropps, 177,000 vehicles and 600,000 tons of supplies and equipment. In 24 days of fighting, they have lost 62,000 men killed, wounded and missing. In the East, troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front (Chernyakovsky) recapture Borisov.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/july.html

1916: First day of the battle of the Somme - This was the worst single day in the history of British arms with 60,000 men being killed or wounded. The battle of the Somme then continued for four months and resulted in more than 1,200,000 casualties on both sides.
1945: 7th Division landed at Balikpapan, Borneo - The landing at Balikpapan was the largest and final Australian amphibious landing of the Second World War.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jul.asp

1916: Beaumont-Hamel France - Newfoundland troops capture Beaumont-Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme; bloodiest battle in history will cause casualties of one million dead or wounded by the time it ends in November.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jul&day=01

1797 - Naval Regulations passed by Congress
1800 - First convoy duty; USS Essex escorts convoy of merchant ships from East Indies to U.S.
1801 - U.S. squadron under Commodore Dale enters Mediterranean to strike Barbary Pirates
1850 - Naval School at Annapolis renamed Naval Academy
1851 - Naval Academy adopts four year course of study
1911 - Trial of first Navy aircraft, Curtiss A-1. The designer, Glenn Curtiss, makes first flight in Navy's first aircraft, A-1, at Lake Keuka, NY, then prepares LT Theodore G. Ellyson, the first naval aviator, for his two solo flights in A-1.
1914 - Prohibition of alcohol begins in the Navy
1916 - Establishment of informal school for officers assigned to submarines at New London, CT
1918 - USS Covington hit without warning by two torpedoes from German Submarine U-86 and sank the next day
1951 - Responsibility for the Government of Trust Territories transferred from Navy to Department of Interior.
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjul.htm

1862: Battle of Malvern Hill Union artillery cuts down Confederate attackers on the last of the Seven Days' battles.
1863: The Battle of Gettysburg begins The largest military conflict in North American history begins this day when Union and Confederate forces collide at Gettysburg. The epic battle lasted three days and resulted in a retreat to Virginia by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
1942: The Battle of El Alamein begins Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is brought to a standstill in the battle for control of North Africa. Reinforced by American supplies, and reorganized and reinvigorated by British General Claude Auchinleck, British, Indian, South African, and New Zealand troops battled Rommel, and his by now exhausted men, to a standstill in Egypt. Auchinleck denied the Axis Egypt. Rommel was back on the defensive-a definite turning point in the war in North Africa.
source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?

1596: An English fleet under the Earl of Essex, Lord Howard of Effingham and Francis Vere capture and sack Cadiz, Spain.
1690: Led by Marshall Luxembourg, the French defeat the forces of the Grand Alliance at Fleurus in the Netherlands.
1898: American troops take San Juan Hill and El Caney, Cuba, from the Spaniards.
1950: American ground troops arrive in South Korea to halt the advancing North Korean army.
1961: British troops land in Kuwait to aid against Iraqi threats.
1966: The U.S. Marines launch Operation Holt in an attempt to finish off a Vietcong battalion in Thua Thien Province in Vietnam.
source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history

251 - The Battle of Abrittus is won by the Goths against the Romans. Roman Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed.
1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army under Qilich Arslan I.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_July

July 2nd, 2008
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	July 1st 1940: German troops complete the occupation of the Channel Islands, the only British territory ever captured by Germany during WWII. The French government of Marshal Petain moves from Bordeaux to Vichy. Marshal Balbo is replaced by Marshal Graziani as C-in-C of Italian forces in Libya. In the first 6 months of the year, German U-boats have sunk 900,000 tons of Allied shipping. 1941: In the East, armored forces of Panzergruppe 4 (Hoepner) of Heeresgruppe Nord (von Leeb) cross the Dvina and capture Riga, while units of Panzergruppe 2 (Guderian) of Heeresgruppe Mitte (von Bock) reach the Beresina near Borisov near Minsk. 1942: Infantry and combat engineers trof 11.Armee (von Manstein) complete the capture of the fortress of Sevastopol in the Crimea. In Egypt, armored units of the Afrikakorps approach the defensive lines of the British Eighth Army at El Alamein on the road to Alexandria. 1944: Since D-Day, the Allies have landed 920,000 tropps, 177,000 vehicles and 600,000 tons of supplies and equipment. In 24 days of fighting, they have lost 62,000 men killed, wounded and missing. In the East, troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front (Chernyakovsky) recapture Borisov. source: http://www.feldgrau.com/july.html 1916: First day of the battle of the Somme - This was the worst single day in the history of British arms with 60,000 men being killed or wounded. The battle of the Somme then continued for four months and resulted in more than 1,200,000 casualties on both sides. 1945: 7th Division landed at Balikpapan, Borneo - The landing at Balikpapan was the largest and final Australian amphibious landing of the Second World War. source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/jul.asp 1916: Beaumont-Hamel France - Newfoundland troops capture Beaumont-Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme; bloodiest battle in history will cause casualties of one million dead or wounded by the time it ends in November. source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jul&day=01 1797 - Naval Regulations passed by Congress 1800 - First convoy duty; USS Essex escorts convoy of merchant ships from East Indies to U.S. 1801 - U.S. squadron under Commodore Dale enters Mediterranean to strike Barbary Pirates 1850 - Naval School at Annapolis renamed Naval Academy 1851 - Naval Academy adopts four year course of study 1911 - Trial of first Navy aircraft, Curtiss A-1. The designer, Glenn Curtiss, makes first flight in Navy's first aircraft, A-1, at Lake Keuka, NY, then prepares LT Theodore G. Ellyson, the first naval aviator, for his two solo flights in A-1. 1914 - Prohibition of alcohol begins in the Navy 1916 - Establishment of informal school for officers assigned to submarines at New London, CT 1918 - USS Covington hit without warning by two torpedoes from German Submarine U-86 and sank the next day 1951 - Responsibility for the Government of Trust Territories transferred from Navy to Department of Interior. source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjul.htm 1862: Battle of Malvern Hill Union artillery cuts down Confederate attackers on the last of the Seven Days' battles. 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg begins The largest military conflict in North American history begins this day when Union and Confederate forces collide at Gettysburg. The epic battle lasted three days and resulted in a retreat to Virginia by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. 1942: The Battle of El Alamein begins Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is brought to a standstill in the battle for control of North Africa. Reinforced by American supplies, and reorganized and reinvigorated by British General Claude Auchinleck, British, Indian, South African, and New Zealand troops battled Rommel, and his by now exhausted men, to a standstill in Egypt. Auchinleck denied the Axis Egypt. Rommel was back on the defensive-a definite turning point in the war in North Africa. source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do? 1596: An English fleet under the Earl of Essex, Lord Howard of Effingham and Francis Vere capture and sack Cadiz, Spain. 1690: Led by Marshall Luxembourg, the French defeat the forces of the Grand Alliance at Fleurus in the Netherlands. 1898: American troops take San Juan Hill and El Caney, Cuba, from the Spaniards. 1950: American ground troops arrive in South Korea to halt the advancing North Korean army. 1961: British troops land in Kuwait to aid against Iraqi threats. 1966: The U.S. Marines launch Operation Holt in an attempt to finish off a Vietcong battalion in Thua Thien Province in Vietnam. source: http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history 251 - The Battle of Abrittus is won by the Goths against the Romans. Roman Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed. 1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army under Qilich Arslan I. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_July __________________ "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